Early is the only time I have for the interwebs these days. I'm usually too early to see your posts. I swung back around tonight because I was sure you would be leaving a juicy reply, and you did not disappoint.
How are things going with the arm? I'm too much of a lazy jerk to read back through all the posts I've missed to see if you posted about it, but I'm not too much of a lazy jerk to ask. PT bearable? Getting anything back?
Those cabinets look great. You have more style in one hand than most people do in three. Don't ask how they got the extra hand.
Yooo. If you're too lazy then what the hell am I?
Don't answer that.
Last month was a year. June will be 12 months out of surgery. Thumb is acceptable, hardly hurts anymore either and I guess it's about as strong as it'll get. I'll take it though. No complaining.
My index finger, however, not so much. My surgeon told me last year 'by fall' he believes I'll have everything back so I'm banking on that. Still can't paint or draw or write or anything. I don't even try.
Really fucks with my head dude.
Can't squeeze a trigger. Those extended lighters you might use for a bbq grill, I can't ignite one of those with my finger still.
That's some serious bullshit. If the surgeon is wrong, you can't even poke him in the chest while you tell him how wrong he was! Hang in there, man. If all else fails, Elon will probably have a Luke Skywalker Robot Hand™ for sale in the next 10 years or so. Probably be giving them away to human users who sign up for a new X account.
Man, a good friend of mine back home keeps forwarding me stem cell info and proven case studies where people who lost a finger for example like the thing got cut off are going to Mexico for stem cell procedures and the things are growing back.
A decade or so ago I might've approached stem cells like a 24 hr gas station in downtown LA at 3am—wait for the next one. Today, however, I'm looking at'em like glad they ain't built that wall yet.