Time to check in and update.
It's been about 3 months now, I think.
The ridiculous garbage I post tonight is not as much an affect of the drugs, (though I'm still on them) but because sometime during the last month or so, I lost my mind.
I looked for it for a while but finally gave it up as a lost cause. It might have been right after the unicorn ran through the living room, trampling my space suit.
I've never spent so much time indoors. It doesn't rain in here, get cold or hot. The weather never changes.
Last month I took a wonderful expedition to the doctor's office in Lakeland where I promptly puked in his lobby. Anything to make a positive impression. They took x rays and the Doc decided that it is still too soon to introduce weight to the leg but said "we'll see" on December 12, which is next Friday. I've really got my fingers crossed because if I don't make the grade, it will be sometime in January before I can try to start walking again.
The time has taken it's toll as now I have a regular leg and a skinny one. Learning to walk is going to be as hard as paddling a kayak down the Peace River with no water in it...The river, not the kayak...
Shattered shoulder is going to be slower, probably about 6 months. That's ok if I can just get up and walk and get outside again.
The Admiral has taken this very well. She has unloaded her pistol and now spends most of her time dry firing at me. I've asked her to keep the laser out of my eyes. Pointing at me and making the gun go "click, click, click" seems to make her feel calmer and doesn't do any harm so I guess I'm ok with it. Other times she just mumbles to herself.
Anyhow, wish me luck and maybe next week at this time, I will have put weight on my leg for the first time. The therapist assures me that it won't hurt any worse than putting a grinder in my mouth so, I'm really looking forward to it.
The day that I can drive a vehicle, I'm going to the woods and hug and maybe lick a dozen trees.
Until then, y'all please continue to hold off the apocalypse till I'm more ready!
Sincerely, Capt Nat