WRIST IS BONE-ON-BONE

What did the specialist say?

No hope for improvement without some sort of operation.

And, frankly, I would be surprised to see you live out the week.

See an orthopedic surgeon for a workup.

Gus, I am determined to make it through at least 2 weeks.

The hand specialist is an orthopedist. He said that the only operation out there for me would be a fusing of the wrist. This is a nonstarter because it greatly limits mobility, probably ending hopes of getting back to sports. The operation is usually limited to cases in which a person is in continual pain, which doesn't apply to me. He said that simple wrist curls with a weight, both palm up and palm down, would help a bit in enabling my getting back to sports. But little hand strength would come back.

I now intend to see a sports-medicine doctor for a second opinion.

Good move.

Why are your wrists in such poor condition? Is this a genetic condition?

The hand doctor confirmed that this is a genetic condition. He said that the people who he ordinarily sees with this condition have fallen from, say, a ladder. Both my wrists were injured playing tennis.

So this is a genetic condition exacerbated by injury? You inherited a pre-disposition to your problem?

I misspoke. It is a genetic proclivity to sustaining that injury/condition.

Sometimes the genetic lottery pays off. Sometimes....

You can't pick your parents.