Work on my right shoulder and arm begins...
I go into hospital on 13 June for a few days for an operation on my torn ligament and to remove the bone fragments. The doctor says we will look at my elbow, wrist and knuckles after that because they are probably ligament damage. I will have a 3 inch scar on my upper arm... He has never succeeded 100% in restoring a shoulder like mine and he has never operated on anyone so long after the injury actually occurred. My shoulder will freeze further and I'll lose most of the movement I have left in that arm... It will take more than a year for me to return to where my arm will be for the rest of my life.
My neck should mostly be healed by then... I won't have a date I can drive until we sort out my arm. I may need lessons and a special doovey on the steering wheel so I only use my left hand... If we do that, I will need to buy a new car because mine is a 5 speed manual and you can only use the doovey with an automatic...
As usual I am scared of so many things... What a fraidy cat!
My neck should mostly be healed by then... I won't have a date I can drive until we sort out my arm. I may need lessons and a special doovey on the steering wheel so I only use my left hand... If we do that, I will need to buy a new car because mine is a 5 speed manual and you can only use the doovey with an automatic...
As usual I am scared of so many things... What a fraidy cat!
posted by Juanita at 7:49 PM
1 Comments:
I would never consider you to be a "fraidy cat."
Surgery is never pleasant to contemplate. The unknown is always a little scary. It is all well and good to have someone tell you it will all be fine - but they aren't the one going through it.
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