Went back to work last week...
The doctors would have signed off on three more weeks of disability, but I asked them to release me for limited duty and that was fine with my team at work. I would have been a bit better off financially staying at home on disability actually, but it would have worked my last nerve. I had to get back on my feet; I was sick and tired of sitting at home, it's not like a vacation, see, it's just boring.
So, I am working four days a week for now. My arm is in a sling for two more weeks until the bone heals a bit more, then I start physical therapy. It will be several months more before I can raise my left arm over my head, at least that's what they tell me. In the meantime, I am working one handed, which my team accepts since there are a lot of other things that I am uniquely qualified to do... I am also doing some data base work for the regional office over the next couple of weeks and I'll be in Austin for a few days for that as well. By Thanksgiving, when we really start to roll, I'll be functional enough so that no one will notice.
I'm buying a car soon, but in the meantime I'm taking taxis to and from work, when I can't get a ride, (which is most of the time due to my schedule), and that's a bit expensive, but that's O.K. My health insurance covers all but maybe 200 bucks of the twentyfive thousand or so dollars that it will cost over the next few months. Short term disability covered almost all of my down time. Stock options will pay for the car.
I have really fantastic benefits.
I've been sleeping in a big old recliner chair for the last two weeks. I have this really great new Sleep Comfort Bed, it's fabulous, but there's no way I can get my left arm in the right position for healing while I am lying down. It's a little wierd, but it's only for a little while longer. I am taking massive calcium supplements. Soon the bone will heal enough. I am now getting by well enough on Aleve for pain, which is good; three and a half weeks on narcotics is about as much as I want to risk, more than that and it can be hard to stop. Every day, it gets a little bit better.
Saying goodby to the scooter is a sad; I totally loved riding it, but honestly I do not have the balls to get on it again. The scooter kharma is gone.
Dum-de-dum-dum...
...life goes on.
durlx
The doctors would have signed off on three more weeks of disability, but I asked them to release me for limited duty and that was fine with my team at work. I would have been a bit better off financially staying at home on disability actually, but it would have worked my last nerve. I had to get back on my feet; I was sick and tired of sitting at home, it's not like a vacation, see, it's just boring.
So, I am working four days a week for now. My arm is in a sling for two more weeks until the bone heals a bit more, then I start physical therapy. It will be several months more before I can raise my left arm over my head, at least that's what they tell me. In the meantime, I am working one handed, which my team accepts since there are a lot of other things that I am uniquely qualified to do... I am also doing some data base work for the regional office over the next couple of weeks and I'll be in Austin for a few days for that as well. By Thanksgiving, when we really start to roll, I'll be functional enough so that no one will notice.
I'm buying a car soon, but in the meantime I'm taking taxis to and from work, when I can't get a ride, (which is most of the time due to my schedule), and that's a bit expensive, but that's O.K. My health insurance covers all but maybe 200 bucks of the twentyfive thousand or so dollars that it will cost over the next few months. Short term disability covered almost all of my down time. Stock options will pay for the car.
I have really fantastic benefits.
I've been sleeping in a big old recliner chair for the last two weeks. I have this really great new Sleep Comfort Bed, it's fabulous, but there's no way I can get my left arm in the right position for healing while I am lying down. It's a little wierd, but it's only for a little while longer. I am taking massive calcium supplements. Soon the bone will heal enough. I am now getting by well enough on Aleve for pain, which is good; three and a half weeks on narcotics is about as much as I want to risk, more than that and it can be hard to stop. Every day, it gets a little bit better.
Saying goodby to the scooter is a sad; I totally loved riding it, but honestly I do not have the balls to get on it again. The scooter kharma is gone.
Dum-de-dum-dum...
...life goes on.
durlx
posted by durlx at 8/26/2005 02:14:00 AM
3 Comments:
Hi Durly....geeze...hope you feel better day by day. You show lots of character going back to work when disability is available. Kudos to you (and I am sure it will speed your recovery as well). My motorcycle is ready for pickup at the shop with new tires and new brakes. After reading about your mishap, I am taking extra precautions. If a dog is nearby...I keep a wide berth. Uh..I once hit a chicken, which made quite a mess but which did not cause lasting physical harm to me or the bike. The chicken, however, did not fare as well and occasionally, in the back of my mind I sometimes the shriek of that chicken as it smacked into oblivion...)
Wow! So sorry to hear about your mishap. Our lives can change so quickly it's sometimes scary. Speedy healing to you.
Nothing helps the healing process more than getting back to the normality of everyday life Durlene. At least mentally, you'll be much happier at work. =) Get that arm well enough so that we will be able to toast with one or two glasses of vino in Cali! If not, Luca and I will chip in and get you a sippy straw. =)
xoxox,
pebs
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