Poor Bitey and Toby. It’s always the kids that suffer.
It is looking like what I thought was a simple case of osteoarthritis is either psoriatic or psoriatic + rheumatoid arthritis. Very suddenly I have lost nearly all the strength in my right hand. (Unfortunately I am a righty.)
For the time being, Bitey and Toby will have to be drawn with my left hand. As you can see, they don’t look quite how they usually do. I am also having the fun of learning to use a mouse with my left hand. Oh the joys that abound in Bitey Land!
Like Job, I am trying to be grateful for this most recent challenge. If you are a subscriber to bootstrapping philosophy in neuroanatomy (i.e. W.H. Calvin’s The Throwing Madonna) , potentially switching hands like this might help to unlock my crippling writers’ block. Of course, I still can’t draw, write or type anything I think up. Hmmm….
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The Adventures of Bitey Dog 
DEAR ONE
JAY HAD RA…. HE SAW A GOOD DR… AND DID THE NEDS AND THE CHECKINS AND UPS. HE IS NOW ACTUALLY IN REMISSION. MY POINT IS THERE IS SOME GOOD AND EFFECTIVE MEDICINE OUT THERE. ONE THAT JAY WAS STARTED ON IS HYDRO-OXI -QUNINE. THERE IS ABOUT THAT TAG TEAMS WITH IT AND YOU HAVE TO to TAKE FOLIC ACID TABS WITH THEM AS IT DWPLETES THAT, SO.. GET A GOOD RA DR.. AND GET PILLING !! YOU CAN BEAT RA HUGSSSSSSSS
ALSO.. WHEN I HAD MY THUMB/ERIST JOINTS REPLACED I HAD TO LEARN TO SWAP RIGHT FOR LEFT. FRET NOT… YOU WILL MANAGE !
Thanks for giving me encouraging news! Keep your fingers crossed (right or left ๐) that I can find a nice one locally.
oh dear, you just have rotten luck! Keeping fingers crossed you can get some relief
Thanks. A friend said that when the flare settles down, the swelling in the joints will too. That is encouraging to know. ๐
You do a fantastic job left-handed. Praying for you
Thanks. It is slow and frustrating, but I keep plodding along! ๐
Oh, gosh! ๐ฆ But, hey, your left-handed drawings are still way way W-A-Y better than most people’s drawings! ๐ Most of us look like we draw with our toes or our nose! ๐ฎ HA! ๐
I wish you relief and healing! โค
(((HUGS)))
PS…I have regular old arthritis in my hands and that's bad enough. Can't imagine what you are going through. ๐ฆ
I know I am lucky. Some people have things so much worse than I so. Still, until I adapt, itโs soo inconvenient!
(Hope the season doesnโt make your arfritis achy. – Toby โค๏ธ)
๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ Lots!
Oh, thank you! ๐๐๐