The Hand Saga Continues

You won't believe this. Today, I went into the doctor because my hand was bothering me again.  I figured it was carpal tunnel or tendonitis and they could give me some exercises to help with the pain.  However, when the doctor failed to trigger any symptoms using the normal tests, he called in his boss who happens to specialize in sports medicine.  He grabbed my hand and messed with it for a bit and before long, he had found something no one else had.  The scaphoid bone in my right hand wasn't moving.  The scaphoid bone is a tiny little thing, shaped like a peanut.  Apparently, when you shake someone's hand, it causes that bone to move.  Next thing I know, the doctor grabs one of the residents and proceeded to teach both the doctor I originally came in to see and the resident how a good hand feels and reacts (my left hand), and then had them do the same test on my right hand because that bone wouldn't move.  He told me it was an injury they didn't see in the clinic that often.  He apologized for using me as a guinea pig, but it was great fun.  I learn so much when stuff like that happens.  I even got to see everything on the ultrasound screen and was told exactly what was going on.

Oh, what is that?  It's a scapholunate ligament tear. Mine is only partially torn at this point.  However, I am being referred out to a hand specialist to have it looked at and fixed.  Most likely, I am looking at more down time from knitting and possibly surgery.  However, if they can heal this pain finally?  I'm all for it.

So, my knitting schedule is going to get changed. I was enjoying working on a different project every day, but that's going to stop now.  I'm going to focus on one or two projects and see how many I can get done before I'm out of commission again.  Hopefully, when that's over, I'll be able to knit relatively pain free again.  I am definitely looking forward to that!

I also need to take into consideration the fact I was hoping to launch a small Etsy shop.  Nothing too exciting.  I was only going to sell drawstring project bags for knitting and crochet.  Though, unlike most of the bags out on Etsy, this was going to be my personal design.  Perhaps I should go ahead and take a small break in my knitting and get those made.  It would be nice to have my shop open. I'll think about it. For now?  I need to admit it's really late and I should get to bed.