[Jewelry making - Article 01062] - Re: [Orchid] Aspiring Jeweler requesting help

[doug]

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Hi Nancie, Jesse, et al,

    I'm just returning to the Orchid fold after eight months as a
    first-time, full-time dad, but saw your comments on Reynaud's (or
    Raynaud's) Disease and thought I should add a word or two. FWIW, I'm
    44, and have had this condition ever since I was about nine. That
    winter, while I was on a backwoods hike with some of my elementary
    school classmates, I accepted a dare and promptly fell through the
    thin ice of a small pond; by the time we got back to shelter, I was
    already exhibiting some of the symptoms of frostbite (fingers
    purplish-red, not black), with my fingertips so swollen that they
    were shiny. 

    Ever since then, whenever the ambient temperature dips below 50
    degrees Fahrenheit, all color exits my fingers and the tips become
    numb and unusable. The diagnosis of Reynaud's was first made about
    twenty years ago. Since then, many of those I've met who also have to
    deal with this annoying condition have had similar tales of exposure
    to tell. I can't say whether the two are inexorably linked, but the
    shock of frostbite seems to have been the precursor in my case, as
    well as several of theirs. Has the same been true for any of you? 

All the best,
Doug
Douglas Turet, G.J.
Turet Design
P.O. Box 242
Avon, MA 02322-0242
(508) 586-5690
doug AT turetdesign.com

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