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Sorry to hear of your hand. Best of luck to you for a speady and more importantly full recovery.

First Red, now Graven. I had a surgery on my hip earlier in the year and it sucked. I can only imagine what a hand injury would be like.

My sympathies.

Damn I hope its not a common problem for painters, I've had a few hand twinges myself recently. I was watching an old lady fishing in her purse for a 5p the other day and thinking hell if I ever get that arthritic then that's my job and all my hobbies out the window. Of course she was about 70 and by the time I'm 70 I expect to be totally dead as there will be no pensions in the grim darkness of the future.

Hope it gets sorted out.

Thanks you to all for wonderful, kind, funny and above all supportive words. The update is stronger painkillers and a priority surgical referral. I should be glad, but p&m are a flat out no for the foreseeable doc would rather I be signed off work but not quite there yet. Although Mrs g did find me doubled up in pain from opening a drawer yesterday, which I don't want to happen in school. It's very hard not to use my right hand (silence, smut monkeys) but I'll figure something out. At least attack wing is pre painted onwards, and so forth,
Graven

So what your telling us is, you are living with a stranger right now?

oh shucks....torn tendon?...that's a nasty situation... and the symptoms you describe are very...er...graven...
I really hope this will really soon get better...that weather is not what would be helpful to your condition...best wishes mate...now you need a speech controlled app for your handy to stay in ..er...touch with ous at least... (I swear I didn´t intend these puns....but speech is sometimes the essence of sarcasm...)

Very sorry to hear about your diagnosis graven. But at least its in the realm of treatable things, even if it does take surgery. I have a subluxation of my right shoulder (which means permanently stretched ligaments) which is also fixable only by surgery. So I'm with you man.

Jesus Graven. I'm sorry to hear that.

I have contemplated something witty and punny for this latest update to the grave news but, I can't find anything smutty to post.

Sorry. I love your blog still, even if it will get a bit dusty for a while. I feel you, like I said I had a hip surgery and I might need a knee surgery when I return from my vacation. We're all with you if you need anything. (I'd offer some spare bits or a SWM gift card but, the irony is you can't use the parts right now. )

 inmygravenimage wrote:
...It's very hard not to use my right hand (silence, smut monkeys) but I'll figure something out...
Graven

Mrs. Graven has a right hand. Just Sayin'.

Get the surgery of course. And do the physical rehab work. All of it. No jokes here. If you want everything back to normal, or as close to as possible, the ordeal of Physical Therapy-- and oh it can seem like torture at times-- is very much worth it.

Take advantage of the down-time, if you can. Try some new games maybe?

Have a swift and complete recovery.

Bugger to hear mate, my best wishes are heading your way for a quick recovery

Late to party as usual for me. Sorry to hear about your hand, Graven. Wishing you a swift recovery as using my own left hand makes me feel like I'm 2 again.

Smut monkey reporting for quiet support sir....absolutely no gigging behind this hand...no sir!

Keep that hand rested, get the surgery, then let it recover fully. Stockpile ideas for when you're fully operational then you can hit us with a blizzard of new stuff.

Take it easy amigo.

Best of luck my friend. Keep us informed. Remember that not getting the hand fixed will result in nothing but the same. So consider all your options.

I'll keep you in my prayers and make the appropriate ( or a few extra ) sacrifices!

Good luck and glad to hear your getting a higher priority. Suggestion if using your hand is difficult you have 2 minions who might be able to move models and roll dice for you with appropriate enthusiasm......

Best wishes. Xx

All the best for a speedy recovery! & Good news on the priority referral!

Hey gang, thanks once again for kind words. Have been a bit up and down - yesterday was pretty awful - but I got my special magic splint today and the difference it makes. Can drive without throwing out my shoulder to compensate, for one thing. I have to be careful, using it at night and a max of 2 hrs per day, but if that gives me some practical time - dare I even say, some p&m - then I'm happy as Larry, and possibly Curly and Mo too. It's very early, of course, and have to take things slowly, but still - nice to have a positive.

Excellent.. take what ever you can get!

Glad to hear you have something positive to report Here's hoping it makes a positive contribution to your christmas.

Great to hear, all silver linings dude.

Thats really good news Graven, be careful what you use it for at night though...

Any good news is great news!

Great to hear. Even small steps in the right direction are a good thing.

Good to see you have some function back.
Make good use of that time... I'll let you decide what is "good".

Very happy to hear that mate. Little victories will do nicely until you win the war.

I hope you get well soon and that the surgery is as painless as possible graven. It could be worse...

I had eye surgery once. They popped it out, surgically corrected it and then popped it back in. Nasty. Had to do eye physio for a year. People still find me in contemplative moments rotating my eyes clockwise, then anti-clockwise.

I heard slut monkeys were gathering to stare at Graven while he works, injured. So here I am!

Take it easy, and let the healing happen, compadre.

--Brian

Thanks gang. So, it's been an up and down sort of a week. Played Mansions of Madness: The Silver Tablet on Tuesday with my usual crew and... we won! Having never beaten the keeper, this was cause for celebration indeed. Generally, we felt that having the 3D scenics in particular really added to the game. Turns out I need to make some hiding places (we improvised by using the Very Large Chair) - I'm thinking I should get some barrels or something.
We also played Tiny Epic Kingdoms, which is a cracking game, like a cross between Catan and Rio Grande - simple and fiercely sneaky, as well as pocket-sized. Great for a family or beer and pretzels game, definitely one I'll be picking up.
As you can see, I'm typing. Having had a frustrating last week at work - 2 days lost to jury service (but at least I read complete Dredd vol 9 on my tab), I'm feeling a bit more limber. Avoiding painkillers where I can, I've got some devil's claw (no, really) which is like an analegesic ointment, and just being careful.
That being said, I'm dying to do some modelling. Off the back of playing Mansions, and also having got the new Dominion Fighter Squadron pack (woo!), we have the following:

An SM ammo trunk repurposed for Mansions as locked trunk/cabinet (or impromptu hidey-hole, I suppose) and a techno-lab altar that's a bit wonky but hey, I'm in pain - going to have various tentacles coming out the cracks. Hidekis with a first wash on, too, I <3 these wee fighters, and hopefully they'll be done for this Tuesday, with a final STAW game of the season (assault on DS9 is in the offing, methinks!)
Later peeps, and all the joys of the season,
Graven

Great to see you back at it! Looking you, and tentacles is always something to look forward to.

Just take it easy and don't force yourself too hard at first!

Wonerful to see you back, at least playing, and a little modelling is great.

Looking forward to tenticle goodness.