A little bumpy and a little green...

While Scott was out riding tonight I entertained myself by taking pictures of my shoulders. A fun and exciting night, I know. But there's only so much book reading I can do in a day, and hiking is out of the question because of the bumping action. And I can't believe that I'm saying this but I think I've OD'd on blogs and Facebook.

Anyways, this was the best picture that I could take since I could only raise my right arm. And for some reason the bruise doesn't show up very well. Oh well. I couldn't take many because I had to return my left arm to it's sling. I'm trying to be good!!! Like for the first time in my life I've actually been diligent about icing, and what do you know? It really does work. The swelling is WAY down and I no longer feel like my bones are creaking around every time I breathe!

Today was the first day where I started to feel like myself again. The last couple of days have been so painful that I've been seriously grumpy. For instance, yesterday I almost lost it in a restaurant bathroom. My sister took me out to breakfast and trying to put my arm into a shirt sleeve hurt so bad that I started crying. And then I couldn't get my jeans unbuttoned in the restroom after drinking a lot of coffee, and someone kept trying to open the door. Like the first and second attempt didn't clue them in that the bathroom was occupied. Things like that don't normally annoy me to where I want to scream. And trust me, I WANTED to scream!!!!!

I had an appointment with my regular Doctor today and after looking at my shoulder the first question she asked was if my bike was OK. Ha ha! She also asked when my next race was. I told her 3 weeks and she didn't say that I couldn't do it. So that's good...

However, my Doctor also ordered an MRI. She said if I wasn't an athlete, she would probably just tell me to keep it immobile for a few weeks and then reassess. However, she said that it's better for people with active lifestyle to be proactive so that further injuries don't occur. We shall see. The MRI has to get insurance approval, and who knows if that will happen. Plus my Doctor told me that I could cancel the MRI if I start to feel better...and I hope that's the case!

Scott has been pretty awesome these last couple of days and has finally mastered putting my hair in a ponytail! Which means I can finally walk around without looking like Cousin Itt. And he set up my bike in the living room so that I can work out. Today I did a 1 hour easy spin, and tomorrow I'm going to attempt some hard intervals.

Our new living room furniture is ready to race...