{"id":5567,"date":"2008-07-22T23:25:51","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T23:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/07\/light-blogging.html"},"modified":"2008-07-22T23:25:51","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T23:25:51","slug":"light-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/07\/light-blogging.html","title":{"rendered":"Light blogging&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because I had surgery again! This time I can post a picture of the part of my body that went under the knife:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"thumb.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/thumb.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t it gross? It&#8217;s a ganglion cyst. Usually it&#8217;s on the wrist but of course I have to be different. I&#8217;ve been waiting to get it removed forever (I&#8217;ve had it for a year but my doctor didn&#8217;t realize what it was until recently) but I had to wait for the end of the semester since it was on my right hand and I knew I would be unable to take notes or take my finals after surgery. Then I had to wait until after my other surgery and then when I was sure I wasn&#8217;t going to need yet another surgery and we had finally gotten rid of the bacteria, I made the appointment for surgery. I could have had it drained but there is a higher recurrence rate and I didn&#8217;t want it coming back and then having to wait yet again until the end of yet another semester.<br \/>\nSo, now I can&#8217;t use my thumb for five days and it will take three to four weeks before I can work out with it \ud83d\ude41 I didn&#8217;t think I would have a problem blogging since I don&#8217;t use my thumb for anything but the space bar but I have to elevate my thumb and the dressing is pretty big and it&#8217;s a little painful to type. So, my posts will be pithier than usual \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because I had surgery again! This time I can post a picture of the part of my body that went under the knife: Isn&#8217;t it gross? It&#8217;s a ganglion cyst. Usually it&#8217;s on the wrist but of course I have to be different. 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