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Recovering from hand surgery

October 8th, 2008 by Bryan O'Sullivan

A few months ago, I tore the A4 pulley tendon in my right ring finger in a climbing accident. Yesterday, I had it reconstructed (completely ruptured tendons don’t heal) with a graft of tendon from my forearm. I can currently only type with one hand, so if I owe you an email, please be patient.

I should get the finger brace off in about 6 weeks, and ought to have somewhat decent use of that finger once more by the spring. I’m looking forward to being able to catch a thrown ball again!

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12 Responses to “Recovering from hand surgery”

  1. on 09 Oct 2008 at 11:221 Andres Salomon

    Yikes! How’d it happen? Were you dyno’ing or something?

  2. on 09 Oct 2008 at 13:082 Bryan O'Sullivan

    Crimping hard on an overhanging V5 boulder problem. Heard the “pop” when the tendon ruptured and all :-(

  3. on 09 Oct 2008 at 17:093 Don De Tina MD

    Speaking both as a Computer Science graduate/hobbyist and as a GP, there’s goodness in functionality. It really is the whole point. I admire your writing, the approach you took to writing RWH and I can’t wait till December rolls around and I am holding the physical book. Cheers from Hamilton, Ontario and keep up the good work!

  4. on 09 Oct 2008 at 17:344 Bryan O'Sullivan

    Thanks, Don!

  5. on 13 Oct 2008 at 21:395 hazelbroom

    Oh man! I didn’t realize you’d have to have the brace on that long!

  6. on 15 Oct 2008 at 16:386 Chance Coble

    Hope you have a speedy recovery Bryan. Thanks for your DEFUN tutorial, and I look forward to your book arriving later in the year.

  7. on 15 Oct 2008 at 17:057 Bryan O'Sullivan

    Thanks, Chance!

  8. on 20 Oct 2008 at 13:478 Gigi

    Completely unrelated but love your profile picture!!
    Hope your hand is better now.

  9. on 20 Oct 2008 at 13:569 Bryan O'Sullivan

    Thanks, Gayu. It’s my favourite picture, because the larger version has Ruairi in it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/goop/412374467/

  10. on 01 Dec 2008 at 01:4010 Nick Fabry

    Well – this may not be the most appropriate forum for this, but I couldn’t find another means of contact. So, (presuming your hand is better!)…

    If you are still actively editing/updating your guide on Mercurial, I wanted to send you a few small suggestions/edits. What would be the best way of doing that?

    Thank you for writing the guide – Mercurial is the first VCS system that is actually pleasant to use, particularly with your explanations guiding things. Hope your hand recovers well!

  11. on 01 Dec 2008 at 01:4711 Bryan O'Sullivan

    Nick, thanks. My email address is in every commit to the Mercurial book’s source tree :-)

  12. on 10 Dec 2008 at 02:4012 stewart

    Brian sorry to hear! psychologically warm up next time! get better soon!

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