I'm Not Giving You The Finger

 

                  Just something prettier than my finger.

This is just what my finger looks like the day after finger surgery. 

It was a long day of mostly waiting, as we were early to accommodate traffic, and then our appointment time had us waiting almost two hours before actual surgery prep. 

The surgery went well. The doctor removed a cyst and whittled down two bone spurs on the first joint of my middle finger on my left hand. It was done with local anesthetic, at my request, since I have terrible problems with narcotics and general anesthesia. 

It was weird because I was tented but very aware of the scraping that was going on. Absolutely no pain though. I started taking Advil as soon as I got home and now a little over 24 hours later there is very almost no pain.

The biggest problem is keeping the bandaging clean and dry. I bought some extra large medical gloves to use when I am cooking or eating or reading the paper or whatever.  Plus a plastic bag for showering. 

Gardening will be out for a while. The dressing stays on for two weeks. That will be inconvenient.

The longest/shortest month of the year is ending. I changed the table decoration.

March on.