I stitched for about 9 hours Friday, then for a couple of hours during the Mayflower Sampler Guild meeting yesterday. Yes, I did stop and do my hand exercises every hour.
And I got this much done:
Then I stopped to eat lunch, and my hand cramped around my soup spoon so tightly that I had to pry my fingers apart with my left hand.
This is not good.
So I am taking about 24 hours off and doing the RICE thing:
R Rest
I Ice
C Compression (brace)
E Elevation
I really wanted to have RST1779 completely stitched before the Nashville Market, but I can't figure out a way to do that without damaging my hands, so I'll do what I can and finish the model after the market is over.
I'm not happy about wearing the brace almost all the time again. It's caused problems with sleeping in it, as it is.
Take last night for instance.
Background information: Dearly Beloved has a collection of what he calls his religious T-shirts (holey, holey, holey) and what I call dust rags. I mean, really, if the neckband is held on to the body of the shirt in three places, it's time to let it go before it lets itself go. He says they are very soft and comfortable and he likes sleeping in soft, comfortable clothes. I get that, I do, but obviously romance is dead.
He also snores. Yes, he's done sleep studies and has a CPAP machine, but he still sounds like a buzz saw or a 747 taking off or a pig snuffling, depending on the position he sleeps in. Generally I can just nudge his shoulder and roll him back on his side and he sleeps quietly again.
Which is what happened last night. I nudged, he started to roll over, but one of the Velcro straps that holds the brace on my wrist apparently had come slightly undone. It caught on his soft, comfortable T-shirt. I tugged. The shirt ripped. Part of it stayed connected to the Velcro, which meant I then had to turn on the light and take off the brace and get the brace and T-shirt rag separated, then get the brace secured around my wrist again.
Dearly Beloved never woke up through this whole thing.
But he did ask me what in the world happened to his shirt last night when he got up this morning.
Beautiful stitching , you always put a smile on my face .
ReplyDeleteMy hubby is much the same , have a good week hugs June,
Thank you! My mother us d to say all men are alike, they just come in different shapes and sizes.
DeleteWhy not just get your carpal tunnels surgically fixed? It’s an easy out patient surgery & you would feel sooo much better!
ReplyDeleteI have tendonitis in the area from the outside base of my wrist up through my thumb. It's different from carpal tunnel.
DeleteAwesome progress, Ann! I am glad that you are RICE-ing. Oh my, I am chuckling over the brace meets tee story.
ReplyDeleteYou just have to laugh sometimes.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about the brace you have to wear but at the same time it sounds like an episode of a sit-com at your house with your religious t-shirts.
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