Yeah, that was way too much to do yesterday. I slept better than I have in a couple weeks so that is certainly an upside. But my right shoulder was hurting like the doctor always told me it might.

One day I will read this list of what brought on the pain and tiredness, and I’m sure I will laugh. Here it is: I did the dishes, set the table, did little bit of electrical work on my van, worked in the Raspyni office for two hours, played with the kids down on the play structure for half an hour, and cleaned up the garage a little bit. A pretty mellow routine in my pre-accident life :-)

I tried sleeping with the tight glove on my right hand and made it for about two hours. That thing is way too intense to leave on all night. This morning my fingers were swollen real tight. I sat in a chair in the morning and rubbed them down with lotion for about 20 minutes and got them feeling okay again. I’m going to juggle again today — every day — because it does feel like it’s good for my fingers.

I’m at the point right now where I am able to do a fair amount of stuff with my right hand. I hope that after Thursday’s surgery I don’t regress. I don’t believe I should as all we are doing is adding a lot of healthy bone marrow to my collarbone. There will of course be that uncomfortable five day no shower zone — yuck! I have to make sure I go in good and clean this time :-) I was unable to move before my last surgery, let alone a shower. I haven’t even done the math on how many days I went without one. Heads up to my fellow clavicle sufferers: if possible, go into surgery clean!

Tomorrow makes seven weeks since my accident. In some ways it seems to have gone by so fast. I never imagined that I would have a second surgery… even when he mentioned that it was a possibility if the bone didn’t reconnect. I guess that says something about my positive outlook — and also something about what it’s actually worth :-)

I will end with a little video for your viewing pleasure.

Stay safe.