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Talk to the Hand, 13 Months Later

October 20th, 2006 · No Comments · Talk to the Hand

  Talk to the Hand by jeffreymcmanus.
Here’s a commemorative photo of my right hand, 13 months after I hurt it. Black and white always makes things look much more dramatic.
It still bugs me pretty much every day. It’s still uncomfortable to write with, and when I need to snap my fingers, [...]

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Year-End Hand Injury Roundup

December 24th, 2005 · No Comments · Talk to the Hand

Since I’ve been blogging about my hand injury here I should probably drop in a little year-end update for posterity. Since I hurt it back in September, it’s gotten slowly but steadily better, but it’s still not 100%. I still can’t snap my fingers with that hand without feeling pain, and it still feels tight [...]

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Hand Injury Update

October 3rd, 2005 · 2 Comments · Talk to the Hand

Went to the hand specialist again this morning. He said my finger was healing up pretty nicely and his nurse took the stitches out (which was a minor ouchie). Afterwards, he asked me to make a fist with my hand and I could not, which was unnerving. It seems like the swelling, combined with having [...]

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Alumafoam!

September 26th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Talk to the Hand

  Alumafoam! by jeffreymcmanus.
Went to an orthopedic specialist for my hand injury today and spotted a few amusing packages of stuff in his office, which I secretly photographed. Little did I realize that minutes after laughing at ‘Alumafoam’ he would be splinting my finger with it. Oh well, at least the [...]

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Opossums 1, Me 0

September 17th, 2005 · 9 Comments · Talk to the Hand

So this morning at 3AM Carole wakes up hearing noises. I check around, look downstairs, figure it’s the newspaper being delivered. Back to bed.
Up again at 6AM, this time the noise is coming from our closet. I go in there and spot something moving. Turns out it’s a small opossum.
I go out to the living [...]

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