Sling
Well it is February 1st and the annual RPM Challenge is underway. How am I doing?
Yup. I’m in a sling. Yippee and shit. The doctor I saw yesterday said it looks like a strained muscle in my upper arm with a bit of nerve involvement causing the pain to travel the whole length of my arm. I had actually worked all that out for myself so the really important news from the Doc was that the x-rays were clear, the recovery is basically to just give it time, and they gave me this groovy black sling (stylish, yeah?) and some muscle relaxers for any time the pain gets to be too much.
Get Mr_Nobody’s stories in your inbox
Join Medium for free to get updates from this writer.
The good news is that after every day last week feeling noticeably worse, today I might be feeling about 1% better. That is good news, indeed. Of course I did wake up with a headache today. First one in a couple of months. It is minor but still worrisome. Me and my stupid brain, right?
So my plan for today is to try and do something musical for RPM. I can’t play guitar right now so we will have to stick with MIDI tracks in Garageband. Also, the Bruins are playing an outdoor game today down in sunny, ice melting, Florida. I need to figure out how to watch it. Radio coverage probably won’t cut it for me on a special occasion like this.
And that’s it for me on this frozen New England Sunday.
