January 16th, 2023

yeah i know, the photo is a little catawampus,  but right now, to be honest, so is most most of my world!   its crazy!  but we are adjusting.  so many of you lovely people haver asked question! and its heart warming that you all care so much. i thought i would try to answer your questions here and all at one time.  while i am lucky in that i am more facile than most people with my left hand, there are so many things as it turn out, that are simply easier using both paws.  so please bear with me.

1. how did this happen?  answer: by accident.  tim and i were walking the same route we almost always traverse during the noonwalk mon through fri 52 weeks a year. it was sunny and dry and it was not crowded. i was not running. my shoelaces weren't untied. i did not faint.   very simply, the toe of my shoe caught in an oversized gap between two pieces of sidewalk and i went down hard.  tim was behind me coming up on my left and we were having a very pleasant chat.  i was turned slightly to my left which explains why all the damage was on my right.

the only thing that broke was my right arm, very high up near the shoulder.  but i  badly scraped and bruised right knee, hand, elbow and cheek.  

2. there was no ambulance involved.  tim, my hero, ran home and drove back to get me.  we went directly to an urgent care center assuming, correctly, that the wait would be shorter.  we were in and out in less than 90 minutes!  not bad.

3. saw an orthopedic on fri and they trussed me up in the contraption in the photo at the top of the page.  it involves way more velcro than should be legally allowed and looks a little bondage-esque, lets be honest.  but they are the experts so im doing as told which means wearing the assigned apparatus 24/7 except in the shower, icing often and doing forearm exercises as instructed. 

4.  whats next? next week i have an appointment for another xray session to be sure all things are still properly aligned and healing as anticipated.  eventually i will be going to Physical Therapy to regain strength  and mobility.

5. how am i doing?  overall, ok.  im finding ways to do a lot of things one handed and, even harder, asking for help when its something i simply cannot do, solo.  mostly, im just keeping on, keeping on.  

it takes forever to type one handed argh...so many mistakes!  in fact this is my 2nd time writing todays blog. somehow i accidentally  deleted version one. soooo frustrating.   but once i calmed down, i came back, tried again and here we are.  taadaa!  i feel so freakin accomplished  :)

i hope i answered all your questions. if not, let me know.  hope all is well with all of you.  thank you so much for caring!