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  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    welps the stitches are all out (it looks naaaaaaassssty EW). i have paper strips i can use to help seal it up more and a splint to keep my finger straight so it won't pull on the bigger cut. can't work for at least another week, ayy!

    on the brigth side my boss and the rest of my coworkers sent me flowers :) really sweet. i got my vitamin E capsules today, started taking them and i'll be using it on the scar as soon as it's sealed up tight!


    well thats good news! Nice of your co-works/boss too..
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,947
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    welps the stitches are all out (it looks naaaaaaassssty EW). i have paper strips i can use to help seal it up more and a splint to keep my finger straight so it won't pull on the bigger cut. can't work for at least another week, ayy!

    on the brigth side my boss and the rest of my coworkers sent me flowers :) really sweet. i got my vitamin E capsules today, started taking them and i'll be using it on the scar as soon as it's sealed up tight!
    so im thinking....

    you were going for the van gogh thing.....weren't you....

    but ya just couldnt chop off your ear....

    so you went for a thumb instead....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    GraySaturday wrote:
    well thats good news! Nice of your co-works/boss too..
    yup! and yeah the flowers did cheer me up, came with chocolate too....mmmm. that heals everything haha
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    so im thinking....

    you were going for the van gogh thing.....weren't you....

    but ya just couldnt chop off your ear....

    so you went for a thumb instead....
    well sure...didn't want to be a TOTAL copycat :rolleyes:

    :p haha i did do some sketches last nite with my left hand. i'll be bummed if they end up better than the ones i've done with my right :o lol
  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    yup! and yeah the flowers did cheer me up, came with chocolate too....mmmm. that heals everything haha


    well sure...didn't want to be a TOTAL copycat :rolleyes:

    :p haha i did do some sketches last nite with my left hand. i'll be bummed if they end up better than the ones i've done with my right :o lol

    Are you an artist full time? We should chat sometime.. I'm a starving artist!
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    welps the stitches are all out (it looks naaaaaaassssty EW). i have paper strips i can use to help seal it up more and a splint to keep my finger straight so it won't pull on the bigger cut. can't work for at least another week, ayy!

    on the brigth side my boss and the rest of my coworkers sent me flowers :) really sweet. i got my vitamin E capsules today, started taking them and i'll be using it on the scar as soon as it's sealed up tight!


    cool beans!!! :D:D
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    GraySaturday wrote:
    Are you an artist full time? We should chat sometime.. I'm a starving artist!
    nope, just do it on the side, though i get to do design stuff at work too :) what type of art do you make?
  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    welps the stitches are all out (it looks naaaaaaassssty EW). i have paper strips i can use to help seal it up more and a splint to keep my finger straight so it won't pull on the bigger cut. can't work for at least another week, ayy!

    on the brigth side my boss and the rest of my coworkers sent me flowers :) really sweet. i got my vitamin E capsules today, started taking them and i'll be using it on the scar as soon as it's sealed up tight!

    being hurt/incapacitated can be frustrating as hell.
    not exactly the vacation you had planned, i'm sure.

    hey, at least you can still type so all is not lost haha

    nice with the flowers, nice to know someone cares.
    Nice shirt.
  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    nope, just do it on the side, though i get to do design stuff at work too :) what type of art do you make?

    I do a lot of photo-realistic pencil drawings of urban architecture. I also paint, but I do total abstract with the painting.

    I hope to have enough work put together to have a booth in the summer of 2009 at the Chicago Bucktown Arts Fest.

    what about you? what kinda art do you do?
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    being hurt/incapacitated can be frustrating as hell.
    not exactly the vacation you had planned, i'm sure.

    hey, at least you can still type so all is not lost haha

    nice with the flowers, nice to know someone cares.
    oh god, frustating doesn't even begin to cover it! not being able to drive so needing to depend on others to get me around, i'm so used to being able to take care of myself...i'm grateful i have folks who care though. and at least if i was off work for this long, if i could at least draw or go do stuff then i could manage it easier. it's messed with my head :(

    but yep, good i can type, especially since i can't write....i tried adding a note to my wall calendar and it looked like some drunk on a jackhammer scrawled on it haha
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    GraySaturday wrote:
    I do a lot of photo-realistic pencil drawings of urban architecture. I also paint, but I do total abstract with the painting.

