Hello all,
A lot of things have happened in my life since I last posted a blog. Most important of which is that I'm now a married man! Acey and I have also moved into a new place in Midlothian which has been great so far. We have joined a new church and in turn I have joined two bands, the church worship band at the Midlothian campus of Southside Church of the Nazarene, and a hard rock band called Stoke Row. Im the bass player in both, but play some guitar in the church band.
That pretty much gets us up to speed.
I have also been enveloped in a medical issue that has taken over a large portion of my time energy and sanity.
I started playing tennis this past winter as a way to cross-train with my running and after playing two to three times a week I would get a small twinge in my wrist. It would go away after a bit but it seemed to get worse with time. It finally got to the point where the pain would begin just due to lifting large objects and with any sport or activity where my wrist was used. I shrugged it off as tendonitis and didnt think much of it, I thought I just needed to ice it and rest it.
Soon after we got back from our honeymoon Acey and I went to the gym to workout before going to see the latest Harry Potter flick, while at the gym I joined a pick-up basketball game while Acey was finishing her workout. During the game (in which I was actually playing well) I bumped into this guy who was so big he had his own zip code and my wrist got bent way back and I heard a pop. I got some ice and wrapped it with tape and thought it would be okay later. After some urging from Acey I went to the doctor the next day and I was told I had a sprain after the x ray showed no break.
The following evening I had just gotten back from work and was doing some paperwork on the computer when the doctor called back and informed me that I needed to see an orthopedist as they found what is most likely a tumor in my wrist.
Needless to say at this point I'm kinda freaking out and have no idea whats going to happen next. After meeting with Dr. Desai, the orthopedist I had a MRI done on my wrist along with a full body bone scan. This allowed Dr. Desai to better determine that it was most likely a Giant Cell Tumor of the distal Ulna. The next step was to have a MRI on my brain and a Chest CT to check to see if anything has spread. Those test came back normal and the decision was made to cut the bad piece of bone out and replace it.
On friday I get to the hospital and am feeling very anxious. After I get registered, I change into my gown and start the drugging process. Because the area where they are cutting is extremely sensitive and painful, I had a combination of general anesthesia and a nerve block similar to an epidural. After they started the IV I don't remember much until I woke up in recovery and realized that my arm was immobilized all the way to my armpit and I was in a good bit of pain.
So here's what they did to me...
The doctor made an incision on the outside of my left wrist and cut out the part of the bone that was infected. in its place they installed a prosthesis called a u-head and closed me back up. I came home on saturday after my 3rd round of antibiotics and have had to battle the pain with demerol which wasnt bad when I had the nerve block in place, but since that came out sunday it has been pretty bad at times.
Thank God I have Acey here to look after me and keep me sane. I'm also very lucky to have a understanding boss who is allowing me the time to heal. I have great friends who continue to check on me and my family has been super supportive through this whole ordeal.
i will be checking in while i have the time to these next two weeks and keep yall updated on my healing process as i continue to get better and hopefully pain free!
