Another April, another injury....

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Derek S

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Well almost like clockwork, I'm dealing with yet another ailment this April that has me sidelined. The good news is that I'll only *hopefully* be down for 2 weeks. The culprit? A nearly ruptured tendon in my left thumb (don't even know how I did it), so they put my hand in a cast so I don't take a chance on rupturing it and needing surgery.

Makes it really tough to type, but I just hope it's healed soon, I can't wait to get in the water!
 
Derek S:
Well almost like clockwork, I'm dealing with yet another ailment this April that has me sidelined. ..................
Makes it really tough to type, but I just hope it's healed soon, I can't wait to get in the water!

:shakehead RATS-A-RONI That's too bad!

I know what you mean - I had some minor surgery on my upper lip - just where the mask skirt sits - 5 little sutures. Not that it bothers me - but I can't wear a mask for 2weeks either.

Better now than in full season.

Hope it heals soon!
 
There is a one armed diver on ScubaBoard. Surely you can dive with just one thumb!! :wink:

But Really: Sorry to hear!! Heal up soon Buddy!!
 
Chris Red:
:shakehead RATS-A-RONI That's too bad!

I know what you mean - I had some minor surgery on my upper lip - just where the mask skirt sits - 5 little sutures. Not that it bothers me - but I can't wear a mask for 2weeks either.

Better now than in full season.

Hope it heals soon!

Just stinks because I had a septoplasty done last April and with the complications I missed almost all of the dive season last year, I don't want to repeat it again this year.
 
Tavi:
There is a one armed diver on ScubaBoard. Surely you can dive with just one thumb!! :wink:

But Really: Sorry to hear!! Heal up soon!!

Well, the thumb is feeling better, I just hope the doc gives me the thumbs up (pun intended :D) when I get the cast off. I'm finguring by mid-late May I will be ready to go!

Osprey and the Favors await! :14:
 
Get well soon Derek!! You can't Thumb the dive now can ya?
 
hnladue:
Get well soon Derek!! You can't Thumb the dive now can ya?

Actually, it's just the opposite. I'm always thumbing the dive with this cast on. :D
 
You could say you're all thumbs?
 
That'd be a fair assessment. :D
 
Well, the cast is off, and I'm still in a fair bit of pain. Trying to get in to see a specialist and see if there is something else I can do. I just want to avoid surgery at all costs, I'm not having another dive season ruined two years in a row. :11:

Stay tuned....
 

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