Feeling of Freedom…
Posted on November 26, 2006 by Christine | 4 Comments
First note – since I can’t get the photo off of my phone yet, and I can’t hold the heavy camera – the red socks are done! I finished the toe last night, did the Kitchner stitch and finished off all the ends. Yeah! I’m wearing them as I type this. (Post photo, I haven’t managed to get them off yet. It takes effort with just one hand.)
Last night I unwrapped the ace bandage to give the plastic tape underneath some room to air out. It itched along the top of my hand – not anywhere close to the stitches are, but rather where the plastic tape is right on my skin. It was then that I noticed the red, irritated skin on the inside of my wrist. I thought maybe I had just pushed myself a bit too much by finishing the socks, so I put ice on it, took some ibuprofin and went to bed.
This morning, it was still red. So I called the doctor’s office, because it is better to be safe than sorry. The decision was that I should take off the ace wrap, take off the plastic tape and set my hand free. Free! This was a bit scary for me, as I knew in my head that there are stitches and steri-strips and stuff, but I still felt like I was going to fall apart as soon as the bandage came off. But I did it anyways, and all went well. No hand parts falling out of a gaping wound or anything. I am soooooo happy to be rid of the scratchy tape. Now we will wait until this evening to see if this makes the redness on my wrist go away.
I also successfully managed to avoid looking at the stitches. I could never ever be a doctor, because I don’t do things like that well at all. When they did my surgery, they asked for permission to photograph it, and I said only if I could have photos to post here on my blog. I take it all back. It was the “we’re going to give you this drug to help you relax” meds talking, I swear. No hand photos. Ew.
Other than that, all is quite well. Typing with the left hand is still a bit off – my pinkie finger doesn’t want to type much. So I do a hand dance thing across the keyboard when I type – I am sure that will be fine in a day or two. Meanwhile, there is always the knitting. Oh, and Trig homework, since I have a test on Tuesday.
We fought Black Friday and we were victorious! Saving $80 at Wal-mart on things that were not discounted otherwise, and we were about the third people in line. (Mike drove *and* got the good spot in the line.) We also went to CompUSA on Thanksgiving night for their 9pm – midnight sale, and while we were in this loooooong line, they split the line and had some people go to customer service to pay – I had gone out to the car to get my cell phone and I left Mike in the line, and when I came in he was 4 people away from that register. I think he has much better luck than I do with these things, and I will have to make him go out for the good sales more often! I have the major gifts taken care of now, and it is a good feeling. Heck, maybe I’ll even wrap them before December 24th! So? How did everyone else do?
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Hi! I'm Christine. I've been blogging here since 2000. I am married to Mike. I have a son, Jason. We have a cat, Mona. We live in Houston, Texas.
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November 26th, 2006 @ 1:53 pm
Oh man, I hear you on the tape itchiness! I had to wait a whole month before my bandages were permanently removed, but OMG what a feeling of relief!
No worries, mate. The reddened skin fades quickly. Glad to hear things are coming along well!
November 26th, 2006 @ 9:46 pm
Glad you got freed from tape for a while!! Tape sucks…
I did pretty well on the shopping end as well, but I didn’t go until Saturday afternoon…yeah, I am a whimp….
November 27th, 2006 @ 9:59 am
So glad you’re doing well! And I agree with you on photos–I can’t handle looking at anything like that.
We stayed far away from stores and had a wonderful, lazy long weekend.
November 27th, 2006 @ 6:03 pm
Doing battle with Black Friday shopping while injured?! What if someone had shoved you to get to the last PS3 or something?! I worry about you with your injured paw. But, alas, I congratulate you on your shopping prowess.