Poland's Syndrome & Knitting

I had mentioned a few months back that I've taken up knitting, the one upside I hadn't realized til recently is that this will be awesome for Poland's.

First up, Gloves. If you've PS you know what I'm talking about right away, for those who don't please grab your normal gloves & put one on then either grab a glove that's much, much to big or take your other glove & pull it on so that the wrist band is on just past your knuckles. Feel that 1-2" of empty glove finger just flapping around, yep it bothers us too. So my options thus far in life, if I want my gloves to fit each hand, are buy cheap stretchy gloves, buy 2 pair of gloves that come in a size & just use one of each or just don't wear gloves. Now I can make my own gloves & each glove will match the other & fit!

Second up, Sleeves. After the above paragraph you should know what I'm talking about with sleeve. Every sweater I make will have the right length sleeves & the correct circumference as well. My right arm is a bit narrower as well as shorter.

This is gonna be awesome! Now I just have to get my skills up enough to be able to knit a glove or sweater, lol.

I guess...

I'm still quiet because I don't have much to say, lol.

Hmm, let's see. Amelia has been back in school thanks to us getting a carpool thing going. We've got it set up to go til the end of March, by then it should be warm enough that we can walk. She's still loving pre-school. Her parent/teacher conference is coming up in another week, I know I'll hear all about how she doesn't use scissors well & her pencil grip is incorrect. With the utmost respect I say "Bite me.", really she may never do them correctly, I don't. Also I have noticed a few things over the years that have got me wondering if she has development disorder, ASD or ADHD, something in there. If she does it's pretty mild, but there are quirks to her behavior that make me pause, & there are quite a few of them. Overall she's fine, but I am thinking of having her evaluated to see if she does have something so we can get a plan to cope set up. Thankfully where I live evaluations are free. I'll be doing this come summer.

I am the same as ever. I decided not to see the ortho about knee surgery. I don't have enough of a support system going to have the help I would need while I recover. I'm going to ask for a knee brace instead. I am still tapering down on the gabapentin & it's going well, I'm just yesterday down to 300-300-600. I am dropping things more, but I'll adapt & deal with it.

I am still knitting & getting better. I've done a scarf, washcloth, a toy hat, some pins & am working on another scarf & going to try my hand at a sock soon. I think it's helping to keep my hand strength while I reduce the gabapentin.

I got my tax $ & bought a nice pair of shoes since I've given up on orthotics. I've gotten 2 of them so far & they suck. They drive me nuts & I can't see any benefit when I use them. So I decided quality footwear is what I need.

I've called

to apply for SSDI. Damn, that's a hard call to make. I gave them my basics & they will call me back to set up an appt as their system wasn't letting them make appointments.

In other news I am trying to teach myself knitting. It's going very slow since I have to stop & rest my hands so often. I am hoping that I can use knitting as a hand strengthening exercise.