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Recovering Still, But Improving Slowly
3 years ago
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Now pay attention to what the words below say! Hey there, it's been a bit since I did an update on what is going on with me, so I figured it was about time to let you all know what is going on with my health and my arm.
I am still recovering. I have been in physical therapy every week, two times a week, for over a year now just to get to where I am. It is a long and rough process, and has me... Well, let's just say my mental health has been really, really bad for a while now. I haven't been able to create, and there was months where I wasn't even able to use a computer because of the pain. It still isn't comfortable for me to use a computer, but I have been trying to get used to it again and pushing so that I can get better. My strength is improving, and my fingers are starting to do what I tell them without me having to think about it so much it was a struggle. My hands still shake and typing for any length of time is still hard... But I am getting better and better. There is less pain, and there is less shaking as time goes on. It isn't easy and I definitely have more bad days than good still... But good days are starting to happen. I'm sure some of you on Discord have seen me on the Sims a ton as of late; that's been me getting my shoulders adjusted to working on the computer and being in that position again (And a lot of the time is me leaving the game running because I am a derp and get sidetracked watching something on YouTube or running errands!). Either way, I want everyone to know that I am still healing and that I am still doing my best to get better and to move on from this bad surgery and the long, painful recovery.
The surgeon's best guess as to why it is taking so long is a buildup of scar tissue as well as nerve damage from my fall two years ago; a combination that just has my left arm pretty much screwed for the rest of my life. They are trying cortisone shots... The first of which only made things worse and I spent a week in agony over. But, I am trying here as best I can to get things back up and running. I miss creating something awful, and I really want to get back to doing it again. However, if what is going on with my left arm is true... Well, things are going to take a while longer for me to fully adjust and I am just going to be slow about catching up. But, I am working on it. I want to come back correctly... Not rush it and just fail because I pushed too hard and wound up damaging my arm even more in the process. I mean, even now sitting here and typing this... I can barely get about 15 words in a row before making a mistake because my hand twitches. I do not want to write like that for all of you; I want quality, as I am sure you all do too. However... 15 words in a row is about 10 more than where I was at just 3 months ago, and the fact that I can do this all in 1 shot without stopping for a break to get feeling back in my hands is an improvement from 6 months ago. I am getting there... It just is taking a long time.
Thanks for reading, and thank you all so, so much for being patient with me.
I am still recovering. I have been in physical therapy every week, two times a week, for over a year now just to get to where I am. It is a long and rough process, and has me... Well, let's just say my mental health has been really, really bad for a while now. I haven't been able to create, and there was months where I wasn't even able to use a computer because of the pain. It still isn't comfortable for me to use a computer, but I have been trying to get used to it again and pushing so that I can get better. My strength is improving, and my fingers are starting to do what I tell them without me having to think about it so much it was a struggle. My hands still shake and typing for any length of time is still hard... But I am getting better and better. There is less pain, and there is less shaking as time goes on. It isn't easy and I definitely have more bad days than good still... But good days are starting to happen. I'm sure some of you on Discord have seen me on the Sims a ton as of late; that's been me getting my shoulders adjusted to working on the computer and being in that position again (And a lot of the time is me leaving the game running because I am a derp and get sidetracked watching something on YouTube or running errands!). Either way, I want everyone to know that I am still healing and that I am still doing my best to get better and to move on from this bad surgery and the long, painful recovery.
The surgeon's best guess as to why it is taking so long is a buildup of scar tissue as well as nerve damage from my fall two years ago; a combination that just has my left arm pretty much screwed for the rest of my life. They are trying cortisone shots... The first of which only made things worse and I spent a week in agony over. But, I am trying here as best I can to get things back up and running. I miss creating something awful, and I really want to get back to doing it again. However, if what is going on with my left arm is true... Well, things are going to take a while longer for me to fully adjust and I am just going to be slow about catching up. But, I am working on it. I want to come back correctly... Not rush it and just fail because I pushed too hard and wound up damaging my arm even more in the process. I mean, even now sitting here and typing this... I can barely get about 15 words in a row before making a mistake because my hand twitches. I do not want to write like that for all of you; I want quality, as I am sure you all do too. However... 15 words in a row is about 10 more than where I was at just 3 months ago, and the fact that I can do this all in 1 shot without stopping for a break to get feeling back in my hands is an improvement from 6 months ago. I am getting there... It just is taking a long time.
Thanks for reading, and thank you all so, so much for being patient with me.
I know you have your other passion projects also. Have you ever considered trying speech to text for such and having a partner who does edit it for you? That way you could enjoy your writing in an audio format without having to damage your hand muscles.
It's like 30 percent or more of your life by now. Hopefully it can be resolved at some point. ó_ò
Keep pushing and moving forward, I know you can make it!
All I can think of is maybe trying "speech to text"? So you basically try to narrate the story and all, and have it turn into text in a document. And if there are any errors, you can use either the mouse to do a spelling check, or you use the keyboard if there aren't so many? =0
But yeah, please be careful. Continue any exercises you may have gotten. And also i am sure that there are many here (or discord) & everywhere on your socials, that are there for you if you need someone to talk too. ='3 (me included. ^^ )
Our offer still stands: if there's anything either Blade or I can do, let us know on TG.
I'm switching jobs soon (like next Monday soon) and will consistently get weekends off which means I'll be more available to rush down too
I hope your recovery goes smoothly.