I like to think I have a pretty high pain tolerance. I had my only child via c-section, I got bit by both of my dogs at the same time while i was pregnant resulting in 13 stitches and I had both of my knees operated on at the same time. However after having my surgeries on my wrists I thought it was going to be sooth sailing and I'd be back on me feet in no time. WRONG! My right hand has gotten so bad that to make a fist hurts, to move my fingers sends pain all the way up my arm and to bowl puts my hand through the wringer. I can't however stop myself from bowling. I remember my doctor telling me to do everything like I did before cause i can't hurt anything and thats what I've done. I also have been bowling really good since my right hand operation. My average has climbed 4 pins from 169 to 173 in a month and I've had 4 600 series and i think 10 plus 200 games which I think is phenominal this soon afterwards. My problem is I have to heavily wrap both hands, I wear a glove for the extra traction and I have resulted to taking pain meds right off the bat to counter act the pain and stiffness. It's not all bad though cause after the first game I loosen up to the point where I can bowl (or the pain meds kick in). I finally broke down and called my hand surgeon today to get some anti-inflammatories to try to kick this thing out of me. So the crossroad I am at is this. Do I take a few weeks off to try to heal myself not knowing if it's going to work or do I rough it out for the next 10 weeks and rest over the summer since I technically can't hurt anything and I do seem to be bowling well. I would appreciate EVERYONES feedback in this as I am torn about the whole situation! Thanks for reading!

So tonight was my first official night back and boy was it a good Christmas present. I shot 612 last night when I was practicing with one of my old balls, the good ol' El Nino 2000. A couple years ago, I think 3 to be exact I shot 279-269 with that ball and then of course like any other bowler, hung it up when something better came along. Well I brought it back out and after doing well last night with it I decided to use it tonight as well. 191-219-192=602! Back to Back 600's!!!!  I was SOOOOO happy about doing this. It gave me such a great confidence boost. So I am putting my X-factor aside and rekindling my relationship with my 2000. I love Storm equipment!