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Just discovered, that if I place my laptop carefully on my lap and then move my hand to the correct place... I can type with two hands! It's not exactly comfortable, and punctuation is tricky too... but YAY!
I seem to be working on a one day on, one day off kind of schedule. Tuesday and Thursday were spent feeling sorry for myself, but Wednesday and Friday were a bit more productive. A good night's sleep on Tuesday and the fact that things seemed to have stopped moving about in my arm meant I could start finding information and shopping on the internet to solve various problems.
Thursday was not a very good day. I went to the hospital for my appointment and was pleasantly surprised at the speed and efficiency with which I was sent through the system, that's about where the pleasantness ended though. The good news is that apparently all is going well and everything's on course, but to be honest I wasn't really able to get much information, no one really wanted to talk to me, in fact my second consultation actually took place in the waiting room! I had the old cast removed and a new one put on, which was pretty horrific, although not quite as bad as the first time. The plasterer said I was very brave (and denied that he said that to everyone whether they were or not) and cheered me up to end by telling me that humerus fracture was on his "top 3 bones I never want to break", which was lovely and reassuring.
I now have a cast going all the way from the top of my shoulder down to a few inches above my wrist. It's a lot more supportive, so things don't move about so much. But it's very unwieldy and heavy (about 2.5kg) which is making my back and neck ache as well, and I didn't have a very comfortable night's sleep. This cast is on for a week, and hopefully next Thursday's one will be a little lighter and more flexible, although I'm not looking forward to (and therefore not thinking about) the fact I have to go through having the cast removed and reapplied again.
Today I've been back in problem solving mode. Whilst I've been very very grateful for all the offers of help, I really wanted to find out how much I could do by myself. I'm fundamentally a very independent person and it was important to me to prove that I COULD manage by myself if necessary. With low ambitions, today's been pretty successful - I had a bath, washed my hair, cooked myself dinner, did some washing up and sorted some stuff out in my room. It's not exactly brain surgery, but I'm quite pleased with myself. With that and the two handed typing, I've felt almost human! Although obviously it's not what I want to do, but the knowledge that I could just stay home for 6 weeks, stay clean, feed myself and shop online is immensely reassuring - everything else is a bonus.
Next week's challenge will be leaving the house, but I'm in no rush to do that. Dressing warmly enough is a bit of an issue and I have no interest in going and playing on the ice! Hopefully by the time I get absolutely stir crazy next week, the ice will have cleared a bit. For the moment I'm happy just staying home where I feel safe and secure.
I seem to be working on a one day on, one day off kind of schedule. Tuesday and Thursday were spent feeling sorry for myself, but Wednesday and Friday were a bit more productive. A good night's sleep on Tuesday and the fact that things seemed to have stopped moving about in my arm meant I could start finding information and shopping on the internet to solve various problems.
Thursday was not a very good day. I went to the hospital for my appointment and was pleasantly surprised at the speed and efficiency with which I was sent through the system, that's about where the pleasantness ended though. The good news is that apparently all is going well and everything's on course, but to be honest I wasn't really able to get much information, no one really wanted to talk to me, in fact my second consultation actually took place in the waiting room! I had the old cast removed and a new one put on, which was pretty horrific, although not quite as bad as the first time. The plasterer said I was very brave (and denied that he said that to everyone whether they were or not) and cheered me up to end by telling me that humerus fracture was on his "top 3 bones I never want to break", which was lovely and reassuring.
I now have a cast going all the way from the top of my shoulder down to a few inches above my wrist. It's a lot more supportive, so things don't move about so much. But it's very unwieldy and heavy (about 2.5kg) which is making my back and neck ache as well, and I didn't have a very comfortable night's sleep. This cast is on for a week, and hopefully next Thursday's one will be a little lighter and more flexible, although I'm not looking forward to (and therefore not thinking about) the fact I have to go through having the cast removed and reapplied again.
Today I've been back in problem solving mode. Whilst I've been very very grateful for all the offers of help, I really wanted to find out how much I could do by myself. I'm fundamentally a very independent person and it was important to me to prove that I COULD manage by myself if necessary. With low ambitions, today's been pretty successful - I had a bath, washed my hair, cooked myself dinner, did some washing up and sorted some stuff out in my room. It's not exactly brain surgery, but I'm quite pleased with myself. With that and the two handed typing, I've felt almost human! Although obviously it's not what I want to do, but the knowledge that I could just stay home for 6 weeks, stay clean, feed myself and shop online is immensely reassuring - everything else is a bonus.
Next week's challenge will be leaving the house, but I'm in no rush to do that. Dressing warmly enough is a bit of an issue and I have no interest in going and playing on the ice! Hopefully by the time I get absolutely stir crazy next week, the ice will have cleared a bit. For the moment I'm happy just staying home where I feel safe and secure.
