Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Taking time off of climbing:(

I have been trying to be good and not push my injuries too much. My left elbow tendinitis is getting better, but is still there. I have had a small bit of pain in my right bicep for the past couple of months and now it is super painful. With the economy forcing companies to lay off much of their work force, I WAS doing the work of two large guys. I by no means am a large guy and I think I may have torn my bicep. Going from sales to loading and unloading lots of doors and material has beat me down. I thought I was frustrated before with just the tendinitis, but now I am about to scream. I went to the doctor and they took Xrays to find that there were no chipped bone issues, thank god. Now they are sending me to an arm specialist to probably administer an MRI. They also have put me on work restriction that only allows me to lift no more than 10 pounds with either arm, yeah, f-ing psyched. I have done my own research on line and have concluded that my bicep must be slightly torn. Hopefully it is small enough that I don't need surgery. Without surgery, I believe recover is around 3 to 6 months. I have pretty much stopped climbing all together and probably won't climb again for at leased a month. I will try to see how the bicep feels and then and go from there. I guess I will have to get my hike on and go check out other areas of the Park that I haven't seen before.
I still want to go out with friends still and at leased hang out and take photos.

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