December 27, 2006
one hand typing
i am typing this with one hand so please read it slowly. it seems noche buena and my hands have a bit of a feud going on. this is the second christmas i spend in the emergency room. a few years back i had both hands bitten by a dog and ended up not only in severe pain while waiting at the er chistma day, but needed months of physical therapy to recover use of my left hand.
right now i look like a one handed mickey mouse with a skinny arm and an oversized - and i mean oversized - hand. i can only move my pinky and ring finger with some minor movement of my thumb. doctor said i have a pretty bad staph infection and am on a variety of meds: anti-biotics, steriod for inflamation and pain meds. my hand is killing me and my stomach is screwed from all the meds.
you never know how much a hand is needed until you have one you cant use. plus, every little thing seems to hit my finger. if a kid three blocks away throws a rock, chances are that it will most certainly hit me point blank on my left index finger.
there's lots of stuff going on in the news today and i wish id be able to post on much of it, but it's damned hard typing wit one hand and the pain meds just put me to sleep. please bear with me and worry not, our talented crew of contributors will be here for your cuba and other news fixes.
thanks for all your get well emails and wishes. hopefully the treatment will begin to take effect today and ill be back on my hand on no time. in the meantime, dont throw any rocks please.
Posted by Val Prieto at December 27, 2006 08:04 AM
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Shouldn't you be treating your status as top secret until you can get back to full time blogging? Will you be releasing any videos showing your progress?
Are you flying in any doctors for a second opinion?
Get ready to drink Champagne with your other hand!!!
Posted by: Jose Aguirre ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at December 27, 2006 08:40 AM
Val,
Take good care of yourself for a prompt recovery! Drink water constantly to flush your system of toxics!! You are in my prayers!
I wish you well :) Melek
"Confidence and hope do more good than physic."~Galen
Posted by: Melek at December 27, 2006 08:56 AM
wow hope you took my email in jest and fun, didnt think it was that serious, but try to pass that article along.. hope you start feeling better
Posted by: daniel_in_garanhuns at December 27, 2006 09:08 AM
Get better, Val! Give the hand a rest!
Posted by: R S at December 27, 2006 09:55 AM
Jose,
word is that Val went to a hospital, but he didn't go because he was injured. He is totally healthy, makes sense doesn't it? The fact that he is typing one handed is pure coincidence. He has outlived many other bloggers and his doctor (if he were ever to see one) states that he will be blogging till the age of 120. He has been wanting to blog, but his wife will not allow it. Any injury if it did occur was intentional in order to sacrifice for the greater good. There will be a blog parade in his honor. If he doesn't show up it is only because it is a coincidence. I wonder who is paying Val's bill. Word is that castro invited him to Cuba for some of that great free health care. Personally I would not go as they may amputate his leg by mistake.
Posted by: pototo at December 27, 2006 10:18 AM
Speedy recovery, Val. If you can "stomach" yoghurt, it will ease the discomfort from the anti-biotic.
Posted by: Grammy in Phila. at December 27, 2006 10:28 AM
Val,
Please get well soon. You can still drink beer with one hand.
Happy New Year.
Posted by: JackW at December 27, 2006 10:48 AM
Found a great link while checking out a video from therealcuba.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDSnNP2zakM it is Dr. Guedes interview. You will love it!
Posted by: pototo at December 27, 2006 10:49 AM
Next year in Havana!
Posted by: jsb at December 27, 2006 12:21 PM
Steve H said to come over here and pretend I feel sorry for you.
Done.
James H
Posted by: James H at December 27, 2006 01:07 PM
Get well soon Val. And keep them mojo-laden needles away from your hands!
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2006 01:07 PM
Hope you get better real soon Val, give the hand a rest and follow above advice if meds are bothering you eat plain yogurt drink LOTS of water it works no beer.
Posted by: ninagirl at December 27, 2006 02:08 PM
maybe you could post some of your cross-dressing experiment pictures to get us over the rough times while you heal?
PLease?
I need a laugh real bad.
PS Include the shaving pics, kthxbb
Posted by: MunDane68 at December 27, 2006 10:21 PM
welcome to the one hand typing club!
Posted by: La Ventanita at December 28, 2006 02:52 PM
Sorry about the bad mitt.
I love this theme and I bet it ain't free.
Posted by: Fec Stench at December 29, 2006 07:41 PM
This Man-Camp stuff is entirely too dangerous. I'm going to revert to the late 70's Alan Alda sensitive male type. Heck, I've probaly still got one of those shawel type sweaters.
Get well; I will need you as a target for railing as I court some Diane Keaton type.
Posted by: TwigaII at December 29, 2006 09:46 PM
You'll be back to double fisting drinks in no time;)
Posted by: dorkafork at December 31, 2006 03:45 PM
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