So ummm... about 5 years ago I broke - or rather cracked? - every bone in my left thumb (although didn't find out until weeks later when the healing fractures showed up on the x-rays and ct scans). Anyway, for the most part, it's fine, however if I'm doing a lot of manual therapy or facilitaton at work or if it is particularly wet and rainy it'll ache. I've discovered a new thing that'll make it ache too... working with Paton's Grace yarn with a "D" hook, for 4 hours. And now? Owww. But the majority of the little purse is finished, and the rest should be tomorrow if I can get the swelling to go down enough. Silly crochet addiction (or rather, procrastination that had me trying to do the whole purse in 1 day).