What a Difference a Year Makes!

Black Birds in Tree stenciled onto hand-painted cotton fabric.

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A year ago I broke my thumb and screwed up the tendons and ligaments trying to open a tamper resistant box of organic radish sprouts.

I didn’t think I’d ever stitch, hand or machine for that matter, ever again that’s how much pain I was in, and then I had surgery last September.

And now I’m back and I’m really excited to be back. New Year’s Eve was the first time I didn’t experience horrible pain when using my left hand. I was overwhelmed with joy when I first noticed that I was lifting thing, drawing, etc., and it my hand no longer hurt.

Thumb Surgery

I’m having surgery on my left thumb on the 16th, doc says it should take all of ten minutes. The surgery entails fixing my trigger thumb and also removing a cyst that has since developed in the bottom joint of my thumb.

Nurse said I won’t be able to use my hand, or get it wet, for the first three days, and that everything should be back to normal within a week! Here’s to being able to create again w/o pain in my left hand!