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So far, so good with the left hand! Pain is minimal – pain killers help, of course – but only Darvocet for me, as Vicodin and Percodan make me sick. Hunt and peck typing with left hand, so staying offline still. Mike is taking good care of me, and my Mom made us a yummy Thanksgiving dinner today. All is going well!

As a bonus, I was cleared yesterday to knit! However, holding a US 1 needle is still too much, so my socks are just short of the toe from being done. I hope to finish them tomorrow – I can knit about two rows and then have to take a break.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! And if you are enduring the “Black Friday” sales tomorrow – GOOD LUCK! If you are in Houston and knit or crochet – Twisted Yarns has ALL yarn 20% off this Friday and Saturday!

I haven’t talked about “Dr. Hand” here in a long time, but I will be visiting him this morning. It is time to take care of my left hand. The carpal tunnel release will be today at 10am, and I get the joy of having full anesthesia instead of just the block and “twilight” anesthesia because, as usual – I am not usual. The block didn’t work on me last time, and they had to do the full anesthesia instead. It is delightfully nippy outside, and afterwards Mike will bring me home and I will snuggle up in bed to recover.

I really appreciate your prayers, positive thoughts, or whatever mojo you can share.

I’ll have Mike post if there is anything unusual, otherwise I will be back online in a few days! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! (Even if you’re not in the US, take a moment to be thankful for what you’ve got!)

After a few weeks of waking up in the middle of the night with a numb left hand thanks to carpal tunnel, I decided a few weeks ago that enough was enough. I did permanent nerve damage to my right hand by putting surgery off for far too long. I don’t want to do that to my left hand too. So this coming Wednesday, I go back under the knife. It will nice to finally have hands that don’t go numb.

I’m not worried at all about the surgery – since I have had no problems at all with the carpal tunnel part of the surgery I had on my right hand. (The thumb surgery on my right hand? That is a different story.) I am, however, worried about finishing up my Christmas knitting. On a positive note, my doctor said that knitting is a good thing and he wants me to do it as soon as possible, since it will help speed up my recovery. Fine motor skills and all that.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again … take good care of your hands. You only have two of them, and you will need them. Treat them well.