Background- My right hand had developed a condition called Dupuytrens Contracture. Scar tissue forms under the skin of the palm causing the hand to pull into a permanent fist. It started about 5 years ago and I have managed to avoid corrective surgery until now. The surgery is extensive and delicate, involving risks to possible nerve and tendon damage. It finally had progressed to where I was experiencing difficulties in holding a wine bottle and restoring kettles. That was my tipping point for embracing surgery. So, this past Thursday after the WKC picnic I was scheduled for the three hour surgery under general anesthesia. Never having had a real surgery before, I started becoming anxious, thinking more and more of the "what ifs'. That was until my wife received a text Wednesday afternoon from her girlfriend about an add on LetGo.
See my wife has told her girlfriend (and probably every stranger she has met) about my hobby of collecting vintage Webers. Funny thing is her girlfriend had just signed up on the Letgo site Wednesday afternoon. My wife told her it was one of the resale sites I use. Finding the add on my PC I see the add has been posted for only 12 minutes. Pretty good odds. Problem is the kettle was in Placerville where my wife's girlfriend lives. That's a 2 1/2 hour one way drive from our house. She asks if I would be interested in the kettle and offers to have her husband run and pick it up. I don't need to tell you what my answer was. About 30 minutes later we receive a text from our friend saying the seller had responded that the kettle was sold and someone was on the way to pick it up. Wow, now that is fast to have beaten a 12 minute response time. I start texting the Sacramento guys, hoping that one of them had scored it. One by one they respond no, eliminating the grillfellas I know in that area. I figure that some lucky person got a heck of a score. It was all good as it was a great distraction for me and kept me from thinking about the surgery.
After the surgery on Thursday, my wife drives me home and this is sitting in my driveway.
Apparently my wife's friend had scored the kettle and was stringing us along about it being sold. They had a job in the Bay Area Thursday and dropped it off at our house as a surprise. Caddywhompus and a bit of rim rash but quite a nice surprise to come home to.
This was three hours out of surgery. Looks like the anesthesia had not worn off yet. Kinda have a glazed look.
This has been a challenging post to write as I am right handed and have had to type this left handed using the "hunt and peck method". Try using a mouse with your weak hand sometime. Talk about reprogramming your brain. My surgeon said the procedure went well and she does not expect any complications. I have to wear a cast for 6 weeks and have some upcoming physical therapy but I say bring it on. Come on, I got a lime to restore.
Topic: A lime is always a great distraction (Read 2285 times)