Body Stuff

It's small, blue and tingly. My pinky finger, I mean. For the last two days, perhaps three, the pinky finger (5th phalange sinister to be exact) of my left hand has been numb, with a cyanotic nail bed and cold. Every now and then I see this little seemingly dead thing waving around down there and I give it a rub and squeeze to move the blood back and forth, but it never seems to really "wake up". It makes me wonder what may be going on... just curious, not alarmed, as it still seems to function when called upon. Previous to the "pinky thing", the thumb on the same hand had been experiencing some soreness on the pad, similar to a deep bruise or bone bruise, making it quite tender to perform such simple operations as opening the car door - my latch has a button that you have to push. And, just the morning of the "pinky thing", I felt a sharp pain in the offending phalange stemming from no apparent provocation.

As of today, the thumb seems to be better, the pinky continues to be obstinate and the wrist has gotten into the action. It now feels as if one of the small, pebble-shaped wrist bones has become dislodged and is creating a feeling of "not-quite-right" - ness. I've twisted, turned, massaged and pulled to no effect.

Only 40 and already falling apart!