Here it is Wednesday, ten days after I took a fall at work. I was walking to check on one of the delivery trucks, and forgot about a step down, and the next thing I know, I'm falling on to my right side. I remember thinking WTF? when I realized I was on the ground. My next thought was "wow, I bounced". I figured my right hip would be all bruised up, but it appears that my right arm took the fall. I favored it for a couple hours then went to have it x-rayed. After waiting nearly three hours, my arm isn't broken, just badly sprained.
The doc wrapped it, and after two days, I couldn't use the arm. Everything needed to be done with my left hand, and I'm not very handy as a lefty!! In the meantime, I took a quickie trip to mom's but I wasn't very helpful. We ran a few errands, but my right hand couldn't squeeze the button to shift out of park in her car. But we learned to "double team" the task and got the errands completed! I never check a bag on the flight, but this time I did because I couldn't lift it into the overhead bins with just one hand.
Movement on my right arm has improved quite a bit, but the fine motor skills that are needed to tie shoes, brush my teeth, or put my hair in a ponytail aren't there yet. I'm totally ready to be over this, but it will take time. Ugh. The Naproxen the doc prescribed works great at night, but I can't take it during the day.
In the mean time, lots of rest and elevating it when I'm not trying to do something. Or anything.
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