The following post was written in the midst of Tour de Fleece. Why I didn't post it when it was written is a question with which I've been struggling. The simple answer is there was no balance - there wasn't a good to post along with the moaning. I don't like moaning. But I've come to realize a few things as I've perused this post, over and over and over. Here's the original unedited post:
From 7/15/2011
This week has been a challenge from the beginning thanks to chronic pain rearing its very ugly head, and hands. Yes, hands, or to be more precise, hand - the right one, especially the thumb mechanism - along with the back which is always a bear. My Tour de Fleece spinning has slowed down to a crawl with my decision to do a worsted 3-ply of fingering weight.
To those of you not suffering for fiberholicalism suffice it to say it is made up of small repetitive movements of the thumb and middle finger that can be very aggravating to a bad case of arthritis of the thumb joint. I hadn't taken that into consideration when deciding to spin my own sock knitting yarn that would, hopefully, wear like iron (read: needing VERY infrequent darning because I refuse to toss hand-knit socks.)
A bit of time-travelling to bring us back to today, 8/11/2011
This bit of moaning brought my blogging to a near complete standstill. I couldn't get past it, couldn't post it, nor could I delete it. I decided it was a valid post. This blog is supposed to be about spinning and coping with chronic pain. Duh! Pain is going to show up now and then as it is a constant companion and has been for the past 12 years. I figure it's time to post it and then I can move on to the good stuff. After all, when it get's right down to it balance isn't an instant thing. Sometimes it takes years to balance one thing with another. Karma, I guess.
