marcmagus | Cast Off

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1hand - 3 uses
allergies - 4 uses
cabinet - 7 uses
calendar - 3 uses
chromium - 4 uses
computer - 3 uses
convention - 8 uses
cvd - 6 uses
dance - 24 uses
devnull - 3 uses
drugs - 3 uses
dw - 24 uses
encoding - 8 uses
food - 9 uses
games - 5 uses
gentoo - 3 uses
hair - 12 uses
hands - 10 uses
health - 4 uses
house - 3 uses
humor - 4 uses
internet - 3 uses
jlj - 4 uses
lenses - 3 uses
linux - 8 uses
lj - 12 uses
meme - 4 uses
music - 3 uses
navel-gazing - 6 uses
nethack - 4 uses
newport - 4 uses
noncon - 8 uses
pain - 3 uses
politics - 6 uses
polyphasic sleep - 8 uses
programming - 3 uses
quest prizes - 4 uses
rant - 8 uses
regency - 8 uses
science! - 6 uses
terminal - 2 uses
test - 9 uses
tools - 36 uses
tv - 4 uses
twitter - 3 uses
ui - 5 uses
vim - 5 uses
voting - 2 uses
wtf - 3 uses
zelda - 7 uses

Had the cast/dressing cut off today. I'm now in a temporary elastic tube bandage, which I'm told is there for support so I'm not in as much pain while I finish healing. Doctor says I'm probably going to heal without a scar.

I'm cleared to type with both hands, and to dance. I'm not supposed to operate heavy machinery or do heavy lifting, and I'm not supposed to do pushups for a while, but apparently I'm allowed to shovel the driveway if it snows as long as I'm careful.

I'm told I probably won't need PT; most people recover on their own from normal use. If anything goes wrong, I'm to contact them, of course. I can expect to finish healing in about two weeks.

Right now I have about 45 degrees of flexion in my elbow before it hurts (at either end of a range centered on about 45 off straight), and about 90 degrees of torsion. Basically, it hurts a lot in a minor way, but it's a huge relief to have the cast off, and being able to type two-handed again is great (although I may switch back and forth to one-handed to take it easy). Also, I should be able to shower, which I'm really looking forward to, and maybe even take care of my own hair (although right now my elbow isn't going to bend that way)! And with any luck, I can return to my normal wardrobe.