6 weeks post surgery update
Ok got back from the doc today
He says I am healing great. We are still touch and go though according to him, I’m still being held together by "superglue" LOL. He said at 8 weeks post surgery I’ll "start to have tissue that’s worth a damn." LOL. So we won’t be doing any loading for 2 more weeks. BUT he did take my brace off… OH MY GOD IT FEELS SO GOOD TO MOVE! I cannot stress how much we all take our daily functions for granted. We really do. Not being able to reach with your right hand, or play sports, or even hold Isabel with my right arm… it sucked. He gave me some stretches to do and said I’m already pretty flexible compared to where he thought I might be so that’s good.
I also talked to him about my leg workouts. He said he wants to wait 2 more weeks for the safety squat bar; said he’s concerned about it pressing on the tissue, so that’s out for 2 more weeks; but that’s ok. He said one armed smith machine is totally fine so I’ll be hammering lots of those. I just feel so blessed that I’m pulling through this and it looks like I just might get out with nothing but a scar. Once again; I know these things are not life and death, but I love bodybuilding and am so excited at the prospect of being able to continue to do it. I didn’t take pics today but I am going to take some tomorrow. My right arm is down just over an inch, and my right pec is now visibly atrophied… still not as bad as I thought it would be. But I have gained some size on my legs… I’ll take it!
-Layne
