Day 36

My 4th X-ray is today. I am able to drive with my unbroken arm and have no pain when I move around. My grip on my broken arm is improving and I'm less scared when I'm moving around. Ive noticed I've been bumping my arm more and more recently. Luckily there's been no pain associated with my clumsiness. I'm noticing my bicep and tricep more. And seems like they're trying to find they're place around my humerus. I remember accidentally flexing by bicep at Day 15 and noticing a shock and pain (8/10) around the region of the break. Now I can flex and feel both muscles but there's no pain. Mind you I only flex for a half second of so but I know I'm improving on a daily basis.  Leading into my 4^th x-ray I was feeling really good. I stopped the Happy pills on Day 30 because the pain was bearable (on a plus side I have a 10 day supply if I ever hurt myself in the future!). So since I'm right handed I have been able to drive since I stopped the vikes-cause I didn't want a DUI (check out your pupils next time Ur on Vicodins-easy to notice the pin point pupils and cops are trained to look so be careful). So I drove to the Doc and walked in, asshole made me wait an hour and finally got in and xray'd. 

Great news is there's healing and my fracture blisters have healed so I'm on the right track. I asked him if it would be possible for me to be without sling in 20 days and he said "maybe". Well maybe your dumb dumb and not very helpful. If I wanted maybe's I’d ask my garbage man the same thing and probably get the same answer (I'm sure he knows how to access Google on his smart phone). Anyways, but the good news is I can take a break from my sling and stretch out my elbow. I am just hoping to be able to be without sling for my goal of Feb 19, 2014 (60 days after break). I don't need to lift anything I just want my arm to be beside my body and move my arm without using my right arm-is that so much to ask.  When I got home I took my sling off and jumped on my computer and using both hands now.  My own physical therapy begins today.  I am noticing that my shoulders, biceps, triceps, forearm and muscles in my hand are completely atrophied.  Typing is difficult and im noticing my fingers spasming and pressing the wrong keys every now and then but I knew that would happen but it’s just weird to actually see it in play.  

Days 20-33

I am still in the brace and sling.  The pain is still there but bearable.  I also wanted to see what all the big deal with twitter, instagram was so I started those just to make the day fly.  Still getting used to twitter, its interesting because while im watching all this Olympic coverage they are tweeting left and right.  I think I’ve figured out the hashtag business and think its fun. I’m feeling younger and happier.  The times are improving.   It’s easier to shower, you can begin to taper yourself off the vicodins.  I even had some actual fun.  I got to play my best friend in air hockey, basketball and skeeball and beat him with one arm over his two in all our events! But now I think my unbroken arms forearm muscle pulled which makes it difficult to text, hold anything.  Annoying :( #cantcatchabreak.  

My fracture blisters have all healed over the past 2 weeks.  I've been showering more and cleaning and replacing the betadyne bandages but you need another person to help you do everything.  I can't wait to take care of myself again.

Day 17

So the X-ray really didn't show much. The first x-ray when I am in my sling looks good.  The break is shown and looks like everything is in place but the Scary issue is in the Second x-ray.  I had to hold my arm in a position like I was pointing my forearm toward the camera with my back/tricep against the way it shows that the bone is healing at an angle of 21 degrees but because I'm a big guy it shouldn't look so deformed.  I am never going to be the same.   

After the x-rays I told my doctor if they can change my Arm sleeve that goes beneath my brace because It smells really bad and may have gotten wet and moldy because of the two showers I’ve had.  He obliged and sent in 2 awesome nurses.  I popped a pill and they started to remove the brace and then as they were taking the sleeve off they noticed the smell.  Then they noticed that my skin was peeling off with the sleeve, a new low has been reached in my life.  They then had to cut off the remaining sleeve and I was told that before they do anything they have to get the doctor to check it out.   

