I’ve been a bit quiet lately — and there’s a good reason for that.

About eight weeks ago, I put on rollerblades for the first time in a decade, trying to keep up with my son, who’s getting faster on his bike. That’s when things started to go downhill — literally. I took a curve and couldn’t stop fast enough. Panicking and not wanting my son to follow me into the street as I sped off, I tried to stop, only to fall on my arm. It broke at the shoulder and splintered off a portion of the joint.

Yeah. It was a little painful. I rated it an 8. Both the doctor and Stephanie looked at me like I was insane. I guess that’s a 10 on the pain scale?

Anyway, I’m about a week away from (hopefully) being out of a sling, but there’s a very real chance I’ll never fully recover my complete range of motion. It’s unfortunate, but I’ll live — I’m just hoping the pain doesn’t linger too much going forward.

I had the option for surgery to screw the joint back together — but apparently the part that fractured off isn’t critical to joint movement? Letting it be just puts me at greater risk for discomfort and arthritis. The main thing is, the surgery is a bit invasive. Like, there’s-a-good-chance-I-could-lose-feeling-in-my-fingers-forever invasive.

I’m not exactly an expert when it comes to medical stuff, but my common sense kicked in when the private practice surgeon said he wouldn’t get the surgery if it were his injury. So I opted to heal naturally — for better or worse.

Which brings me back to the present: today is the first day in about eight weeks that I’ve used a mouse. I’m healing, although still very tender. I’ll probably blog a bit more going forward. But if you’ve been wondering why I haven’t shipped my news app yet — or why I’ve been so quiet — well, now you know.

Recovery is projected at 6 to 12 months. I’m at month two. Here’s to hoping it keeps getting better once I start physical therapy in the next few weeks. 🤞