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News came yesterday that the aching in my arm can stop…with surgery.
Seems back in November when this ailment first presented itself, I actually tore a rotator cuff in my right shoulder. I don’t know how or when, but I did.
I decided to learn more about my “injury” and looked it up. “It is an injury frequently sustained by athletes whose duties involve making repetitive throws, such as baseball pitchers, American football quarterbacks, swimmers, boxers, kayaking, fast bowlers in cricket, and tennis players (due to their service motion).”
Um, I wish! Truly, I’m a bit of a slug when it comes to athletics. Count me among those others who get the injury just from “wear and tear”. Yes, I’m worn and torn…in too many ways to name.
So the months of steroids and diligent physical therapy were all for naught. I am headed to the hospital for surgery.
This will be followed by four weeks in a sling and then four to six months of recoup time until I feel back to normal, I’m told. I asked the doctor if he could promise, ’cause, ya know, I REALLY CAN’T BE OUT OF ORDER THAT LONG.
As every working mom knows, you can perform many miracles in a day, and sometimes you can do it with one hand tied behind your back. But, really. This is my RIGHT hand, my lifeline.
Now I have all the respect in the world for southpaws. Some of my favorite people in the world have been lefties – my mother in law, my father, Janna Designer Extraordinaire. That they actually make that left hand perform beyond the perfunctory role of stabilizing things for the right hand is fascinating to me.
For the past 20 hours I’ve been contemplating when I can schedule this surgery into my life. I asked the doctor if we could do it yesterday, because our busy cycle in the business starts the day after Labor Day. No can do, he said.
OK then, let me think. There’s the start of school in a week and a half, and back to the routine of getting Little Bug up, ready and off every morning. The next day we finally have the meeting with that potential client who just took his company public. Yup, only been trying to schedule that one for A YEAR! Well, then, there’s the business trip to Florida in early September where I’ll likely need to set up for a trade show. Um, soccer season begins when school starts. Planning ahead for six months of meals seems pretty unlikely to me.
Looks like the juggling act will continue. This time with one hand…the left one!
Laurie J. Storey-Manseau is owner of StoreyManseau, LLC, an integrated marketing agency, and author of the blog WIMS - Walking In My Sleep.
