this made traveling fun

As some of you know I had surgery on my finger last Monday, 2 days before making our trip to the other side of the planet. I've had a couple of lumps in there for over a months and it was getting quite sore and painful. The doctor wasn't sure what was in there so like a good surgeon he decided that he should cut me open to see.

Turns out that was a good idea. He removed a dumbbell-shaped giant cell tumor from my middle finger. It had already grown around a nerve or two (causing some nerve damage that is most likely permanent) and was making its way toward my knuckle. The doc is fairly certain that the tumor was benign but I should get the official word this week.

Things are healing nice despite the innumerable times I smacked my splinted finger on various things while negotiating luggage in airports and planes during our trip. Seriously though, I think it looks much worse than it feels.