Injuries

OMG, I have been so accident prone lately. The latest in my ongoing drama. Kitchen knife stab wound to the palm of my hand. Yep, good one. I was pitting an avocado when the avocado slipped out just as I went to stab it. Instead, I stabbed my palm. Not that big of deal, but I couldn't move my middle finger. So, I cleaned it and iced it. Went to bed. Next morning, lots of pain. So, after talking to my doctor's office, I was told to go to the hospital's Urgent Care. Joy. They wanted me to go for fear of tendon damage. As I understand, there is a small window of time to treat hand injuries like that. Got lucky, the doctor said I just had a small hemotomia and swelling. The finger was able to move, just painful. So, I got more Vicodin and on my way. He said it would be fine when the swelling went down. :) It already feels much better.

I am so tired of being hurt or in pain all the time. EH! I just want to feel good again. Oh and of course the middle finger is my dystonic finger.

Crosses finger that this next week will be better.

Good news today ... I won a free 30 minute stress release accupunture session. :) I've been wanting to check that out for relief of pain and stress. Now, here is my opportunity. YAY!

Speech

Today, I realized how much my voice has changed. When my daughter was born, I really didn't have much trouble saying her name. Today, I was introducing her to someone and had to say it 3 times to just get her to understand. I almost starting crying when I looked back and noticed that it has been a problem for awhile. I get so frustrated. I have even noticed that my wife doesn't hear half of what I say anymore. I think it comes out so mumbled at times, she doesn't know that I am talking to her. This really hurts dealing with speech. The physical pain is nothing compared to emotional pain I deal with. Sometimes, I just want to curl up in a hole and never talk again. But I have to work on this for my daughter.