Comments on: Update on Rob’s hands

By: David Loftus

David Loftus — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:16:48 +0000

It’s weird, the things this modern life does to our body . . . and vice versa. I’ve been suffering from “golfer’s elbow” — the opposite of tennis elbow — on the left side. It’s aching and pain in the elbow, occasionally accompanied by nerve tinglings down my arm to the fingertips. This is all due, I guess, to years of pounding at computer keyboards — probably some that were ergonomically misplaced, and I know our home iMac keyboard takes a lot more force to press its keys down than my G4 laptop. (I always pressed hard with pencils in school, too; which left a callus on the back of my right middle finger.)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:40:32 +0000

Thanks. It has us both irritable at the system, but there’s not much we can do.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:19:40 +0000

I didn’t know about Rob’s hands, how awful. I’m also sorry about the hoops you’re jumping through, adding stress to an already stressful situation. Crazy insurance companies, crazy us for…well, all that.

Also, congratulations on the Asimov sale, that’s awesome! as you can see, I’m catching up on your blog

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:28:12 +0000

That had been our hope, although we leave town on the 21st so I’m doubtful in the extreme that it will happen before 2009.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:27:32 +0000

Usually we pay out of pocket, but have this insurance through Rob’s employer. It seems like way more of a hassle.

By: Charles Tan

Charles Tan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:21:28 +0000

Hope things work out and hopefully an appointment gets scheduled before the holidays.

By: Todd Thorne

Todd Thorne — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:19:49 +0000

Isn’t it amazing how the insurance industry shakes you down both coming and going? It’s like they go through extra training to make things as difficult as possible.

Hopefully Rob is able to look past the bureaucratic noise and focus on having the surgery and recuperating quickly.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:04:22 +0000

I know. I keep thinking that in Iceland it would have been done already and with really excellent doctors. Gah.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:00:46 +0000

Yeesh. Thank ghod here in ‘Merica we don’t have one of them socialized health care thingees, with all of that bureaucracy.

I hope Rob’s able to get things all squared away sooner rather than later, with a minimum of new hoops to jump through.