No Shell This Week

Apologies and All That

Getting a ligament reconstructed and having a nerve transposed? Kind of sucks.

More than I anticipated.

Oh, I have complete function of my hand and fingers (my biggest fear ran contrary to that). But I’m still coping with post-op pain around my elbow and along the (super-gnarly) suture line. Which happens to rest directly on the desk when I type.

Or on a pillow, as I’m attempting now to see if it helps. (It doesn’t)

I’m okay when the arm is airborne—as it is when I draw on the couch—but that doesn’t work so well for typing. Just getting this much done is killing me.

So writing up my intended post for the week is beyond my ability right now.

I do apologize. (Feels like I’ve done that a lot this year)

I’m getting stronger each day, and I’m hoping the pain will continue to improve. Maybe I’ll be able to bump this to next week.

In the meantime, I hope all of you are safe and doing well.

And thank you for hanging in there with me, if you are. I can’t tell you how much it means to me.