Drat!

[RogerWS76]

Have you thought about throwing Cack-handed?

[Geoff Withnell]

Status update;

So there I was, all excited. The bicep tear was healed! Starting to work out again that night. Going to the store on the way home, coming out of the building, the door is opened by the person ahead of me. I reach out to catch it as it closes. A gust of wind bangs the door into my outstretched hand. Ouch! That smarts. Seems Ok tho. I work out that evening. In the morning - Yikes! Swollen, immobile wrist. Broken bone at the base of my thumb.

So I've been seven weeks with my right forearm, wrist and hand totally immobilized by a cast. The break is now healed, which was in some doubt. the bone in question only gets blood from one side, so sometimes the side past the break dies, from lack of blood. Thank the Good Lord, not in this case. Cast came off Monday, and the bone is healed. That's the good news. The bad news - after seven weeks of no motion, the muscles and tendons of my right hand and arm (and I am right handed) are so stiff and atrophied, I can't fully make a fist or completely spread my fingers. My trainer estimates that, if I work hard, I will be able to pick up a 20lb dumbbell and do a curl by around June. Obviously, my participation in the Games for 2013 will be as a member of the S.A.M.S. color guard. See you on the field in 2014!