I have to keep this short as I am typing with my left hand only. I have severe tendonitis in my right wrist and probably a rotator cuff tear in my right should from my accident back in May. I have been to A&E twice and the Doctor once. I’m on 4 hourly pain meds and anti-inflammatories. I can’t use a mouse, write, paint, use a knife, do up my bra… Tony has been brilliant, despite some difficult moments. Most of the things I do to relax, such as write letters, paint, stitch, blog, etc, are impossible.
Mum died mid December and I had this whole ‘thing’ in my mind about how life would be from now on; how I would organise myself, what I would do with my time, and so on. Now I m having to rethink the rethink! I guess I need to see it as an opportunity, but I’m not sure what the opportunity is yet…
My hand all strapped up -the tape work on my thumb was painstakingly done by one of the nurses.
Ack, forced relaxation! The terror. How about podcasts? I broke my right wrist some 4 years ago, same story. I had not yet picked my painting back up then, otherwise I would have experimented with that, I did do a bit of notetaking with my left – I’m sortof if not completely ambidextrous, so it was fun to try. Using a mouse is not hard to learn, I do that anyway to spread the tension, wacom pen for my right. Worst part was: trying to get my pants on and off going to the loo!
Sorry to hear about your mum – hope you mend soon!
Are you on Windows 7 Cath? It has speech-recognition software built in. You could use it to blog and type letters to your heart’s content.
No wonder you’ve been quiet, that’s very painful. Hope it’s better now. I’ve viewed these all in the wrong order. Hope my comments make sense….