Pinky update

I feel like I've been talking a lot about my pinky and not much about poker... Work is uber busy and I have not left work before 9pm... wait, have I already mentioned that? Not much time to play poker after 12-13 hr work days...

Well, so be it. On Friday, I went to the doctor so he could take out the stitches. That was the first time I saw my post op pinky.

Just as a warning, the pic is kinda nasty...

you have been warned...



The pinky is still swollen so it looks pretty crooked but the x ray shows that it's back in place. Now, my operation was a joint fusion, which means they join the two bones with the pins. However, the doctor told me that since I left it that way for such a long time, my bones were so fragile that they put in 3 pins as opposed to the normal 2 pins that they use. You can see the pins clearly in this xray...



Here's the view from the side of the pinky. Here's the picture from the side.



I will not be able to use my pinky to play ball for another month or so but besides that, my left hand is now back in commission so I won't have any difficulty with my normal daily tasks (ie cooking, doing dishes, mowing the lawn, etc etc). Not that it mattered last week since I ordered in at work every night. Poor me. :)

BONUS update: I am approximately $30 away from clearing my $600 bonus. I saw that my nemesis has already cleared his... good thing I didn't have a prop bet going this time. Though for a guy who keeps claiming that I'm too busy, I did achieve Gold Star in PS and ironman in FTP... maybe my idea of "not getting to play too much" is different from most people...