November

It's been a month.  I guess that means it's time for a new entry. 

I'm actually making progress. Sort of. 

There was some back and forth with my right hand, which finally hit a tipping point a few weekends ago when it was just horribly stiff so I didn't use it all day and made a friend cut up all the veggies for our dinner and open all the jars and at the end of the day, the tendons on the backs of my fingers were as tight and stiff as ever before, and I got fed up. The next day, I made breakfast and I chopped up my own veggies, and then at some point there was pasta, and I opened the jar of sauce. I stopped avoiding using my right hand to lift my heavy messenger bag.  And it made an almost immediate difference.  Most of the stiffness is gone a lot of the time. I'm up to 10 minute drawing sessions, two or three times a day.  I'm not better yet, but I'm closer. 

On the other hand, my other hand has a combined progress/damage ratio that leaves me at a level zero. 

I am gaining a lot of control, and a good portion of the time, my lines go where I want them to. I spent a couple hours here and there sketching this past weekend, and it was lovely and I even did some movement studies that came out not too badly. 

But. 

After an hour or so of sketching (not that much time, in an artist's time frame) my hand starts getting sore. And though I made good progress on ability this past weekend, the inside of my wrist is burning and irritated every time I use the hand more than a little, and my fingers not stiff, but noticeably sore. I have occupational therapy today, so I'll ask my therapist what I can/need to do. 

And I have a bit of a doodle that I've been working on 5 and 10 minutes at a time. 

And it should be done soon. And I will post it here. 

Maybe by the time we are 2/3 of the way through December, I'll have something more exciting and exceptional to post.