Neanderpundit

Jihad Gene leads us to remember the burial of Dear Reader Kim Jung Illin tomorrow.

Lady Gaga will be singing. Click the link to see the preview on his site.

My hands are still quite functional.

I still get the occasional twinge, but for the most part, I feel- well, I’m changed. I can use my hands again.

I am back to about full efficiency on the fingertips. I have two trigger fingers, but that’s not a related issue. I hope they do eventually go away. I expect they have something to do with how much typing i do, but at least one is a finger i never use to type.

In any event, the checkup pre surgery, the doc poked my fingers with a straightened out paperclip, and asked me to tell him if he was using one point or two. I could always tell him, so he had concerns about my actual need.

Post surgery, actually a couple months down the lone, he did the same test (You have to look away while they do it) and asked “one or two”? and I said “One is on my index finger, and the end is square cut and sort of the shape of a D, the other on my middle finger has a sharp bur and is flattened. ”

he stopped and I turned to look at him. He was looking at the end of the paperclip with some measure of incredulity. “Now I understand what you felt you were missing”. It’s good to have it back. I’m trying very hard to not take it for granted.