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The One Where I Get a Hand Job

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I had to have minor surgery on my left hand to remove a weird bump. The bump was near my middle finger, but the doctor says it should not affect my ability to flip people off.

Things are not as bad as they appear.

I wrote a few posts in advance so blogging won’t be too slowed down, but I might not be commenting on your blogs as much as usual for a couple of days. To console you, I was going to provide a musical interlude featuring Eric “Slow Hand” Clapton but I decided this was so much more fabulous … ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Twitty!

Tomorrow’s post will be on my new blog instead of here.

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  1. hope you feel better and glad you can still give people the bird haha 😉

  3. Ooh, heal up quickly!

    Conway Twitter–typo but I'm keeping it!!–had Twitty City near Nashville which was bought by a Christian TV station and renamed Trinity City. But the gate still has "Hello Darlin" spelled out in brick. 🙂 Fun fact.

  4. OMG! It looks scary. Now I'm going to be good and wear my carpal tunnel wrist brace so I don't need to have people cut me.

    Are you getting lots of dog therapy?

    Luv
    P

  7. Hi there-Look after yourself my dear and have plenty of rest and relaxation!

  9. You know, as soon as I saw the post title on bloglovin I knew it was from your blog 😉

    I hope you have a speedy recovery and can flip off as many people as you need.

  10. Hahaha I second SW's suggestion…how come the right hand's all taped up too? AND you look like you're itching to get back to the keyboard!!!

  12. You should have asked for it to be positioned in a permanent bird position – think of the energy you'd save!

  13. nooooooo!!! that totally sucks ass. i would knit you a pair of mittens if i knew how to knit 😉

  14. oh ouch!

    Glad you'll still be keeping up the cursing! Not even Twitter can stop you!

  17. Yikes, honey! I'm glad you say it's not as bad as it looks… *sends love & Coco vibes to you!*

  18. i would think a weird bump would enhance your ability to flip people off.
    😉

  20. Wishes for an easy recovery, WendyB!

    By the way, is that a prison tat on your right forearm? I would be your bitch any day.

  21. All that apparatus should really *improve* your ability to flip people off, by upping your hand visibility.

  22. Wait, wait…surgery, a happy ending, AND Conway Twitty? If I have been declared dead, please tell me that this is the afterlife…

  25. Genuinely relieved to hear your "birding" capabilities are still 100%. Make sure to ask your physical therapist for extra middle-finger-strengthening exercises.

    Call me cruel, but hoping for a "WendyB on pain meds" post or two… (I don't wish you pain, mind you, just pain meds.)

  27. Poochie, if by dog therapy you mean, "Did Gigi projectile vomit all over the house last night" the answer is yes.

    "You know, as soon as I saw the post title on bloglovin I knew it was from your blog ;)" — Ha ha! Good to know my reputation is intact, DaisyChain.

    Bex, from the IV. Makes for a dramatic picture, doesn't it?

    123Val, they wrote on the arm that they were operating on so there was no confusion but maybe I should make it permanent bc your interpretation is better.

    Thanks to all other peeps! Harder to type today than yesterday so I can't thank you all individually.

  29. Maybe you could get a guest spot as a dancer on Michael Jackson's upcoming tour! Didn't he wear something like that on his wrist in Bad? Ja know it!

  30. Glad all is well with your hand job. Did you take home your 'weird bump' in a prayer locket?

    Denise xxx

  32. Loves me some Conway T!

    Hope you heal fast so you can resume flipping people off, WB!

    xoxox,
    CC

  35. I glad to see that not even hand surgery can keep you from blogging.
    What would we do without our daily dose of Wendy?

  38. My greatest fear is having my scrolling finger removed! Get better soon….what's the other bandage for? I.V?

  39. Ooooh, poor you. I know that pact with the devil will have you back to perfect within 24 hours. 🙂

  40. oh my…it looks bad in the picture even tho u say it isn't. hope you're all fixed soon!

  41. Poor hand! I hope you are up to gloves, manicures and bitch slapping very soon.

  44. Ayyyyy- best wishes for a speedy recovery! BTW, my cousin is a hand surgeon. I never knew you could specialize in such things. Must be a delicate specialty, though! Her husband, a once-semi-professional BMX biker, got into a bad accident while trying to relive the glory days in a local park. She nearly had to operate on his hand, which made her very nervous indeed. Glad to see your thumbs are still operational on Twitter 😉

  45. What was the weird bump supposed to be? How scary! By the way, your wrists are sooo tiny. Love them!

  47. Damn those strange bumps, but I'm glad you got rid of it. And thank god you can still flip the bird. I hope you had cute surgeons, good drugs, and are now home from the hospital!

  49. Ouch! glad to hear it's not as bad as it looks to though. and I'm sure I saw that singer on Family Guy. It was…disturbing.