[Sca-cooks] How I spent my Thanksgivig

[Stefan li Rous]

Jadwiga asked:
<<< So, Stefan, how are you feeling? Have the effects of your  
Thanksgiving
'drakey' subsided?
*hugs* >>>

Thank you, Jadwiga. And everyone else who has sent emails of concern  
and support.

I wouldn't really call my adventure a "Drakey". I'm not that  
imaginative. Just clumsy and/or unlucky.

Three weeks after my fall, things are generally better. Last Tuesday,  
a week ago, the doctor took off the cast/splint and replaced it with  
a somewhat adjustable "immobilizer". This is a pair of metal rods  
covered with upholstery and padding. At least this thing I can remove  
instead of trying to cover the cast with a plastic bag for showers.  
It also lets me rotate my wrist, instead of holding my wrist  
vertical, so I can at least use both hands for typing. Because it is  
stiff to rotate and I still have to hold my elbow up and out to type,  
it can still be rather tiring.

I have managed to get a number of new and updated files into the  
Florilegium, though.

My arm usually doesn't hurt that much, although often there is a deep  
ache. The painkillers help. The low-level pain mostly just makes me  
uncomfortable and irritable.

I am starting to drive again, although I'm a bit slow in tight turns.  
I did go ahead and have my wife drive me to my interviews at Dell  
Inc. last Friday. They did seem to go well, but you never know for  
sure and it is probably still a bit soon to hear from them. I think  
having the immobilizer was better than having the cast/splint would  
have been.

I'm often still feeling tired, worn out and unmotivated, falling  
asleep at the computer sometimes. I hope this exhaustion is just  
energy being diverted to rebuild my busted arm. I've never broken any  
limbs before, so I don't have a lot of experience to go on. I wish  
the doctor had given me more info on what to do or not do. Maybe most  
patients don't want that info. Hey, I'm an engineer. My sister-in-law  
was in physical therapy for a number of years. I may just have to ask  
her about exercises to do or precisely what to avoid. The doctor was  
very insistent about my arm still being weak and to be very careful  
when I had the immobilizer removed.  He was happy about how it was  
healing though. Next appointment with him is in early January.  I  
have been making sure I drink milk and eat "Tums" type calcium  
tablets so my body has plenty of calcium available if it needs it.

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas           
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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