We went to be last night with Claudette taking aim at Destin. Both Penny and I slept through most of her arrival. She didn’t bluster much but did drop some heavy rain in bands.
I wanted to finish up building the bin shelves today but I also had 2 appointments scheduled this morning. The first was a haircut at 9 so I went out to the shop and did a little work on the project before heading out for the appointment.
I was Barbara’s first appointment of the day and with Barbara there is no guarantee she will be there on time. That’s just the way she is and it’s factored in when I make an early appointment. I got there at 10 ‘till, she showed at 10 after.
Between appointments I went home and worked on the project a little more. Then it was off to Dr Silberberg to discuss my thumbs. She always remarks to me about how much weight I’ve lost. I don’t know why. I used to correct her but now I just say yeah, you fixed my shoulders and I was able to do more.
She said that until my thumbs get extremely bad that treatment should be just what I’m doing with the addition of periodic corticosteroid injections to keep inflammation down. So I got shots today. Getting shots in an already inflamed sensitive area like the base of the thumbs will really wake you up! I’m also back to wearing my thumb splints whenever I anticipate heavy thumb usage (like hitch hiking?) .
Some of my symptoms are also early carpal tunnel syndrome indicators. My hands will go numb when I’m holding a phone, holding a book, using a mouse or driving. Dr Silberberg used the medical term for holding my hands that way. It is holding them in “provocative positions”. I mentioned to her that with the current use of provocative that’s an interesting term and that I’d have to remember it when I told people about my carpal tunnel. She laughed a little too much when I said that. I think I embarrassed her. I didn’t mean to—I just thought it was interesting. I’ve just finished listening to 3 George Carlen albums and I guess my social sensitivity level is down.
The carpal thing is unrelated to the thumbs
Next I picked up Penny and we lunched at Chick-fil-et.
Then it was back to the bin shelves. I was able to wheel the saw out on the deck for a short time in between rain showers an do all the cutting I needed to finish the bin shelves.
I got back inside the shop just as a heavy rain band moved through.
I was able to finish the assembly of the shelves except for the plywood backing. Tomorrow it will be final sanding, painting and installation of the back. Here is what it looks like unfinished with no back.
I wanted to finish up building the bin shelves today but I also had 2 appointments scheduled this morning. The first was a haircut at 9 so I went out to the shop and did a little work on the project before heading out for the appointment.
I was Barbara’s first appointment of the day and with Barbara there is no guarantee she will be there on time. That’s just the way she is and it’s factored in when I make an early appointment. I got there at 10 ‘till, she showed at 10 after.
Between appointments I went home and worked on the project a little more. Then it was off to Dr Silberberg to discuss my thumbs. She always remarks to me about how much weight I’ve lost. I don’t know why. I used to correct her but now I just say yeah, you fixed my shoulders and I was able to do more.
She said that until my thumbs get extremely bad that treatment should be just what I’m doing with the addition of periodic corticosteroid injections to keep inflammation down. So I got shots today. Getting shots in an already inflamed sensitive area like the base of the thumbs will really wake you up! I’m also back to wearing my thumb splints whenever I anticipate heavy thumb usage (like hitch hiking?) .
Some of my symptoms are also early carpal tunnel syndrome indicators. My hands will go numb when I’m holding a phone, holding a book, using a mouse or driving. Dr Silberberg used the medical term for holding my hands that way. It is holding them in “provocative positions”. I mentioned to her that with the current use of provocative that’s an interesting term and that I’d have to remember it when I told people about my carpal tunnel. She laughed a little too much when I said that. I think I embarrassed her. I didn’t mean to—I just thought it was interesting. I’ve just finished listening to 3 George Carlen albums and I guess my social sensitivity level is down.
The carpal thing is unrelated to the thumbs
Next I picked up Penny and we lunched at Chick-fil-et.
Then it was back to the bin shelves. I was able to wheel the saw out on the deck for a short time in between rain showers an do all the cutting I needed to finish the bin shelves.
I got back inside the shop just as a heavy rain band moved through.
I was able to finish the assembly of the shelves except for the plywood backing. Tomorrow it will be final sanding, painting and installation of the back. Here is what it looks like unfinished with no back.
Next it will be on to the sling shelves. It is supposed to look like this when finished and should be an easy project to do. Penny has the hard part—she has to make the slings.
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Nice use of Photoshop! (and the bins look great!)
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