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Sapphireho · 02-11-2025, 05:53 PM

Sunny 25° day here in Caldwell. Streets are clear, but everything else has about 4" of snow. Got the icicles going on the gutters. Very pretty.

Hand hurts. Waiting to get some feeling back in my finger. I wouldn't wish this disease in anyone.

Found out I have another broken side marker light on the Lotus. Suspicious this is the rear passenger wheelwell light since the shop had to remove the wheel liner to get to the A/C plugs to recharge. There is another $80 and six month wait. but hey, they are lightweight and fragile because Lotus. I feel like buying a set of 4 because I know they will not be available for much longer. These cars are 20 years old, and Lotus is stopping production of parts like crazy.

Just a list of first world problems, so life is pretty good.

Ultramaroon · 02-11-2025, 07:02 PM

Looks like it's healing up nicely.

humfrz · 02-12-2025, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Looks like it's healing up nicely.

Are you kidding?

blsfrs · 02-13-2025, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

Are you kidding?

Hey, it's not oozing anything and the tissue color is good. Going to need good scar management one healed over.

Ultramaroon · 02-13-2025, 03:57 PM

Ha! "scar management"

@Sapphireho, how are the sensory functions coming along?

Sapphireho · 02-13-2025, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Ha! "scar management"

@Sapphireho, how are the sensory functions coming along?

I still have no feeling in my finger. Surgeon said after 3 surgeries the nerves on my finger are very angry. He is confident it will come back, but will take time. Crossing my numb fingers....

NoHaveMSG · 02-13-2025, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I still have no feeling in my finger. Surgeon said after 3 surgeries the nerves on my finger are very angry. He is confident it will come back, but will take time. Crossing my numb fingers....

Nerves can take time. When I bruised my sciatic it was almost a year before it felt somewhat normal again.

Ultramaroon · 02-13-2025, 09:35 PM

I sliced the nerve bundle at the base of the left side of my right index finger when I was in my late twenties. Surgeon reattached it under a microscope. It helped some.

blsfrs · 02-14-2025, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Ha! "scar management"

@Sapphireho, how are the sensory functions coming along?

Actually, scar tissue is mother nature's glue. It also acts as a shrink wrap. The palm of the hand is a busy place. As scar matures, it pulls the area together. If it inadvertently attaches to a finger tendon or 2, they can't move. It would be like a big wad of chewing gum mushed in to the palm at the base of the fingers.

A good hand therapist can manage scar tissue with splinting, scar massage, and stretching.

Ultramaroon · 02-14-2025, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by blsfrs

A good hand therapist can manage scar tissue with splinting, scar massage, and stretching.

A ha! NOW I'm picking up what you're putting down.

Sapphireho · 02-14-2025, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by blsfrs

Actually, scar tissue is mother nature's glue. It also acts as a shrink wrap. The palm of the hand is a busy place. As scar matures, it pulls the area together. If it inadvertently attaches to a finger tendon or 2, they can't move. It would be like a big wad of chewing gum mushed in to the palm at the base of the fingers.

A good hand therapist can manage scar tissue with splinting, scar massage, and stretching.

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A ha! NOW I'm picking up what you're putting down.

Not my first rodeo.

This is my 7th Dupuytren's surgery.

NoHaveMSG · 02-14-2025, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Not my first rodeo.

This is my 7th Dupuytren's surgery.

That’s a lot of rodeos

Sapphireho · 02-15-2025, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

That’s a lot of rodeos

And I need a couple more right now. Both thumbs need a second going over. Sucks.

Spuds · 02-19-2025, 10:37 PM

Man it's slow in here. Everyone must be as depressed as I am.

02-11-2025, 05:53 PM	#11061
Sapphireho Famous Potatoes Join Date: Mar 2016 Drives: '15 ultramarine Location: Idaho Posts: 14,097 Thanks: 5,833 Thanked 19,730 Times in 9,284 Posts Mentioned: 163 Post(s)	Sunny 25° day here in Caldwell. Streets are clear, but everything else has about 4" of snow. Got the icicles going on the gutters. Very pretty. Hand hurts. Waiting to get some feeling back in my finger. I wouldn't wish this disease in anyone. Found out I have another broken side marker light on the Lotus. Suspicious this is the rear passenger wheelwell light since the shop had to remove the wheel liner to get to the A/C plugs to recharge. There is another $80 and six month wait. but hey, they are lightweight and fragile because Lotus. I feel like buying a set of 4 because I know they will not be available for much longer. These cars are 20 years old, and Lotus is stopping production of parts like crazy. Just a list of first world problems, so life is pretty good. Attached Images

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Ultramaroon not playing cards Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: a 13 e8h frs Location: vantucky, wa Posts: 32,394 Thanks: 53,054 Thanked 37,230 Times in 19,309 Posts Mentioned: 1118 Post(s)	Looks like it's healing up nicely. __________________ service manuals

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Ultramaroon not playing cards Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: a 13 e8h frs Location: vantucky, wa Posts: 32,394 Thanks: 53,054 Thanked 37,230 Times in 19,309 Posts Mentioned: 1118 Post(s)	Ha! "scar management" @Sapphireho, how are the sensory functions coming along? __________________ service manuals

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Ultramaroon not playing cards Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: a 13 e8h frs Location: vantucky, wa Posts: 32,394 Thanks: 53,054 Thanked 37,230 Times in 19,309 Posts Mentioned: 1118 Post(s)	I sliced the nerve bundle at the base of the left side of my right index finger when I was in my late twenties. Surgeon reattached it under a microscope. It helped some. __________________ service manuals

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Spuds The Dictater Join Date: Apr 2017 Drives: '13 Red Scion FRS Location: MD, USA Posts: 9,697 Thanks: 26,779 Thanked 12,750 Times in 6,320 Posts Mentioned: 88 Post(s)	Man it's slow in here. Everyone must be as depressed as I am. __________________ If a picture is worth a thousand words, a model is worth ten thousand pictures. Also: "Build Thread"

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