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On the Mend
2 years ago
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It's been a while since I updated everyone on my condition, hasn't it?
For those of you who didn't know, I was caught up in a car accident on March 15. Long story short, I was laid up in the hospital, and had a long road of recovery even when I was released back home. Coughing fits, a fractured rib that ached when I lay down the wrong way, a hand in a cast, etc. Even when the cast came off, I couldn't bend my fingers, much less use a computer or go back to work. Now, weeks of therapy sessions, medications, at-home exercises, and general healing later, here's the results:
1) A mild coughing fit every now and then, which a cough drop can usually settle.
2) Fingers that can bend almost completely the way they used to, albeit with some stiffness and sensitivity to the middle finger.
3) Ability to perform two-handed tasks, with some caution exerted on my left hand until my hand surgeon clears me for light duty.
4) The rib is still healing, but it's not as sensitive as it was before, let alone in the hospital. Being able to cough without a stabbing pain in my side is a blessing.
I'm still stuck at home until the hand surgeon clears me to go back to work, but hopefully that won't be too much longer. Work may suck, but it'll be nice to NOT be stuck on disability. More importantly, it'll be good to be back to 100%, or at least close enough.
I'm getting better, peeps!
For those of you who didn't know, I was caught up in a car accident on March 15. Long story short, I was laid up in the hospital, and had a long road of recovery even when I was released back home. Coughing fits, a fractured rib that ached when I lay down the wrong way, a hand in a cast, etc. Even when the cast came off, I couldn't bend my fingers, much less use a computer or go back to work. Now, weeks of therapy sessions, medications, at-home exercises, and general healing later, here's the results:
1) A mild coughing fit every now and then, which a cough drop can usually settle.
2) Fingers that can bend almost completely the way they used to, albeit with some stiffness and sensitivity to the middle finger.
3) Ability to perform two-handed tasks, with some caution exerted on my left hand until my hand surgeon clears me for light duty.
4) The rib is still healing, but it's not as sensitive as it was before, let alone in the hospital. Being able to cough without a stabbing pain in my side is a blessing.
I'm still stuck at home until the hand surgeon clears me to go back to work, but hopefully that won't be too much longer. Work may suck, but it'll be nice to NOT be stuck on disability. More importantly, it'll be good to be back to 100%, or at least close enough.
I'm getting better, peeps!
SlyFan01
~slyfan01
Glad to hear it
