Friday, September 21, 2012

The Right Hand Doesn't Know (and doesn't care) What the Left Hand is Doing (Seriously, it has no idea!)

Hello Fellow Travelers! 

Recently I had to take  a long, hard, look at  the seeming rapid deterioration of  my right hand.  The right hand had been doing all the work since I broke my left elbow in 2008, and I was left-handed.  I wrote left-handed, played tennis left-handed and cooked left handed.  Since the left side of me has been slowly healing I have relied on the right side, more specfically, on my right hand.  The left is catching up, but it's healing at a much slower pace than the right hand is failing.

I was so distracted by all the things on my body that didn't work correctly I took for granted the one appendage that did work.  Now, both hands are barely accomplishing what my right hand did all by itself for years!  I forgot just how long the right has been carrying the load, it's been somewhere near four years!!!   No wonder my right hand is tired!

So, my fine motor skills are not so fine after all.  My left paw is what I think of as my "Jimmy Hand", (another Seinfeld reference, sorry, I was watching a fair amount of t.v. in the 90's too!), it seems to have a mind of it's own, really strong but it goes everywhere, anywhere, wreaking chaos and destruction in it's path.  Seriously, it's like it's possessed, and the more nervous I become the more violently the "Jimmy Hand" reacts!

So my poor right hand has almost entirely lost the ability to pick up or hold anything and I've got the left flying around anywhere, everywhere.  I have not the first clue what to do about this.  I'd love to hear any ideas out there for hand revitalization and I will seek medical attention early next week and let you guys know what I find out.

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