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Injury update

In the few weeks since I last wrote about my motorcycle accident, my life has been very predictable.  I lay on the couch all day, sleep in my own bed at night (to allow my wife better sleep) and go to the doctor's office on Fridays.  Those visits are themselves quite predictable: my plaster split is removed, the doctor looks at my foot, mainly to see how the swelling is doing, and a plaster split is re-applied.

The routine changed ever so slightly with the surgery a few weeks ago. I was in the hospital for a few days while the pain from the surgery resided and it was demonstrated that I could get by with pharmacy-stocked pain medication. Then back home, laying on the couch and Friday doctor's appointments, now looking at both the swelling and the healing of the incision site.

The end of bedrest is on the horizon, though. If all goes as expected, I'm in the final two weeks and after that I'll be starting physical therapy. I don't know what this will look like exactly but I'm hoping The end of bedrest will mean life will start looking a little more normal. We'll just have to see.

And in case you're wondering, there will be pictures coming, at least the x-ray of my new, metal-reinforced heel.