Ok So I got the cellulitis under control. Can't express how happy I am
to see my feet and ankles again  lol.
But the  hand is driving me nuts. In early June I broke my left index
finger. Now mind you just the top two knuckles caught it in the door in
the house not car. Didn't hurt right off but next day was huge and I
thought ok something is wrong. Now thinking in classic Lupie fashion I
thought well my daughter is going to fam dr on friday ( this being
monday) I will show it to her then. I iced it it was painful but have a
high threshold for pain I handled it it swelled more I iced it elevated
it. So go on friday of course need x-rays it's what is called a crushed
fracture. Top two knuckles. She sends me to Hand dr. he says tape it to
next finger and bend them when ever I can to make swelling go down. Ok
  That part goes ok but thumb and wrist and up to elbow start to hurt
and swell..
Now weird thin is and I told both Drs finger is really sensitive to heat
hot water stirring wheel I live in Texas, anything hot. And as wrist
swells and elbow as well I start to get red patches on my arm up to elbo
they hurt. Can't touch them to anything clothing, brush up against
anything so on. the knuckles slowly one at a time turn red and feel like
hit by sledge hammer.
 So now almost 3 months later it is a real cycle at night I will feel a
twinge like mild arthritis in a knuckle and then the next day that
finger and one next to it will be swollen like 3 times size. This week
end was every finger but the one that was broken to begin with it is the
only one that is not doing this silly stuff. Elbow has lump and always
hurt's.
 Now as I had said before my neurologist had prescribed Neurontin to
see if would help. i did try just the bottom line dose and did not see
any help just felt woozy.
So I called her yesterday as I had follow up on the 19 to check this out
but I can not wait i can not use my hand I am doing everything one
handed  which I am getting better at and even though I am right handed
you would be surprised how much you use your left hand , drive throughs,
just a bunch of stuff. My Grandmother was naturally left handed and in
her era ( she was born 1894) that was not allowed so she had to change
to right so she was completely ambidextrous. You could not tell the
difference when she wrote. Well she taught me alot of stuff knitting,
sewing, braiding so on nd I guess I never realized just how much I
picked up left handed even batting, she taught me. She was an amazing
lady, one of 9 kids put her self through college amazing in it's self
considering the era, And was a secretary for silent film industry in
Chicago til she married my Grampa. Anyway. I am going to dr this am and
see what can be done. I can live with out alot but I need both hands.
So moral of story don't put off anything that hurt's more than natural
child birth.
The nurse asked me yesterday how much does it hurt and I said I gave
birth to 2 beautiful children completely natural and this hurts more.
WAY MORE
Cindy W.