Happy Weekend to all! Wednesday it will be 2 months since my Thumb Arthritis Surgery and Joint Fusion. I have worked each day since surgery working my fingers while in a hard cast (4 weeks plus the first week from surgery) and 4 weeks in a Splint. I will go see the Surgeon on Tuesday and he will want me to do Physical Therapy. So far the only things I still cannot do is to cook and do dishes and lift things over 5 pounds. I can touch my thumb to my 2nd and 3rd fingers, working on my 3rd finger tip. Hope fully I will have that ability by Tuesday. I do not use the Splint very much during the day, but still wear it at night.
I believe that I have advanced faster than the Doctor said (a 4 month recovery), but I will know that for sure on Tuesday.
I can type and have started doing cross stitch with my left hand. Typing is a trick because one needs both thumbs to hit the space bar.
During the last two months I did sew some blocks together but cannot trim them, so I decided to try my cross stitch to keep my sanity. This is where I have been sitting, reading, and exercising my hand for 2 months. Walking only lost a few days from Surgery and weather so that has also kept me sane! You can see the splint on the table. I can hardly wait to throw it away!!!!!
This is the cross stitch pattern I am working on. VERY SLOWLY
Progress has been slow, but one of the problems was the thread I wanted to use. It was too thick for 2 threads so I started using a single tread and it has gone faster (? LOL) ?). Remember I have to do this with my left hand and I am right handed (surgery hand). This is the outline for the letter “G”.
Of course due to boredom, I have found a new website for quilts. It is Modern Welsh Quilts. I purchased 3 patterns from them. I found the web site through another store that was doing the Pick of the Bunch as a Mystery BOM. I purchased Pick of the Bunch, Titus & Friends, and Perseid. The BOM was only $20 for the pattern, and the other two patterns were $8.99 each. Each of her patterns are downloadable and extremely well written which is very impressive for the cost. I am waiting on a book about the history of the Welsh quilts to arrive. Jaydee knows all about the Welsh quilts so she has helped spark the interest in them. The site is well worth taking the time to review Zelda’s beautiful quilts. They are on my 2024 quilt “List to Do”!
Well, it is time to do some exercises and rest the hand from typing. Take care, stay warm! We are heading into a week of rain each day. I hope we get about 10 inches! We might get out of the drought blues.
Enjoy stitching.
Hugs
Nanette
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