John's signing hand stops working right; doctor and occupational therapy (2011)
story · status: told 2×, stopped by 2024 (as told) · last event: stopped (2024-12-31)
In 2011 John's hand stopped working right while he was signing, sending him to a doctor and therapy; physical therapy for ulnar nerve entrapment later let him sign all day. The hand troubled him again by 2022, and at the end of 2024 John said he can no longer sign at all.
Told alongside: John's 'signing madness' from signing every copy of The Fault in Our Stars (2011) · John: sign about 150,000 sheets so every US and Canadian pre-order and first-printing copy of The Anthropocene Reviewed book is autographed (2020) · John: sign every copy of The Fault in Our Stars (2011) · John fails to write a follow-up to The Fault in Our Stars: abandoned identity-thieves and con-artists novels (2012-2015)
About: The Fault in Our Stars
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-31 | told | John says his hand isn't working right, so before continuing to sign he must see a doctor and get occupational therapy. | How to Become An Adult 00:03:20 |
| 2011-10-05 | update | John tours the signing setup: boxes still to sign, a pile of Singamajigs, and signing with a Sharpie using an aid his occupational therapist gave him. (playful) | SIGNING MADNESS 00:00:55 |
| 2011-10-17 | update | Hank wishes John luck as he keeps signing 'like a madman' and refers to John's inflamed right hand. (playful) | VidCon 2012!!! 00:03:49 |
| 2017-07-11 | retold | His hand doesn't hurt: very effective physical therapy for his ulnar nerve entrapment during the Fault in Our Stars signing means he can now sign all day. | Signing 200,000 Autographs 00:01:40 |
| 2022-06-21 | update | John saw his hand doctor because his hand isn't working perfectly; the doctor recalled advising him to sign less, after which John signed 250,000 copies of The Anthropocene Reviewed. (playful) | On Disease 00:00:00 |
| 2024-12-31 | stopped | After the pain worsened John saw a doctor and it got worse still; without giving medical details, he says he can no longer sign and is not allowed to. | I Just Can't Do It Anymore 00:01:12 |
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-08-31 · How to Become An Adult — John says he has signed 42,000 copies and will continue, but first must see a doctor because his hand isn't working right and he needs occupational therapy. — 00:03:20
- 2011-10-05 · SIGNING MADNESS — John: The Yeti (Sarah) sits with John watching TV at night while he signs and, when bored, draws Yetis on some of the signed sheets. (playful) — 00:01:24
- 2011-10-05 · SIGNING MADNESS — John has used about 300 Sharpies and is only just more than halfway done. — 00:01:24
- 2011-10-05 · SIGNING MADNESS — John: Rather than freak out, John tries to 'keep calm and DFTBA'. (playful) — 00:01:24
- 2011-10-05 · SIGNING MADNESS — announcement: John says that, however the next month goes, he is going to sign every copy of The Fault in Our Stars, and thanks Nerdfighters for giving him such a wonderful problem. — 00:01:53