It hurts. A lot. Fighting back tears when I do my exercises. Seriously.
I am feeling really blah. Physical therapy blows chunks. My arm hurts worse than before and instead of improving my range of motion, it has gotten worse. I know that I need to work through the pain and I usually have a high tolerance for it so I worry that I am pushing too hard. And...I slipped two days ago. On a sock. And caught myself from the fall with my left arm. Sorry, force of habit, instinct. And I am worried that I did something bad. I try not to think about it and have been popping Ibuprofen, icing it, and babying the thing. *cue finger wags and tsks*
Since I begin writing this post, I have been to physical therapy and they have assured me that this pain is normal and expected, not likely that I did any harm to the injury since my range of motion is still improving. I guess that is a relief but I still worry about the pain. Taking stronger meds to get through it. I don't know how major league pitchers come back so fast from a rotator cuff injury. The idea of throwing a 90 mile and hour slider gives me chills.
I was given the go-ahead for light mousing/keyboarding which has saved my sanity some although I am overdoing it. I will have to get the timer out again to stay on track.
I cannot keep up with updates. I know there are some out there I have missed. There are also updates that I have read but not left comments. Doing my best to hang in there. I am supporting you all, just not as noticeably as before. You will just have to forgive me for that. I will say my blog rolls are useless. I am better off following updates through subscriptions with Google Reader. Now that I have my Twitter widget under control, my blog roll is taking over.
Sorry, no Lessons Learned this week but I do have a blogthing for you all and just in time for Halloween:
You Are a Witch |
 Like a witch, you are often misunderstood and unfairly judged. You are not as sinister as you seem. You are intelligent and spiritual. You feel very connected to the world - both the dark and light sides of things. You tend to keep to yourself, and because of this people tend to think things about you that aren't true. You would just like to be left alone to do your own thing. You have no intention of harming anyone, even though you could if you wanted to! |
You really have been pushing yourself too hard. Definitely get out the timer, and don't stress about keeping up with everything. You can't. With everything you have to stress about, that shouldn't even be on your radar and will retard your healing process.
ReplyDeleteSo you're a witch...hehe....
I love your blogthings. This one had some trick questions. I came out a vampire.
Oh Gayl,
ReplyDeleteI hope it feels better soon!!! Dont push yourself and the timer thing is true.
Yeah PT really REALLY REALLY Sucks! and I swear they always say that, it will get better and take care of yourself.
I did find that alternating a little heat helped too. To sooth the muscle that the ice had seemed to tense. 80)
And as far as responding to everyones updates, I feel you I am so far behind I can see my rear. 80)
So sorry to hear about the pain you are going through. I hope it gets better for you; hang in there. Don't worry about following updates we all know you would if you could. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThank you ladies for the support and kind words! No pain no gain, right? I'm getting there however.
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