I told two people about my appointment with the finger surgeon this afternoon: my client and my husband. Their reactions:
Client
E-mail to Client: I'll get you another sketch or 2 by this evening, your time. Running out to the FINGER SURGEON of all things. (Nothing serious).
p.s. Thought I should elaborate on finger. It's left hand; index finger has a golf ball growing out of it. So even if it is a cancerous growth & finger has to be amputated, job won't be affected one bit, as I'm right-handed.)
E-mail from Client: "...even if it is a cancerous growth...." You're taking this very well. I hope you're joking. I've had some cancer scares myself and the uncertainty is more stressful than anything else. I hope everything's okay. Bodies do very odd things every now and then to get attention. Hopefully it's just looking for love. Please let me know how things turn out.
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Husband
Me: Do you think we'll be able to go for a walk this evening?
Husband: It depends on when you get back from the finger surgeon.
Me: Oh I'll be back in no time.
Husband: If it's nothing serious, you will.
Me: If he had to amputate my finger, would you still like me?
Husband: If you could still walk I would.
My finger does not have to be amputated. I found out that I have degenerative arthritis. It's not my fault. It's the fault of my grandmother on my mother's side. The one who always made me comb my hair and stand up straight. The finger surgeon can take the golf ball off. There's only one chance in a hundred that it will grow back, because scar tissue usually keeps something like that from returning. The only catch is, I'll have to spend $5,000. (That's my deductible.) The doctor assured me that as well as removing the golf ball, he can also replace my thumb joints as well as all my finger joints with artificial joints, so not to worry. He says there is nothing you can do about degenerative arthritis. I'll google it tomorrow. But I feel fine! It was just that I didn't want to scare people with my finger. As far as pain goes, any pain I've experienced–as far back as 20 years ago–has disappeared. I'm not about to spend $5,000. (A new Vespa?) I'll find a glove to wear instead.
9 comments:
wow. glad you're ok. Your photo is great: you keep getting prettier and prettier.
eeeeeeeeeeek!
glad you're ok-- but what to do now?
My doctor said the same thing about arthritis, and recommended Tylenol.
my massage therapist says we do not have to accept that we have to get arthritis as we age
try craniosacral therapy!
Sal's right. It is a flattering photo.
Glad the golf ball is "only" arthritis and not something more dangerous.
I don't blame you for not wanting to pay 5000 bucks to putt it off!
Sal: oh thanks! to hear that makes finger not seem so bad.
Sally: Oh no. Don't tell me you have this.
Stray G: I think I will try it. Sounds very nice anyway.
Namowal: It helps to put light behind when shooting face. About the $5000--give me a break!!! There's a lot more I'd do with $5000 that would come before finger, if you know what I mean--if light was not behind, you would know what I mean.
didn't M. have a handyman with a big finger?
From here: http://seaqueen.wordpress.com/
Fingers are not just digits used to perform tasks such as keyboarding, scratching your head or holding a paint brush. Fingers have associated properties too.
RIGHT HAND - action
-index finger- influences actions
-middle finger- influences intuition
-third finger- influences creativity
-little finger- influences change
LEFT HAND - receptivity or response
-index finger- receiver of directions
-middle finger- receiver of intuition
-third (ring) finger- receiver of creativity
-little finger- receiver of transformation
I don't think you can blame Mom's mom's arthritis on your enlarged left index finger. You must blame your sense of direction. Hahahahahahahahaha!
Sorry.
OMG! that bump is scary. Don't you love all these inherited things? I have osteoarthritis in my left knee. The surgeon showed me the x-ray...the cartilege is getting mighty thin. But I've been going to water aerobics at the Y now, with all the other "seniors".
...saw Aggles’ reply. If gaining a proper sense of direction is the answer to your problem, I have something wonderful to share with you. Linda, I used to have a senseless sense of direction (got it from my darling mom who got lost in a one bedroom apartment). But now, I have flawless sense of direction! I can go to Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Park with clear and direct notion. I can roam fearlessly and purposefully under beautiful spacious skies, passing amber waves of grain, purple mountain majesties, and the fruited plain. I can even drive all the way to Hawaii without losing direction. And I am not limited to this continent only! I also can navigate the narrow streets in Europe … confidently going from the bakeries to the cafes and to all the ancient castles. And, I will have no problem maneuvering my ways to some establishments in Asia. Shattering the mysterious ways they built their cities. All thanks to Garmin. Perhaps it can improve your index finger too.
Love,
Luci.
PS: I’m only flawless and keen in my sense of direction as long as the place is not newly built. They don’t update the GPS data every year.
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