13 June 2025
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If you want to see what my recovering arm looks like, you can now see a photo on my Flickr account. Compared to what it looked like three weeks ago, it is amazing to me how well it is doing. Yes, I did take a photo on the day and, no, I’m not sharing that because it is on the gory side!
This afternoon I made my final in-person visit to the hospital and had the bandages and wrist splint removed. I think the most painful part of the whole process, including the original injury, was having the patch over the wound pulled from my arm. I’m not sure why anyone would volunteer for an epilation process but I’m going to have a hairless patch around the scar on my arm for the next few weeks. As I joked to the physiotherapist, if I’d have known what was coming, I would have shaved my arm before getting the chainsaw out (and, yes, if I had known what was coming, I’d have made the cut with a manual saw on a long pole and kept myself safely out of harm’s way!).
Everything is now uncovered and everything works. For the next few weeks I’ll be keeping the arm clean, moisturising and massaging the scarred area and gradually rebuilding its strength. I can even play bass again although I’ll be taking my rehabilitation to stringed instruments slowly and steadily as I don’t want to suffer a setback from reaching for a note that used to be easy while in the midst of playing music. Meanwhile, I’m enjoyed the pleasure of being able to touch type again, which makes writing blog posts a whole lot easier!