Day 2 - Back at home and Dr's visit

All set to go to the orthopaedic doctor on Monday morning, Galen's doing a good job so far as a nurse. I only had to sit in the waiting area for a mere 45 minutes; not too bad not having an appointment. The doctor pops up the x-rays and immediately see's the break and wants to take a look so he takes the brace off. He's definitely not worried about hurting me as he jerks my leg all around while taking the brace off and getting me a new brace. So the only new news is that the swelling will get worse, need to get an MRI because he says most of these breaks require surgery and he'll look for ligament damage too. And I get a new leg brace, yay! Much better and more comfortable (if you can even use comfort as a description for leg brace). Can't move my knee for at least 3 weeks and it's locked in that position.

Can I just say how much I hate health insurance companies?! I have to wait at least 3 days while UHC approves my MRI scan before I can get it done. Srsly UHC?! My leg is broken and my leg looks like it's been hammered all over and I need approval? ugh. Guess I'll just keep taking pills and suffering while health insurance takes 3 days to make a yes/no decision. Thanks UHC.

I'm slowly learning to get around on my crutches, I'm doing ok, and still positive, but that might just be the drugs. I have the couch pulled out into a bed and am all set up for the next week. The most frustrating thing is that I haven't trained my brain to get everything together before I sit down. Takes me forever to get up and down and I keep forgetting things to bring to the couch with me. I have a ton of DVR'd shows to catch up on, so I'll be entertained for a bit. I took a long nap, as my body has been through trauma and so has my mind.

I take my first trip to whole foods to get ingredients for shrimp fajitas for dinner. Galen is being a total champ for helping me out. Just going to whole foods takes a lot of my energy and I'm happy to have someone helping me. We eat and then watch the DVR'd episodes of "Royal Pains." So far, the break is just more annoying than anything.