Fingers of Doom

[lydy]

So, I've been doing my exercises. They hurt. The finger generally doesn't hurt except when I'm doing the exercises, except for weird, localized areas which are very tender. There's a small patch that feels like raw skin, even though it looks completely healed over. The finger is slightly more flexible than it was when I started, but not very, and it feels like all the progress was made in the first couple of days, and that I'm just maintaining that progress, not making further progress. Mind you, I could be mistaken, I'm not taking careful measurements and documenting stuff. So, this could just be impatient Lydy being impatient.

I did that email thing, and it worked a treat. The nice nurse gave me a referral to a Occupational Therapist, and said that the discoloration was due to increased blood flow. She said not to worry, but that if it seemed swollen, I could elevate after exercise and that might help. The discoloration is less often, now and less severe.

I have an appointment on the 20th for the Occupational Therapist. The appointment says "60 minutes, hand evaluation." Which makes sense. It took forever to get through, and due to my work schedule, there are limited days in which I can go, so this was the soonest available. I guess I'll keep on doing my exercises until then.

Am contemplating amputation as plan B.