Long roads...

Long roads to recovery -- those seem to be the only type. I don't think I've ever had the experience of a "short recovery".  My shin splits in high-school turned to stress fractures because I refused to stop running on them. Those took a while to heal, thank you stubbornness. My shoulder dislocation also took a while to heal, and this new nerve pain/injury...it's going just as slowly.

For the past 7 days I have rested, iced, stretched, took meds, heated, repeated. And by repeat, I mean the whole or part of this processes every day 3-8 times a day. While the constant rest has probably helped the muscles relax a bit, it's still in a decent amount of pain sometimes and my mind is going crazy.


Despite how enticing laying in bed can be after a hard workout or a long day, laying in bed for 3-4 straight days is mind-numbingly boring...even with my physics textbooks and code to distract me.

Thankfully I will be seeing a physical therapist and my doctor again tomorrow morning! I have no doubt I will need to keep repeating everything I have been doing, but at least I will have more data to present and possibly new information to gather (like when I can actually start working out again and what to do to prevent this in the future!)