{"id":334,"date":"2015-03-18T14:08:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T21:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/?p=334"},"modified":"2015-03-18T14:08:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T21:08:30","slug":"a-minor-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/?p=334","title":{"rendered":"A Minor Setback"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can always count on life to be interesting. \u00a0This particular variety comes in the form of a minor injury – it\u00a0absolutely<\/em> could have been much worse. \u00a0The good news is that I’m pretty darn self-sufficient; the bad news is that I cannot weave. \u00a0And likely not for many weeks.<\/p>\n

Two weekends ago I was out running with friends when I tripped and fell. \u00a0Because I didn’t want to crack my head open on a looming chunk of concrete, I threw my arm out and WHAM – I cracked my radial head. \u00a0This is the tip of one of the two bones in the forearm, closest to the elbow. \u00a0I also managed to lacerate my knee pretty spectacularly (not an abrasion! upgraded to laceration!) but that’s trivial. \u00a0A trip to Urgent Care, and x-ray and this:<\/p>\n

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you can just see the fracture on the interior of the elbow – go diagonally upward from the little arrow and you can see the bone fragment. \u00a0They put me in a splint that ran from mid-palm to mid-bicep, gave me a prescription for painkillers (thank goodness I have friends in the medical profession who gave advice in this department) and a referral to the Orthopedic Surgeon with orders to call that coming Monday. \u00a0Then they left me to it.<\/p>\n

The earliest available appointment was that coming Friday. \u00a0I allowed myself a single consultation with Dr. Google, and then all I could do was think about it. \u00a0It was painful. \u00a0It was uncomfortable. \u00a0Small wins included being able to tie my shoes, cover the splint with a\u00a0garbage bag so that I could shower and buttoning my pants. \u00a0I’d read prognoses that went from 1-2 weeks of immobilization all the way to surgery that included pins and plates. \u00a0Honestly, it was *awful*.<\/p>\n

Then Friday came around and I saw the doc. \u00a0The nurse removed the splint as soon as I hit the exam room (scary!) and the next thing I knew, the doc came in, asked a few questions, poked and prodded; “Does this hurt? \u00a0This? \u00a0Raise your arm. \u00a0Make a fist. \u00a0Wiggle your fingers. \u00a0Well, this looks great. \u00a0Here’s your order for PT, make a follow-up appointment next week, don’t lift anything heavy and stop falling down.” \u00a0What? \u00a0That’s all? \u00a0We’re done? \u00a0HALLELUJAH! \u00a0So I ran right home and started doing this:<\/p>\n

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He said it’s good therapy. \u00a0I also made pie. \u00a0I may not be able to weave, but I sure can be ready for the day they let me start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can always count on life to be interesting. \u00a0This particular variety comes in the form of a minor injury – it\u00a0absolutely could have been much worse. \u00a0The good news is that I’m pretty darn self-sufficient; the bad news is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-running","category-spinning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions\/337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}