Day 19

Hey guys,

So today marks the 19th day since the crash. Since that fateful day, I have lost about 20 pounds, and my body is still very much into the healing process. Although most of my road rash is gone, I have a few scabs that still bleed regularly. My arms and right leg experienced long abrasions that not only left me bleeding the day of the accident and the days after, but also went very deep into my skin. So now, the surface has healed, but it has left the skin spotted and white. I don't think these will be here for a long time, but friends and others have expressed their concern that they will become scars that will last a few years. The one on my right leg is the most noticeable, and then the one on my right arm is a little longer, but not as noticeable. All in all, my road rash is mostly almost maybe healed. We'll see.

On the internal injury side, I have some kind of ligament issue around my sacroiliac joint. As soon as my road rash was healed enough, I scheduled a few chiropractic sessions. I still have a few more. Anyway, I went in to see my chiro for the first session, where he could instantly feel my pelvis very much off center. Also, my shoulders and spine were somewhat out of line. So, he cracked me up and sent me home on rest. I came back 2 days later, and he still felt that I was very much screwed up. He ran some tests and said that although he couldn't be sure, my sacroiliac ligaments were somewhat torn, and that they would require a few more weeks of healing. So, I'm just chilling around the house. Like I've been doing for the past few days. I'm going crazy.

On a nutritional note, my taste buds are rejecting a lot of mixed foods. I have been trying some crazy things: such as blending up a hamburger, blending up a hot dog, blending cookies, blending granola bars, anything I think will taste good. But, nothing ever does. So, right now, I'm mostly on nutritional shakes and smoothies. So, it's not all bad, but I miss regular food.

Well, I think I'm going to do my best to do a daily update, and so today is the Day 19 update. I'll do my best to keep you guys updated.

Happy training!