Stop Your Grinnin' And Drop Your Linen.
I thought I'd update just to let everyone know why I took a break from being online a few weeks ago. I know some people were worried at my abrupt departure, and I'm really sorry for that. Thank you to everyone who checked in with me and sent me birthday wishes. Dine, thank you for your wonderful card. It was just what I needed when I needed it. ♥
So basically, about a month or so ago, I fucked up my shoulder, and the resulting pinched nerve got bad enough to immobilize me for two days and rendered my right arm useless for two weeks. I'll spare you the details of the endless doctors' visits, the medications that did exactly jackshit, and the panicked, agonizing ER visit that lasted half a day and finally led to the right medications being prescribed to me. What you need to know is that I'm better now, for the most part. I still have some pain in my arm and my fingers are still kind of numb, but I'm not living in constant agony, and I'm no longer passing out in exhaustion from trying to keep it together at work.
(I cried a lot at work from trying to deal with the pain. My co-workers did everything they could to make things better for me, and when that didn't work, they actually went and got my BIL and made him take me to the ER to get checked out. I continue to love my job and the people I work with because they are some of the best people on earth. Also, my BIL is amazing and took good care of me while I was incapacitated. I owe him a lot. He is a very good man.)
Anyway, the last month was hellish and brutal, but I finished my round of medication and am doing weekly massage therapy, so I'm in a much better place. I think I might need a few more massage therapy sessions before I'm back to normal, but for now, I'm basically offline because using the computer for more than five minutes puts too much strain on my arm, which makes work really interesting, let me tell you. I tried commenting on LJ entries today, but I didn't last more than a few minutes before my arm started aching again, so I'm not ready to be online just yet. I've been doing everything through my phone, so if you need to reach me, just email me and I'll get back to you eventually.
I'm sorry for all the birthdays I missed, and all the birthdays I will miss, but I hope your natal day was full of good things and people telling you how important you are to them. If I owe you fic, and I know I do, I will try to get it written as soon as I can handle working on a computer, and I hope it will be worth the wait. I will also make an attempt to read ALL THE FIC, especially Avengers now that I've seen the movie twice, when I get back online.
I miss you all, and I hope to be back soon.
This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth. Please comment anywhere you feel has the best icons to use to dazzle me. I'm really easy.
So basically, about a month or so ago, I fucked up my shoulder, and the resulting pinched nerve got bad enough to immobilize me for two days and rendered my right arm useless for two weeks. I'll spare you the details of the endless doctors' visits, the medications that did exactly jackshit, and the panicked, agonizing ER visit that lasted half a day and finally led to the right medications being prescribed to me. What you need to know is that I'm better now, for the most part. I still have some pain in my arm and my fingers are still kind of numb, but I'm not living in constant agony, and I'm no longer passing out in exhaustion from trying to keep it together at work.
(I cried a lot at work from trying to deal with the pain. My co-workers did everything they could to make things better for me, and when that didn't work, they actually went and got my BIL and made him take me to the ER to get checked out. I continue to love my job and the people I work with because they are some of the best people on earth. Also, my BIL is amazing and took good care of me while I was incapacitated. I owe him a lot. He is a very good man.)
Anyway, the last month was hellish and brutal, but I finished my round of medication and am doing weekly massage therapy, so I'm in a much better place. I think I might need a few more massage therapy sessions before I'm back to normal, but for now, I'm basically offline because using the computer for more than five minutes puts too much strain on my arm, which makes work really interesting, let me tell you. I tried commenting on LJ entries today, but I didn't last more than a few minutes before my arm started aching again, so I'm not ready to be online just yet. I've been doing everything through my phone, so if you need to reach me, just email me and I'll get back to you eventually.
I'm sorry for all the birthdays I missed, and all the birthdays I will miss, but I hope your natal day was full of good things and people telling you how important you are to them. If I owe you fic, and I know I do, I will try to get it written as soon as I can handle working on a computer, and I hope it will be worth the wait. I will also make an attempt to read ALL THE FIC, especially Avengers now that I've seen the movie twice, when I get back online.
I miss you all, and I hope to be back soon.
This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth. Please comment anywhere you feel has the best icons to use to dazzle me. I'm really easy.