I went to see my hand surgeon today, my hand still hurt. (I said "It hurts when I do this." He said "Don't do that.")
Anyway, I went in, the nurse said "It's been 3 1/2 years since you have been here." I said "Isn't that a good thing?" (Maybe they missed my money...) She asked me what the problem was, I told that 10 days ago, I got mad at work and tried to beat the tar out of a locker. She asked me if I know how stupid that was, I let her know that plenty of people had been reminding me.
The doctor poured over the xrays with me. (That's one of the things I like about those guys, they bring the xrays in and go over them with you.) His diagnosis - contusion of the bone. He figures swelling is pincing a nerve that makes the finger go numb from time to time.
They told me that if it still hurts on Labor Day, I should come back in to see them. (Oh goody.)
He prescribed some painkiller, I told him I really didn't need it, the pain wasn't that bad. (At least not on my scale...) I don't think I will go fill it. Maybe a little pain in my hand for a little while will make me think twice about trying to bash the crap out of a solid object again.
They gave me a brace to wear for a little while, but pretty much all in all, I was basically told to suck it up and stop whining...
glad it's not broken..... don't try to beat the crap out of anything for awhile, ok? You know, we used to know this Tongan family that had a little girl named Ivey who had a terrible biting habit.... they carried a pillow around for her so that she would have something realitively safe to bite when she got mad.... something to think about.
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