Thursday, June 27, 2024

Funnel Tunnel

 I'll bet you already knew this, but carpal tunnel syndrome really just refers the tendons in a lil' tunnel in your wrist getting squished. The surgery is just snipping the tunnel, which is made of a bunch of fascia called the TFCC (Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex), so the tendons can go back to living their best life and gliding without getting squished. It's truly amazing what humans will do: if it's not working? Cut it. Move forward. Don't look back. Don't slow down. Love means never falling over.

Two more minutes then a shower.

I've been trying to break the day into three chunks again: morning, afternoon, evening. Something homework in the morning, something kid-oriented, something chores. Rinse, lather, repeat for afternoon and evening. And two nights a week in the evening I have lab, so that works out pretty well.

We're doing upper extremity stuff for this class. Fabricating orthotics. I'm imagining scenes in Sci-Fi movies where robots arise from baths of water in all their plasticine glory. That, I think, is kind of what we'll be doing. Except, with each-others' arms, somehow.

An oldie but a goodie.


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