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Dupuytren's Contracture

Five Days Before surgery. (One).


Five Days Before surgery. (Two).


Five Days Before surgery. (Three).


Five Days Before surgery. (Four).


Five Days Before surgery. (Five) .

Five Days Before surgery. (Six).


Five Days Before surgery. (Seven)


Five Days Before surgery. (Eight).


Five Days Before surgery. (Nine).


The Day After.


Good Morning Brockport.


Thank you and good night.


The cat toy (aka Cater's Cushion.)


Hey Mon.


Tom as Oscar Wilde.


Melissa as Florence Nightengale ... the morning after.


Melissa "Flo" awakens.


One eye towards the Dupuytrens.


Two eyes towards dream land.


Hi, again.




One Week After Surgery
(Ah, you've seen worse, but, alas, a warning.)




Yeah, Doc. You cut open this hand.


The unveiling.


A bit messy here.


The purple lines are from a permanent marker.


A little bit cleaner now.


Even cleaner.


Shazam.


The close-up shot.


Two Weeks After Surgery

Skin starting to loosen.


Vaseline is shinny.


Three Weeks After Surgery

I've been picking.


The permanent marker is almost all gone. Just a dot on the pinky.


Four Weeks After Surgery

The hand's getting flatter.


Looks like a skin graph below the pinky, doesn't it? Maybe the doc cut out out a section, set it aside, then glued it back on.


Five Weeks After Surgery

This is the best the hand has felt. It's getting flexible and straight.


It's almost as if half the palm is a scar, or at least red and more taut than the other half.


Six Weeks After Surgery

Last week, the hand felt great. This week, it's tired. So much physical therapy. It's a full-time job. Oi.


I think my palm print has changed. I mean, other than where the scars are.








And now for the big question


Did Jesus Have Dupuytren's Contracture, too?








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