A little over 3 weeks ago I had a run in with a truck while I was on my bike...however I used my super powers to avoid the truck...that is where my super powers ran out and I hit a street sign...pretty hard. Even though I slammed into a street sign I still feel really lucky, that truck and I came too close to each other...way too close. It could have been soooo much worse...I feel really blessed! But ever since the accident I have not be able to move my wrist in two directions...it does not matter how hard I try I simply cannot move it...period, if I try really hard it just hurts...it doesn't move it just hurts. So I know something is wrong with it, I'm pretty positive it's broken...I mean come on people it can't move for crying out loud! But I saw 3 doctors all telling me it's not broken, or at least they don't believe it's broken and sends me to someone else to get me out of their hair. Then I saw a hand specialist yesterday...and the films and MRI I had done of my wrist were inconclusive so he did a physical exam and he thinks it's broken he sends me to get my 3rd set of Xrays and there in those films my fracture finally showed up...I indeed am not crazy I just have a fractured scaphoid bone. I was so glad to finally have an answer...the answer kind of sucks, but it's still an answer and after not knowing for 3 weeks...any definite answer is good.
What now? Well due to this style of break and my career we are going with surgery to repair it...they are going to put a screw in the bone to make me indestructible (evil laugh)! My career is with my hands, and for me to make sure I heal well and quickly we decided to...(you know what it is so hard for me to talk about putting a screw in my wrist with out making it sound vulgar....you know what I mean) put a screw in my wrist. The plan is that I will heal up faster and there will be less chance of that bone breaking again. I really need my wrist to be back to amazing! There is always a chance of something going wrong with any surgery...but I'm staying optimistic. Surgery is not ideal but the doc gave me good odds for recovery, and I need to think long and short term...and this is a good option. So all of that is kind of cruddy news but lets get to the good stuff...
Good stuff: I was reading my friend Ashley's blog and she was blogging about all these great deals she has been finding at flea markets and garage sales etc.. I think reading that helped me be more committed to rummage through peoples old stuff...heck why not right? Seriously she made it sound so worth it, you should go to her blog you will be jealous of her awesome finds, and she is a great photographer you will love her site just for that. So one of my doctor's appointment was next to a Goodwill...so I made a commitment to go there, and not just walk in then walk right out...I mentally prepared to find something...look and look till you find 'it'. Well I found it, it wasn't an cool old antique it was a brand new panini maker still in it's box. It was only $16 bucks. I love panini's and that is what I wanted for Christmas, but now I have this awesome one for less than $20 bucks. I was so happy with that...I also found a really cool dish as well. Yeah so that find pretty much made up for such a cruddy week. By the way I have been cooking everything in my panini maker even enchiladas...which look more like quesadillas. So that's my story. Life is still pretty friggin awesome.
8 comments:
Thanks for the plug! I'm so happy the thrifty gods were with you, my friend :) I would love a panini maker! I just use my George Foreman, but I have to believe it would taste better with a $16 panini maker.
I have consulted the five brothers: We are going to forma fellowship to hunt down and destroy the truck that attacked you. I sure hope its not a transformer.
heard about the bike-wrist incident. So glad to hear you're ok! Exercise can be hazaradous to your health!
I'm sorry about your wrist. I'm glad you finally get a screw, in your wrist that is. :)
Eugie - I link to your blog every so often from Betsy's site. And how surprised I was to find that we are wearing matching wrist braces! Mine was a cast for awhile, now it's a brace with a bone growth stimulator attached. I too waited 3 weeks for a diagnosis, but only because I was too stubborn to go to a doctor. And I can't even blame my crash on a hooligan truck - just me, the mountain bike and the large rock I insisted on nailing with my front tire... Less than a month living in Boulder and a broken bone! Hope you heal soon!! -Jen
Hope you're feeling better, my friend - I miss you!!
Sorry about the wrist girl. I hope it heals fast.
I have a Goerge Forman grill. I don't know how close it is to a panini maker, but I love it and use it probably way too much.
Love your new header photo. What a cute kid!
Awe-surgery really? Well you better than me because you are so much better at making something gruesome sounds so much fun! Hope it goes well!
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