PT

8 am

                Just got up. And wow there’s no time to do anything these days including write, because: every hour I must do shrugs, every two hours I must do pendulums, then passively assistedly lift my elbow and push my hand to the wall. And between all that I must feed buns am and pm, empty the d washer, fill the d washer, put in laundry, take out laundry, hang laundry, cook supper, make, eat and clean up from breakfast and lunch. Beyond all that yesterday I: called Mom, wrote her a letter to send the photos (of our bike trip) that I finally got printed, read some of Tree Grows in Brookline and did a bit of combing. Oh, I forgot about getting on the exercise bike. I managed to do 2 20 min sessions on that, and then there is taking a shower. And to add to feeding bunnies I picked enough plantain for all of them after supper. And that is ALL I did. Well, add in some phone conversations to figure out how I will get to today’s PT appointment, and a longer one w a friend. And of course everything takes at least twice as long as usual, and while on the phone I can do nothing else…

                Ok now I am tired from the one-handed typing. Time to do all the pt stuff etc etc etc…….

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Sore Arm

9:30am

                Will be short, arm is sore. I managed to do 20 mins on the stationary bike this am. Not exactly strenuous but at least it is something. Our biker chums left yesterday am after coffee and treats at Black Sheep. It was fun to have them though of course wearing. It is hard to entertain for 3 solid days. And now comes the washing of bedding of which there seems to be a lot.

                I tried spinning the other day and it is not bad! Of course just the folding lendrum as the Saxony is oriented wrong. I did a half ounce bobbin of black, will finish ½ oz of satin and ply the two.

                But for now I am going to rest and read A Tree Grows In Brookline. And get back to entering checks etc in Quicken.

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Laying Low

6:30 am

                Ugh. Another day to get through which is awful to say I know. But that was how it was yesterday. Just got through it. And today I must really lay low bc we are going to Tanglwood tonight. It will be a really late night and a long day and probably uncomfortable. And I will have to really lay low today.

                I finished Giovani’s Room which I really liked. Now I’ve started Go Tell It On The Mountain which I think will be less compelling to me.

                Though I must lay low, I also must cook the rabbit that I started thawing yesterday. My idea was to make a nice rabbit stew to feed the Canadians on Sunday. But I’m afraid it will be much harder than I had thought. The hardest part will be cutting it up one-armed. Because to be honest, my arm is more sore than it was. So it will be less help in the holding of things. Earlier in the week I was feeling pretty good. I felt like I was doing more and more, it hurt less. But I think I overdid and now it is sore and the biggest thing is that I am terrified that I will cause damage to the work that was done and then really be permanently screwed. So I am trying to lay low. Not sure what I’ll do about the rabbit.

                Wednesday I managed to do 15 minutes on the stationary bike, but did none yesterday. I think I’ll try to do some today. I do not need to use my right arm at all for that so it will be ok, just tiring. But I really need to keep up some activity. Bad enough that my arm muscles are all atrophying, I don’t want that to happen to my entire body.

                I had a not great night last night and I hope that is not a harbinger… bad enough to be somewhat miserable all day, but then if I also cannot sleep…. I did manage to eventually, and when I woke up it was with this thought: that anyway this is a big adventure. Like last year the big adventure was the Erie ride. And this year it is learning to live one-armed and dealing with all this stuff. An adventure for sure. Just keep thinking that way. And I CAN comb so bit by bit I will get that done.

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