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Notes after almost a week in a thumb splint.
It's the little things that are the most annoying.
- I can't find a glove/mitten to fit over it. I'm in the process of building one, but acquired feline "assistance", so have called a temporary halt to that project.
- keys can't go into left hand jacket pocket; grocery lists can't go into left hand trouser pockets.
- Typing is hard because I don't have my usual finger spread, and I have to hit the space bar with my right thumb *every* time. And it hurts in weird ways, especially now that she's given me some exercises (will be mentioning that tomorrow when I see her).
- I can't wear a wrist watch. I have tried wearing one on my right wrist in the past, but was never able to get used to it. And of course I can't buckle it on anyway.
- opening safety bottles is harder. Squeezing tubes (toothpaste, skin lotion) hurts in ways it didn't before I got the splint.
- I can't bend my wrist at all, which is not what I bargained for. I mean, it makes sense as the thumb is really part of the wrist, but it's odd. And makes driving different because I can't grasp the steering wheel with my palm & fingers.
The smaller neoprene splint arrived Tuesday, just in time for me to not need it for nearly a week. I will try it for bells on Sunday, but it seemed to work well enough with the big splint at rehearsal. I will be wearing it for band rehearsal on Monday. I managed to play quite a bit with the big splint on last Monday, but when we got to the faster pieces and/or marches, I had to take it off because I couldn't get the intervals with it on. There were some interesting pains to describe to the OT on Wednesday. (I did get a "really? Pain right there even with the tape?" "yep." More clues for the puzzle, I guess.) Still no real diagnosis, but she says there's still quite a bit of inflammation in there. And the webbing between thumb and hand has some lovely deep knots in it, even with the splint and not much movement.
In other news, the pond skinned over with ice yesterday, but by this afternoon the ice had turned to a layer of slush, as the air temperature rose and we got a couple of inches of snow. Snow is actually accumulating a little bit on the roads & driveways, so that's a bit amusing.
J and I went off to WindyCon last weekend. It was fun. Tegan's costume was gorgeous! I talked to people I haven't talked to since last year's Windy (what with me skipping Cap and Muse not happening...).
- I can't find a glove/mitten to fit over it. I'm in the process of building one, but acquired feline "assistance", so have called a temporary halt to that project.
- keys can't go into left hand jacket pocket; grocery lists can't go into left hand trouser pockets.
- Typing is hard because I don't have my usual finger spread, and I have to hit the space bar with my right thumb *every* time. And it hurts in weird ways, especially now that she's given me some exercises (will be mentioning that tomorrow when I see her).
- I can't wear a wrist watch. I have tried wearing one on my right wrist in the past, but was never able to get used to it. And of course I can't buckle it on anyway.
- opening safety bottles is harder. Squeezing tubes (toothpaste, skin lotion) hurts in ways it didn't before I got the splint.
- I can't bend my wrist at all, which is not what I bargained for. I mean, it makes sense as the thumb is really part of the wrist, but it's odd. And makes driving different because I can't grasp the steering wheel with my palm & fingers.
The smaller neoprene splint arrived Tuesday, just in time for me to not need it for nearly a week. I will try it for bells on Sunday, but it seemed to work well enough with the big splint at rehearsal. I will be wearing it for band rehearsal on Monday. I managed to play quite a bit with the big splint on last Monday, but when we got to the faster pieces and/or marches, I had to take it off because I couldn't get the intervals with it on. There were some interesting pains to describe to the OT on Wednesday. (I did get a "really? Pain right there even with the tape?" "yep." More clues for the puzzle, I guess.) Still no real diagnosis, but she says there's still quite a bit of inflammation in there. And the webbing between thumb and hand has some lovely deep knots in it, even with the splint and not much movement.
In other news, the pond skinned over with ice yesterday, but by this afternoon the ice had turned to a layer of slush, as the air temperature rose and we got a couple of inches of snow. Snow is actually accumulating a little bit on the roads & driveways, so that's a bit amusing.
J and I went off to WindyCon last weekend. It was fun. Tegan's costume was gorgeous! I talked to people I haven't talked to since last year's Windy (what with me skipping Cap and Muse not happening...).