6/12/08

So those of you who remember from before when I said I had to give up drums because of my wrist problems (my ganglion cist that is)? Well things are looking up, not for the drumming part unfortunately but for the cist.

See last time I went to the doctor (who specializes in bones and joint or something like that) he said that it was a ganglion cist for sure but, it was too small to be removed. Only it was big enough to mean the end of my drumming career for good, because it was too painful to play with.

Recently though, it’s gotten a lot worse. It even swelled up till it looked like there was a ping pong ball underneath the skin in my wrist! It’s also been super painful, which has made in increasingly difficult to type papers on the computer for school, which is a problem grade wise.

But I digress, I am getting the cist looked at sometime this week (though I’m pretty sure it’s big enough to be removed) and they’ll tell me what’s going on soon enough.

Unfortunately this does not mean I can go back to be a drummer. So I still am a drummer of 5 years who was forced to quit. The reason I can’t play again is because there are two things that could happen with the cist.

1. It’s not big enough to remove so they can’t do anything about it and it will also continue to be too painful to play. Or

2. They can remove so then a date for the surgery will be set for sometime next year (I’m hoping during swimming in gym xD) and then I’ll spend months in physical therapy to regain all wrist control and eventually my wrist won’t be in pain anymore, but I won’t be allowed to do any really repetitive motion (like drumming) with my wrist for a year or two and then when I finally can I’ll probably never be at the skill level I was at before all of this started.

So, while I am really down about not being able to play drums well ever again, I already knew that when the cist was first discovered which means I’m almost completely at peace with the idea (though I’ll miss drumming like hell) but I’m super excited for the possibility of getting the cist removed because then the pain in my wrist will finally be gone for good!