{The following is an email sent to a few and it was suggested that I put it on the blog}
Hi all, It's early morning and I've been cogitating the wristy future .....may I share my thoughts? The pain involved in yesterday's cortisone injection has changed my plans. After seeing the video of a SLAC operation and thinking about the results, I want to delay having the operation done as long as possible. The operation removes S & T (in the image) and then fuses C & L to the Ulnar ... the long arm bone ... it results in usable fingers but a degree of inflexibility in the wrist. According to websites etc, there is still some pain but reduced.
If I am to delay the SLAC operation, then I need the 'warning' pain that I normally have without the cortisone. Without cortisone, I can cope but it reminds me to change lifestyle, to avoid impacts, to use aids to open bottles etc .... anything which reduces the bone on bone movement I still have full flexibility and strength but with warning pain ... so I can avoid these actions ALAP [as long as possible] and still have that ability if really needed. The biggest issue is avoiding the impacts on wrist/hand ..... the ones that bring instant blinding pain. If I wear a wrist brace, then it warns me to take care and it warns other people not to touch. So the plan for now is to find the perfect wrist brace .... that I can wear all the time without restricting abilities too much.
A big part of these plans involves interests. My life pre Kaylia was in the shed .... K halted that but I thought the halt would be temporary. The SLAC wrist would have developed sooner if I were still in the shed .... Now, the future has changed and I need to find new interests. I think it will be down the technology road and this letter is an example of what can be done using an iPad .... it allows me to do stuff with minimal wrist movement as the absence of a mouse .... a nuisance .... also allows me to use just the fingers while keeping the wrist fairly immobile. [Thanks for listening to my news]
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