Never take the opposable thumb for granted
“It’s dislocated”
…and with that proclamation the Nurse confirmed my latest Karate related injury, from a tournament 3 weeks back, and then went on to put the fear of God into me;
“Do you want to know how it’s fixed?”
She knows me well. Now this is something that I have freely admitted to in the past, and is the source of much amusement amongst certain most Senseis within GKR Region 33 (and as it turns out most of the Senseis of Region 55 too!), that I am not the most ‘unsqueamish’ of people.
Although, truth be told, I have a fairly good idea, I answered “Probably best I don’t know”. There’s plenty of scope within my life for self denial. And with that I have an appointment with the Doctor to “fix” me, a sense of foreboding and a growing appreciation of the opposable thumb;
- Great for gripping liquid containers such as tea mugs and more importantly PINTS OF BEER!
- Writing or drawing becomes somewhat easier with this appendage. My writing was never the neatest in the world, now it’s damn near unintelligible (even a Doctor would be embarrassed).
- Stops you from shaking other peoples hands like a wet fish, and also pulling this funny kind of face when they insist on pulling some sort of Vulcan death grip on your hand.
Nice to meet Yoooooeeeoow!
“You’ve been here a few times with Karate related injuries haven’t you Andy? Are you any good?”
..and with those parting words from the Nurse I sloped out of the Surgery somewhat more depressed than I entered.
