Taking a bit of time off

I had minor surgery on my left hand today. I bump appeared
a couple of months ago on one of the joints in my middle
finger, and has recently become inflamed and sore. The
doctor diagnosed a "synovial cyst". He gave me a shot of
local anesthetic, and used a huge syringe to try to aspirate
it. However he punched through the other side, and ended up
just using manual pressure to force out the contents of the
cyst, then gave me a shot of cortisone to help reduce
swelling. So now I'm icing my hand, not getting much done
at the moment. He says it may come back...or not... ;-}

Beverly, longing to get started on the bluish-purplish
velvet vest

Posted by Pogonip on March 12, 2008, 2:08 am

BEI Design wrote:

> I had minor surgery on my left hand today. I bump appeared

> a couple of months ago on one of the joints in my middle

> finger, and has recently become inflamed and sore. The

> doctor diagnosed a "synovial cyst". He gave me a shot of

> local anesthetic, and used a huge syringe to try to aspirate

> it. However he punched through the other side, and ended up

> just using manual pressure to force out the contents of the

> cyst, then gave me a shot of cortisone to help reduce

> swelling. So now I'm icing my hand, not getting much done

> at the moment. He says it may come back...or not... ;-}

> Beverly, longing to get started on the bluish-purplish

> velvet vest

Ahhh, lumpy finger syndrome, I know it well. ;-) Hope it heals up
fast! Hope the treatment wasn't worse than the condition, too. Rest
and relax, put your feet up, watch some old movies or read a novel and
eat some bonbons. You've earned it.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by BEI Design on March 12, 2008, 7:42 pm

Pogonip wrote:

> BEI Design wrote:

<snip>

> Ahhh, lumpy finger syndrome, I know it well. ;-) Hope

> it heals up fast! Hope the treatment wasn't worse than

> the condition, too. Rest and relax, put your feet up,

> watch some old movies or read a novel and eat some

> bonbons. You've earned it.

I changed the dressing this morning, ugly looking, swollen,
spectacularly bruised, but not draining or anything, so
apparently healing. :-) I'll finally catch up on some of
the DVDs my DDs have given me. Or finish the Ben Franklin
biography I've started and stopped about a dozen times.

Beverly

Posted by Emily Bengston on March 12, 2008, 9:53 pm

On 3/12/08 6:42 PM, in article TtqdnTEbwLD390XanZ2dnUVZ_qSonZ2d@comcast.com,

> Pogonip wrote:

>> BEI Design wrote:

> <snip>

>> Ahhh, lumpy finger syndrome, I know it well. ;-) Hope

>> it heals up fast! Hope the treatment wasn't worse than

>> the condition, too. Rest and relax, put your feet up,

>> watch some old movies or read a novel and eat some

>> bonbons. You've earned it.

> I changed the dressing this morning, ugly looking, swollen,

> spectacularly bruised, but not draining or anything, so

> apparently healing. :-) I'll finally catch up on some of

> the DVDs my DDs have given me. Or finish the Ben Franklin

> biography I've started and stopped about a dozen times.

> Beverly

Just take care of the wound. Watching DVDs sounds like an excellent way to
relax and rest your hand; and reading about "old" Ben Franklin should be
interesting.
Emily

Posted by BEI Design on March 12, 2008, 11:42 pm

Emily Bengston wrote:
"BEI > Design" wrote:

> > I changed the dressing this morning, ugly looking,

> > swollen,

> > spectacularly bruised, but not draining or anything, so

> > apparently healing. :-) I'll finally catch up on some

> > of

> > the DVDs my DDs have given me. Or finish the Ben

> > Franklin

> > biography I've started and stopped about a dozen times.

> >

> > Beverly

> >

> Just take care of the wound.

I am, I have a prescription for a sooper-dooper antibiotic.

> Watching DVDs sounds like

> an excellent way to relax and rest your hand; and

> reading about "old" Ben Franklin should be interesting.

> Emily

I would love to read more about B. Franklin. However, I
have "Benjamin Franklin - An American Life" by Walter
Isaacson, and I loath this book. I can't seem to get past
the first two chapters before throwing it down in disgust.
Maybe I'll look for another bio.

Beverly

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