Holy shit!  I was only gone about 48 hours and y’all blew up my e-mail and google reader.

Slow down, stop living life when I can’t keep up!

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I prepared for a 5 hour, overnight layover … I brought knitting, reading, my gameboy, cross stitch and my drop spindle.

My bag overfloweth.

And TSA let me through.  I think they saw a woman on the edge.

Of course I made it back to LAX  in enough time to catch an earlier flight that got me back to Dallas last night.

If I would have physically done the happy dance I was doing in my brain, they would have called the little men in white coats.

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I think I haz finally found my brain.

Or it could be the really strong french press coffee I’m drinking.

O.o

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So is everyone waiting on the edge of their seats for the floppy paw update?  Didn’t think so.

01. As far as work:

  • no repetitive motions
  • no typing
  • no mousing
  • no scanning
  • no lifting over 10 lbs

02. Future medical coverage for:

  • regular doctor’s visits to keep an eye on it
  • surgeries (yes, multiple)
  • physical therapy (6 a year for maintenance)
  • drugs
  • alternative modalities  including acupuncture

03. Retraining in a job that doesn’t have repetitive motions.

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Angie’s first question was “How about knitting?” and then “TYPING!!”

Like there’s been much knitting going on since I met Texas anyway.  Pffft.

I’ll be able to keep on track with my one FO every year.

Honestly, everything has been harder since the last surgery, so I’ll do what I can, when I can.

AND YOU’LL LIKE IT!

*ahem* Sorry.

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The other stuff? It all comes down to the situation.  If I’m doing typing or mousing at home, I can stop and walk away.  I know my limits.  I know how much I can do before it will start to hurt or swell up.  You can’t exactly say “hey boss, I can’t get that report done because I can’t type anymore today.”  He did recommend voice recognition software, but where I was working, that’s not possible.

We had a good talk about the lifting thing too.  I push limits a little.  (stop laughing back there) Ok, fine, I push them hard.  I don’t want to have these issues with my arm.  He said with repetitive lifting of low weights, I could cause fractures because of where the original break and hardware had to be placed.  He also said that could happen with trying to lift something really heavy.

The nerve hypersensitivity.  After this long?  He was sorry to say that it wasn’t likely to get better. Eh. Well.  Suck it up buttercup… right?

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Anyone know a job I can train for that doesn’t involve repetitive motion?

Besides a W*lm*rt greeter that is?

Nooooo…. no snarkiness here. That wasn’t snarky and cranky.  Really.

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FYI, I wrote this to keep friends updated and so I have a place I can go back to remember what exactly the doctor said.  I don’t want a pity party… I throw enough of my own.

Now it’s for the attornies and insurance companies and doctors to hash out.

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Happy Thursday y’all!