Well, it's been about six months since the last time I "broke" my elbow (aka radial neck). And it appears I may now have done this for the third time! I didn't swim at all this week, so this morning I braved the pool. I did my swim, but it hurt like hell and I ended up giving up earlier than planned and heading back to the doctors.
I saw an awesome doctor named Belinda, who consulted the ACC book of lies and told me that a radial neck/head fracture should be in plaster (according to ACC). Well, since the fracture still isn't confirmed, I was sent on my unhappy way with instructions to come back on Wednesday for more xrays, which will apparently show if the bone is starting to knit. This Doc is nice - knows her stuff, has a bedside manner, isn't an airhead - unlike the one I saw the day of the accident. Perhaps he should shadow Belinda for a week and maybe he'll learn some people skills!
Oh yeah...Belinda told me no swimming until the next xray results come back. Bugger. In the interests of actually healing, I guess I will follow her advice. However, the gym workout on Thursday night didn't hurt despite my doing seated row, shoulder press, bicep curl and rowing machine work. It hurt more on the bike to be fair.
Wednesday can't come soon enough, I hate not being able to train. I'll try my bike tomorrow and see how I go, except this time I'll drive around to the back of Airport Oaks for a ride where the traffic is a bit lighter and there's lots of other cyclists (and triathletes) around in case I get in any trouble!
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