Week 7 1/2 status report
Aug. 11th, 2003 04:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annathepiperA couple more things I forgot to make a note off in my last arm status report, and/or which have come up since then:
1. I can write with my right hand again. Not perfectly, and I need to do things like move the pen or the thing I am writing on with my left hand; moreover, my arm tires quickly if I keep it up for long and I have to switch to my left hand. But still, it's nice to be getting that back.
2. My arm has been a bit more swollen again, and the pain got spiky again up near the top of the brace. I think the latter of these two things has something to do with not wearing the brace tight enough. I have rectified this problem, and over the last couple of days my arm has been a lot less cranky. I do still have some swelling though.
3. I have as of this past Saturday morning successfully bathed without anything at all on my arm. I was really happy about THAT since I was craving lying back in hot water, and I was able to do that okay as long as I held my arm very carefully. Even better was being able to stand under the shower.
4. I am getting some mobility back in my index finger, definitely. If my hand is pointed straight down I can wiggle that finger the most. And some mobility is coming back into the arm in general, both assisted and not. I can kind of hitch my arm back at the elbow and raise my right hand enough to button my shorts, and as of today I determined that if I am sitting up straight and using my left hand as a brace, I can reach and grasp the shelf just above my monitor.
1. I can write with my right hand again. Not perfectly, and I need to do things like move the pen or the thing I am writing on with my left hand; moreover, my arm tires quickly if I keep it up for long and I have to switch to my left hand. But still, it's nice to be getting that back.
2. My arm has been a bit more swollen again, and the pain got spiky again up near the top of the brace. I think the latter of these two things has something to do with not wearing the brace tight enough. I have rectified this problem, and over the last couple of days my arm has been a lot less cranky. I do still have some swelling though.
3. I have as of this past Saturday morning successfully bathed without anything at all on my arm. I was really happy about THAT since I was craving lying back in hot water, and I was able to do that okay as long as I held my arm very carefully. Even better was being able to stand under the shower.
4. I am getting some mobility back in my index finger, definitely. If my hand is pointed straight down I can wiggle that finger the most. And some mobility is coming back into the arm in general, both assisted and not. I can kind of hitch my arm back at the elbow and raise my right hand enough to button my shorts, and as of today I determined that if I am sitting up straight and using my left hand as a brace, I can reach and grasp the shelf just above my monitor.
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