Bummer, Sharon! I hope your nice DC and the rest do the job. Having
suffered (and that is the correct word) with tendonitis/carpal tunnel for
years, I can commiserate. Sending healing thoughts and hugs from Tucson.

And yes, this is an excellent time to dream and plan! Also a great time for
S.E.X. With a few weeks or months off for stash enhancement, you may not
need to buy much fabric for years! DH may need to add onto the house,
though. grin

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
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Lucky I finished the nightmare quilt when I did!

About a month ago I hurt my middle finger of my left hand (the "rude"
finger as the DDs call it) whilst attempting to start DD2's go-kart (it's
a pull the ripcord starter) and didn't worry about heading to the doctor
as I thought it would come good.

It didn't. After many weeks of pain (really real bad pain when you wake
in the middle of the night and try to uncurl your fingers - but general
pain when you move the finger (stretch or curl) - guess all the quilting
didn't help!) I attended my chiropracter hoping for a *Jesus Job* (not
very PC but he is a miracle worker, LOL). He gave me one of THOSE looks
and said "Dear, dear me - you've left me as a last resort again haven't
you?". He then proceeded to laser and manipulate away and told me that I
have severe tendonitis and I need to avoid any stress on it, ice massage
it four times a day and come back Friday for more laser in order to avoid
getting something called trigger finger (where the finger "sticks" in a
curled position - yuck!.

As he was poking away and I was grimacing with ouchiness I said "I don't
know why I recommend you to everyone when you cause pain" and he replied
"It's because I do it with a smile and I'm so nice about it". I couldn't
argue - he does and is.

So alas, quilting and sewing are on the backburner for a little while,
doesnt mean I can't dream and plan does it???

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under) (Ice massage is no
hardship in this weather - though I prolly should have avoided hauling in
all those bags of groceries!)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes awhile to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)