I'm back - intermittently

Sorry to hear about your foot and your hand, but welcome back!

Sarah

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LOL Welcome back, Wooly. Sorry to hear that you are under the weather.

Katherine

Good grief Wooly, what HAVE you been up to, looks like I missed some kind of info about you somewhere along the line.

OH poor you, you must be in alot of pain.

Hope you feel better soon....hugs....Cher

Wooly, it's good to have you back with us. Sorry to hear about the foot and wrist - hope you're soon on the mend.

Rusty in CT

Happy to see you, Wooly! Waving from TN, and SO sorry about your foot! Noreen

And the wrist, darnit! How DID I miss that! Noreen

On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 08:06:48 GMT, "spinninglilac" spewed forth :

Nah, you didn't miss anything. The foot is as represented: stress fractures. My orthopedist and myself are both perplexed at this because bone density (or lack thereof) has never been an issue for me. There's nothing else on the Xrays to suggest any underlying condition that would contribute to stress fractures so its "just one of those things".

The wrist is fallout from last summer's rollerskating hijinks. In addition to breaking my arm (radial head fracture) and chipping my tailbone I apparently insulted my wrist. Pending the MRI results the tentative diagnosis is something called a "scapholunate tear".

The no-so-short version is that the three bones at the base of the hand (there are 7 or 8 total but I'm interested in the 3 nearest the wrist) are held in place with ligaments which pass over and between said little bones. Sufficient blunt force (such as when a 185# woman catches all of her weight on the heel of her hand) can rupture the ligament in one or more locations. Mine is diagnosed as a scapholunate tear based on the location of the pain and hte fact that the scaphoid, or center of the three bones, is mobile on palpation (and didn't I just about kick my doc when he started shoving that little bit of bone around). Long-term effects of an unrepaired ligament tear in the wrist include arthritis of the wrist and hand and can ultimately result in immobility and a need for wrist fusion or wrist joint replacement.

So. Tomorrow I'll find out if I need surgery - probable, as I've been doing the rest/immobilization thing for the better part of four months with worsening symptoms to show for it. On hte positive side the repair is pretty simple but I will have to be in a cast for 4-6 weeks afterwards. That'll mean further loss of range-of-motion in my elbow and a further tedious round of physical therapy. Also on the positive side, we're talking about my not-smart hand. On the *really negative* side, I'm a German-style knitter who despises throwing. I may have to retrain myself as a left-handed knitter so I can continue picking ;-D

Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

Good to see you back Wooly, and I'm so sorry about your problems, how frustrating that all must be. Lots of good (and healing) thoughts coming your way Love Christine

WOOLY!!!!!!! **huggers** Good to see you back!! :o)

I am sorry to hear about your problems with your foot and your wrist. I hope they feel better soon!

Peace! Gemini

Hi Wooly,

It's great to see you again, but not nice with all the news you had. Craftkitten and I can sympatize with you with the wrist and thumb pain. My diabeties has caused the tendonitis in the thumb area, have had it in both hands. At least I can crochet with no pain, but only do a couple rows of knitting at a time. Good luck tomorrow at the doctors.

Hugs,

Nora

Oh wow that is definately not nice W You must be in agony most of the time. Oh poor you wish we could all come round and give you a hug.

I know this pain, it's like toothache in your wrist and hand, and can send your fingers to sleep as well.

You'll go nuts not being able to knit, but at least you can read and one handed type.

Do as you are told and rest it where you can.

Wooly/Slinky/Michelle

WELCOME back, your OK the way you are, glad you are back

Take care with your foot and arm, that does not sound good at all.

Els

Wooly, welcome back!! You have been sorely missed! I hope you get some kind of good news for all this grief you have going on, and major pain relief!!! Fairwinner

OH WOOLY GET WELL SOON and welcome back mirjam O

I am so happy to see you back! I know you probably don't know me very well but I have always enjoyed reading your posts, even the pissy ones ;)

I'm sorry to hear about the problems you've been having with your foot and wrist. I hope the doctor can figure out a way to help you feel better quickly!

LauraJ

Ophelia seconds all that fervently!

Oh Wooly, that sounds tough. I hope it does get better.

Wooly, welcome back. I am sorry to hear about the stress fracture, I know they can be very painful, as a friend at work had one. They do seem to happen for no apparent reason. I hope you will be feeling much better soon

Liz