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katallisonThursday afternoon, I went to the orthopedist, who confirmed that the wrist is broken, although not badly, and casted it. I had an amazing selection of cast colors to choose from--day-glo pink, hazmat orange, fluorescent green—so of course I went for basic black. (Well, they didn't have grey...) The cast constitutes a great improvement over the splint that was put on in the ER, in part because it feels sturdier and more secure, but mostly because it has returned it to me the use of my thumb. OH MY BELOVED OPPOSABLE THUMB, YOU ARE THE GREATEST EVOLUTIONARY ADVANCE EVER, PLEASE NEVER LEAVE ME AGAIN. (::snivelling::)
With time and practice, I have been moving actvities from the “impossible” column to the “really incredibly cumbersome, awkward, and time consuming, but possible” one. This would include: washing hair; washing self; brushing hair; putting on socks; tying shoes; putting on clothing—in other words, most of those minor trivialities of daily life that seem so inconsequential until you can’t DO them any more. Getting them back, even in a sloppy and cack-handed form, feels like a win.
Keyboarding is also in the “cumbersome and awkward” category, which was frustrating me mightily until I recollected that my Tablet PC, which of course is currently useless to me for inking purposes, has built-in speech recognition software. Not good speech recognition software, mind you, but not half bad, and I’m in fact using it to compose this entry. So far, its most amusing trait is an insistence on spelling “Fraser” as “ freezer.” (Well, to me, it’s funny.)
I’m getting more comfortable with driving (thank god I have automatic transmission) and with producing a vaguely recognizable version of my signature, which means I can shop. And the new branch library just down the road from me is finally open! So, provisioned with food, hooch, and reading material, and with the powers of textual communication returned to me, I’m doing pretty well.
Thanks again for all the kind and supportive messages – you all are the greatest, and I hug you ( with some caution so as not to clock you one with the cast).
With time and practice, I have been moving actvities from the “impossible” column to the “really incredibly cumbersome, awkward, and time consuming, but possible” one. This would include: washing hair; washing self; brushing hair; putting on socks; tying shoes; putting on clothing—in other words, most of those minor trivialities of daily life that seem so inconsequential until you can’t DO them any more. Getting them back, even in a sloppy and cack-handed form, feels like a win.
Keyboarding is also in the “cumbersome and awkward” category, which was frustrating me mightily until I recollected that my Tablet PC, which of course is currently useless to me for inking purposes, has built-in speech recognition software. Not good speech recognition software, mind you, but not half bad, and I’m in fact using it to compose this entry. So far, its most amusing trait is an insistence on spelling “Fraser” as “ freezer.” (Well, to me, it’s funny.)
I’m getting more comfortable with driving (thank god I have automatic transmission) and with producing a vaguely recognizable version of my signature, which means I can shop. And the new branch library just down the road from me is finally open! So, provisioned with food, hooch, and reading material, and with the powers of textual communication returned to me, I’m doing pretty well.
Thanks again for all the kind and supportive messages – you all are the greatest, and I hug you ( with some caution so as not to clock you one with the cast).