    I hope to have enough work put together to have a booth in the summer of 2009 at the Chicago Bucktown Arts Fest.

    what about you? what kinda are do you do?
    wow very cool! :) do you have a site with your stuff available to see?

    one good thing about being home, i can start working on my website. i have a couple designs but i'm not sure yet....maybe i should do a poll thing here for help!
  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    oh god, frustating doesn't even begin to cover it! not being able to drive so needing to depend on others to get me around, i'm so used to being able to take care of myself...i'm grateful i have folks who care though. and at least if i was off work for this long, if i could at least draw or go do stuff then i could manage it easier. it's messed with my head :(

    but yep, good i can type, especially since i can't write....i tried adding a note to my wall calendar and it looked like some drunk on a jackhammer scrawled on it haha

    its amazing what we take for granted every single day, the simple things.

    yeah, sometimes too much time on our hands isn't always a good thing.

    and tell that drunk to quit doodling on your calendar.
    you may have to start sketching with your toes hehe
    Nice shirt.
  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    wow very cool! :) do you have a site with your stuff available to see?

    one good thing about being home, i can start working on my website. i have a couple designs but i'm not sure yet....maybe i should do a poll thing here for help!

    No site yet.. its in the works.. My husband does web design as a hobby so when he finds a moment of free time, I've booked his help.

    I wish I could be an artist full time.. Doesn't seem to be enough people who want commissioned drawings to pay the bills just yet. I still enjoy it on the side though.
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    its amazing what we take for granted every single day, the simple things.

    yeah, sometimes too much time on our hands isn't always a good thing.

    and tell that drunk to quit doodling on your calendar.
    you may have to start sketching with your toes hehe
    definitely. even something as simple as washing my hair is a pain in the ass lol

    yep, i wouldn't mind being home if i was feeling well

    i told ed to stop :eek: haha and i did think about my toes. maybe like fingerpainting....bunch of small dots haha


    GraySaturday wrote:
    No site yet.. its in the works.. My husband does web design as a hobby so when he finds a moment of free time, I've booked his help.

    I wish I could be an artist full time.. Doesn't seem to be enough people who want commissioned drawings to pay the bills just yet. I still enjoy it on the side though.
    oh i know, wouldn;t it be nice to do it as a full time job? if i won the lottery that's what i'd do :) i do feel fortunate i can do some stuff as part of my job though, i'd go bananas if i worked where i couldn't have some creative aspect going
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    YAY got back from the doc and it's healed :D i can wash my hair with my right hand now too, woohoo

    now the scabbing part, weeeeee lol i got my vitamin E capsules and lotion, thanks again everybody for all the suggestions and well wishes :)
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    yea!!! good to hear severed hand.....;) :p:D
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    cutback wrote:
    yea!!! good to hear severed hand.....;) :p:D
    heehee of course now i can freak people out cuz i just have two steri-strips leftr to fall off so there's a nice chunk left for folks to see...i'm gonna go to work and gross them all out :D
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    welps the stitches are all out (it looks naaaaaaassssty EW). i have paper strips i can use to help seal it up more and a splint to keep my finger straight so it won't pull on the bigger cut. can't work for at least another week, ayy!

    on the brigth side my boss and the rest of my coworkers sent me flowers :) really sweet. i got my vitamin E capsules today, started taking them and i'll be using it on the scar as soon as it's sealed up tight!


    i don't know how i managed to miss this thread first time around...yikes chica!


    glad things are gtting better, and hey even if a bit stir-crazy, another week off work can't be all bad, eh? ;) enjoy the R&R.


    and nice on the flowers!
    :)
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    decides2dream wrote:
    i don't know how i managed to miss this thread first time around...yikes chica!


    glad things are gtting better, and hey even if a bit stir-crazy, another week off work can't be all bad, eh? ;) enjoy the R&R.


    and nice on the flowers!
    :)
    thanks! actually it was a little difficult being off work...knowing stuff was piling up there, and i couldn't do stuff i'd like to if i was off work like drive places and draw and such. plus just being in pain all the time. in a twisted sort of way i'm lookin forward to going back...i must really have gone nuts :eek: haha

    yep the flowers are really beautiful, still happy and blooming on my coffee table :)
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    hey just wanted to share something i learned from the physical therapist last week!

    she gave me this micropore tape to put on the wounds every night before sleeping and leave on till morning. it's supposed to help flatten the scars...and so far it seems to be working! now, it could just be the natural progression of the healing, but she has had a few patients swear by it, and that it's reduced scars dramatically. so just wanted to let folks know in case god forbid they get a boo boo :)

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