surgery recovery
I’m one-handed due to my flexor tendon release surgery (aka trigger thumb surgery) on my left thumb on March 14. The surgery went well. I’ve been staying with Bryan since my surgery, my recovery is taking a while. I’ve been frustrated at times because I didn’t realize how much I use my thumb. Driving is a huge challenge because I can’t grasp my steering wheel with my left hand. It’s also hard for me to close the driver’s side door and put my seat belt on. I drive a stick shift so driving with my left hand is essential. I can only type with my right hand, so typing anything of length is a challenge and my spelling is atrocious because my fingers want to hit two keys at once. (btw, this has been edited because I’m so embarrassed by all of my typing mistakes) The pain pills they gave me have made me so tired, so I’m very caught up on my sleep. I still have my stitches in my thumb and they are so irritating because the incision is along the crease where my thumb meets my palm. The stitches poke my incision if I bend my thumb a certain way. They are not beautiful at all, they are the gross black ones that look like black fishing line. I get my stitches out on April 2, so I won’t be knitting until after that. I’m sure getting back into knitting won’t be difficult but it might be a bit painful.
I’ve been catching up on Days of Our Lives, I had taped three weeks before my surgery so I’ve been watching that. Bryan doesn’t have cable and has no reception, so regular tv is out of the question. It’s been kind of nice because it keeps me from watching too much war coverage.
I’ve been reading a ton. I was about 75 pages into Moo by Jane Smiley before my surgery, which I was reading for Bryan’s book group at the library. I finished that in several days. Debi was so nice, she loaned me a bunch of books that she’s gotten from book reps. So I’ve been reading some books that aren’t even out yet. :) I read Cooking for Mr. Latte by Amanda Hesser. It was really cute, I really enjoyed it. It was a quick read because after each chapter are several recipes that are mentioned in the chapter. I won’t be cooking any of the recipes because most of them have either meat or sugar in them. I think it’s a reallly neat layout for a book. If you liked Bridget Jones and those kinds of books, you’ll like Cooking for Mr. Latte. I’m currently reading Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted, who also wrote Getting Over It. I’m really enjoying it. I have about 9 more books I want to read. I’m sure I won’t get through all of them but Debi was such a dear for loaning them all to me. Bryan is doing The Lovely Bones by Alice Seybold for his May book group. Hopefully I’ll have time to get more of the books read that Debi loaned to me before I start The Lovely Bones.
I thought I would miss knitting and cable tv so much, but I’m really enjoying just reading most of the day. :)
