The Whine thread.

[Distracted]

Thanks, guys. I'm managing so far, although come to think of it, it hasn't been the writing so much that's aggravating me. Written notes in the office are painful but doable and I can two-finger type with the splint on just fine. It's mostly the minor surgeries and the pelvic exams that I can't do because I can't rotate my wrist. And the dishes, laundry, and cooking at home take twice as long. I never realized how much I do in a day that I need two good hands for.

[WarpGirl]

Oh no Dis! Ouchies! Sorry my friend feel better, I know your pain broke my ankle by getting it stuck under the front seat of a car one time. I'm really left-handed too, if I can't use it I'm useless. Feel better.

[Distracted]

Thank you, sweetie. I really feel the love, now.

[Aquarius]

Whine for the day...

Clark's Creek wilderness area (Mississippi) is fun to hike with a group of 12 year old girls in the rain... until the point when your boots slip in the wet clay as you're hanging on to a root with one hand going over a boulder and you feel this peculiar "snap" in your wrist. Not so much fun after that.

Did you know that when you have a radial head fracture your wrist turns all sorts of lovely shades of purple and green and it hurts like hell to write? At least mine does. And I write all day. With my left hand. Which is, of course, the wrist that's broken. Joy.

OUCH!!!! So sorry to hear about that. I hope you heal up fast.

About 9 or 10 years ago I slipped on some ice and got hairline fractures in my radius and my elbow. I got all the pretty colors you're talking about, too. Fortunately I'm right-handed and it was the left arm I hurt, and I only spent 2 weeks in a cast. (Kind of can't do hair in one so that was more than plenty.)

[Distracted]

The colors on my wrist are improving. But I can't braid my hair or brush it by myself. And it desperately needs a color but I'm too cheap to go to a salon. I guess I'll let my 17 year old do it. It'll likely be the first time she's ever put in a hair color that occurs naturally on hair.

[WarpGirl]

Some fashion sense your daughter has, to tell the truth every once in a while I think neon purple might look cool. I suppose hubby doesn't do braids. My guy doesn't but his baby brother does I'm told.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Ouch! Sorry about your wrist, Dis! Hope you're a fast healer.

[Distracted]

I suppose hubby doesn't do braids. My guy doesn't but his baby brother does I'm told.

Nope, no braids. He can coil a mean bun, though. And change a tire in two minutes flat, which is a good thing since my left rear tire became acquainted with a nail while my daughter and I were shopping this evening and went completely flat while we were in the theater watching Ironman 2. (In which Scarlett Johansen kicks butt and takes names, BTW. Who needs a metal suit?)

Anyway, I probably couldn't change a tire with two good hands. In my present condition you can forget about it.

[WarpGirl]

I got dumped. Then I got told I was his best friend. Now I'm at my parents so I can't write fic.

[Distracted]

I'm so sorry, sweetie. I know you had high hopes for this guy. Some people just can't make up their minds, I guess. The wishy-washy ones are always so disappointing.

[WarpGirl]

Well it didn't take him long to update his facebook page to I'm single and lock me out!

[Distracted]

Ouch. Sounds like he's running for the hills.

It might be just as well. The last thing you want to deal with is an on-again, off-again boyfriend with committment issues. Life's too short to deal with that kind of grief.

[WarpGirl]

Amen but I did warn him to think before he promised anyone else he was willing to do "absolutely anything" for them. Some people don't understand that a promise made in earnest is meant to be kept.

[trek_shipper]

WarpGirl I'm so sorry to hear this guy turned out to be such a turd.

[WarpGirl]

So am I. I guess I'll really have to fight you for Tom Paris. I mean one person I can take, 100's of rabid women for Trip (even though Tom is better) is just too much energy. Hey people wanna make me feel better write a few reviews for me if you haven't yet. Normally I don't beg, but this will be a crappy week. DRs. on Wensday too.