keeping sane

Went for my follow-up appointment at the fracture clinic this morning. It's been four weeks since my fall on the ice, and I'm still in constant pain. After some poking and prodding and another set of X-rays, the doctor concluded that the pain is from a combination of a sprained elbow and a flare-up in my tendinitis.

Unfortunately this means I can't start treating my tendinitis (physiotherapy, arm strengthening exercises) until my sprain heals, which the doctor estimates will be about four weeks.

It's been very difficult trying to work on my fiction writing recently. It's one thing to try doing any kind of creative writing using voice-activated software; it's another trying to do so while also in constant pain. The fracture clinic guy told me to start taking anti-inflammatories four times a day, so hopefully that will help. Another worry: because I've been relying so much on my left arm, there's been a bit of tendinitis flare-up there as well.

Going a bit nuts, not having an easy creative outlet. Makes me appreciate how much I relied on fiction writing, songwriting, playing my harp and flute, photography, and cartooning to keep me sane that way. :-)

I've been doing a lot more reading; I can still read books by propping them up on a pillow in my lap. Recently finished Angelica by Sharon Shinn, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (thanks, Jodi!) and am about halfway through Factoring Humanity by Robert Sawyer (thanks, Rand!). Parki and his sister Kate convinced me to try watching Cracker (first season on loan to us from Vartan & Hrach), a British TV series, and I'm hooked.

Meanwhile, I'm going to take one day at a time.

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