So House MD comes in and tells me “Oh you got fracture blisters, we’ll put some betadyne on it and it’ll fix it up” like its not a big deal.  Geez Louise man.  So your telling me I was smelling my own rotting necrotic tissue!?! He nods and the nurses get to cleaning the wound and rubbing off the sloughed skin.  He then put 5-4x4 patches of Betadyne all over my left arm, wrapped it with some gauze and then put a new sleeve on.  He says ill have to continue to do this for 2 weeks and it should be back to the disabled norm that I have been accustomed.  Thanks for telling me ahead of time that this could possibly happen you son of a biznatch.  The good news is I don’t smell bad anymore the bad news is I have to change my bandages every few days. 

Day 15

The swelling and bruising have gone away and now I'm getting new types of pain on my elbow and hand. Feels like cramping and pins so most like I'm having some nerve pain. It's still bearable so I'm not too worried yet. Have my 3rd X-ray to be done in 2 days to see how the healing is going.  Nothing more to report.

Day 11

So today I've felt pretty good even after the blockage of '14 shut down traffic for a whole day. Only had    half a pill today and was feeling pretty good throughout. I think a callous has formed and is starting to decrease the bone on bone grinding that's been irritating and scary but not painful. I don't feel the bone move or I mean I can't force myself to move the bone when I try. It was my sick pleasure. I also have not left my house for 9 days (would be 11 except I had a orthopedic appointment 2 days after the break). So today I walked out to my car, got a bottle of Fabreeze and came back in. Felt nice having the Sun shine down on me and that reminds me to get at least 20 min of sunlight from here on out to get the Vitamin D that my body needs hoping it helps me recover faster. Hopefully it works. Other than that my back is hurting because I still can't find a decent way to sleep and the Velcro on my sling and brace digs into my skin so I'm itching like Crackhead. The Fabreeze was nice because I sprayed it on a towel and tried clean my brace, sling and the rest of the gross smell emanating from my left side. I recognize that it's the same smell as homeless people and my heart goes out to them more so. It's worse than Sardines, Yesterday's 
poop, Sweat, yeast and Vomit all combined into one perfume.  I started to use Purell, Deodorant with anti-persperent and baby wipes and have begin wearing t shirts just to block the smell. It's working.

Day 9

It wasn't a crappy day :( Hydrocodone = constipation. Today was the Worst day ever. New lows were reached.  The problem started at 11am when I took my half pill and was feeling like a million bucks. I was walking around because I am sick of sitting down. Then all the sudden I had to pass gas and boom. Nothing to pass! “What the fuck!”.  Never have I been unable to pass gas.  My stomach felt like a balloon filled up with cement.   I can feel a big one ready to go but nothing's coming out. I've never had constipation before and it really the most painful experience I've ever been in. There is something that wants to get out of your body but the vicodins have stopped any kind of mobility in your intestines.  Pretty much everything that you eat is just collecting in your bowels and not moving.  Then while it is immobile any water that was in your bowels is just getting reabsorbed and the waste becomes more solid.  I have a new found respect for women when they have vaginal deliveries. So it started at 11 AM and went throughout the night. I had so much pain that after straining for an hour I went and grabbed some surgical gloves and stuck my finger up my pooper to see what the heck was going on. To my dismay I felt my poo and it was as hard as a Rock, A ROCK. My heart sank and I became scared. I then started to use q-tips to break the pieces of rock into smaller forms so they can get out of me, I then drank coffee because it usually makes me poo in a second-it wasn’t working today. Then I bought some stool softener and an in home enema kit. Lo and behold my plumbing finally cleared up.  My whole insides finally came out of me and it was shocking. It was scary. My eyes were tearing, my knees shaking, ass was numb. Terrible experience but the relief was instant.  This is why I stated you need to drink 60 ounces of water, eat plenty of fiber and take stool softeners when taking Opioids for pain so you don't have to go through my struggles.  Sorry if it was a bit gross, but really it’s something I do not wish on anyone and my super doctor didn’t mention it to me even though I should’ve read the side effects. In the end it was crappy!