After five and a half weeks, I got to take my sling off today. It wasn’t easy last weekend following Margot around at the butterfly pavilion. I have to say, my daily tasks weren’t as easy as I’d expected with the sling off.

Getting dressed was better. Typing at the keyboard wasn’t. It hurt to stretch my arm out to the keyboard and my hand shook so much that it was like taking a step back. I found myself typing one-handed again when I needed to go fast. I expect that to get better in another day or two. My arm has atrophied and needs to loosen up.

I’m not out of the woods just yet. I still have to wear the sling to sleep. And I can’t do arm exercises until Dec 30th. But I registered to run the Desert Rats 50K in April with my running buddies. That might be a stretch to train for but I can switch to a half marathon if I’m not ready. There is also a 100K I could switch into. A boy can dream.