Good news, bad news

  Thankfully, my finger is NOT broken after all.   After being yelled at by my rescue captain, I went to to doc today.  They x-rayed it, and it was just dislocated.  So the doc "relocated it."  Now, I used to semi dislocate my left knee cap often when I was younger, and I learned to relocate it myself.  But, you never get used to that feeling.  For a split second, the pain blossoms like a supernova, hot and massive.  Then, almost immediately, the pain drops in such a feeling of relief that it is hard to describe.  I've already gained a lot of my range of motion back (Though I'm still typing without it.)  So that was the good news.

  The bad news is that my psoriasis is settling in, now that we have discontinued treatment.  Everything I have read says it's not supposed to be particularly painful, but it is rampant on four of my fingers, each of which bear at least one major fissure.  It is also on two other fingers, though thankfully to a much lesser degree.  At least I can say that my thumbs are still unaffected, thank God!  I've learned to do so many things using my thumbs, or my thumbs against my palm.  I still use urea cream, which helps with the dryness, so I can deal with it. 

  I'm starting to wonder what life is going to look like, 6 months from now.  I know as James gets older, it will get easier on my hands.  And I'm starting to look into some speech to text stuff, just so I can minimize my typing.  I can still sort of type, though it is much slower and does hurt.  If anyone knows of any good programs, please let me know.  For now, we are still doing pretty well, and I know that God has some kind of plan for this.  Now I ask that He grant me the patience to find out what that is.

p.s. If anyone sees an autoharp for a ridiculously low price, let me know.  Guitar is out of the question, but auto harp could still work.  Would be nice to play along for campfires.