Day 22...The Long Road Back

I'm 5 days post surgery and my shoulder is telling me this is going to be a long road to recovery.  Since yesterday morning, it's felt extremely tight...to the point that I wonder how stiff it's going to be once I get the go-ahead to rehab it.  It feels so tight that in my mind I think if I move it just wrong, that I'll unset the fracture.  Also, there are muscle twitches all the time...which I think is a good sign for healing.  I have this feeling that the fiberwire is too tight, and that I can tear muscle/tissue if and when I move my arm---that's me just overthinking this though.  The swelling is gone, and thankfully there's no bump!  I can't wait to get to the point that the stitches are out and the wound is healed--I imagine I'll feel that way next wednesday at my follow up appt.  The problem is that we're on a plane the next day to SF for 5 days---I hope it feels more stable by then.

The front aspect of my deltoid is still numb to touch, but everything else has always been pretty good post surgery...my fingers and wrist are not affected at all, and beyond that, I am not moving my arm at all for the fear of slowing or misplacing the bone fragments while setting.  I'm praying for full range of motion somewhere down the road!
I just added a new blog to my following listFast at Forty by Joanna Zeiger...she's a veteran pro triathlete who had a nasty crash last year which was followed by surgery to repair her broken clavicle...she crashed while taking a handoff at a bike aid station (I'm taking notes on how people get injured!)