Long overdue...

7/1/14
Happy Mericuh week everyone!

I have had several people ask me for a Hanna update.  To be honest, I have been reluctant to write anything due to frustration and the desire to stay positive. But here it goes...Caution: I will need some cheese with my whine...

After continuing to go back and forth with the company and my prosthetist, they still do not have a good solution for me and Hanna. My prosthetist has offered to try and make me a cover for Hanna, but Touch Bionics is not going to do anything for me. I am really frustrated with them because it seems like they are shooting themselves in the foot by not supporting their prosthetic users.

Remember their website I posted stating that I was "required" to have a cover? Yeah, well they quickly took that down once they heard from me. Haha

And they have decided to no longer make the clear finger covers and are only going to make the black finger covers. So I will have a bi-racial hand once I wear out my clear covers. Awesome.

So basically I can keep trying to wear Hanna and keep scratching everything and everyone or I can use her as a very expensive paperweight.

I am pretty discouraged because I thought was getting a tool that would look more skin-like and that would be helpful in everyday activities. But I am scared to use her as I keep scratching stuff.

I am still working with my prosthetist to try and find a good solution but he thinks that if he makes a cover it will look "grotesque". Has he seen my little hand? Haha

I just really want to look normal, but I am starting to realize that maybe that will never happen; that maybe how I look is my "normal".

I am really blessed in what I CAN do. I have been able to learn to play guitar, piano, dance, type, etc. I realize that there are folks that aren't able to do those things and that I am very lucky to be able to function like I do. 

So just wanted to keep you guys updated. Thanks for your prayers and support! I will keep working to make Hanna work for me.

Hope you all have a happy 4th! Don't set your house on fire with fireworks :)