Guest Blog: Mark Fuller….yea again!!

Hey everbody!!

Hey its me again.  Denise had an appointment with the hand doctor this morning.  In talking with her doctor, it was determined that Denise should have surgery on her wrist on morning of March 13th.  She spent some time with a nurse going over pre-op paperwork and instructions.  Not only did the nurse tell her she couldn’t wear any perfume, the nurse told me, as her escort I couldn’t wear any after shave or cologne!!  I understand being sterile but I ain’t gonna be in the operating room with her… Continue reading

Hand therapy

For the last several weeks to a month, I’ve been having pain in my wrists and thumbs.  My doctor diagnosed it as De Qervain’s Tenosynovitis.  I read up on that and basically it has to do with the tendons that go to the thumbs and the sheath that wraps tightly around the wrists.  My doctor referred me to a hand surgeon who in turn referred me to a hand therapist.  Today was my first day with the hand therapist. Continue reading

Birch Bay and the birds

After spending a good part of the day today looking for work, which I won’t bore you with again, Mark and I drove back to our place along the bay.  There was a bit of sunshine and the tide was out, so we stopped and Mark grabbed our camera and started shooting pictures.  I stepped down onto the beach for a bit and looked for shells.  While I was doing that, a brown seagull landed fairly close to me and stood there looking me over.  I told him or her that I was safe and the seagull sat down just as comfortable as you please! Continue reading