Wednesday, 13 days after the event, the doctor took off the remainder of the bandage, looked for movement restrictions, and declared the physical therapy (read: juggling) to be doing an excellent job. He also told me I could start using the 10 poun
d weights so I tried those out today (15 days after the event) and got 166 catches on my first try! That's about 60 below my all time high, but not much lower than an average poor day. So, I'm happy with it.
As the first bandage started coming off last week, I could feel that the nerves just below the cut (toward my hand) weren't working. No surprise, of course. I asked the doctor if they'd heal and he said it is very unlikely that I'll ever get the feeling back there. Nerves can only regrow if the channel is intact. I'm grateful the dead spot doesn't extend up into my hand.
So now I have another thing to look forward to the resurrection for.
Now I'm thinking up ways to work this scar into my motivational juggling...
"You ask why I don't juggle chainsaws? Well, let me tell you a story..."
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