Date:	2008-09-03 13:04
Subject:	Arm Update
Security:	Public
Mood:	tired

Well. Went to my therapy-follow-up appointment with my arm specialist. We discussed the fact that my hand is feeling pretty close to okay, but my elbow has plateaued into "constant mild discomfort with pain if I do anything I normally would do with it." At which point I learned it can take up to a year for this to go away, during which time I need to continue resting it as much as possible, massage, ice, stretching, etc. So no clean bill here.

BUT I did do some quick 15-minute drawing stints recently - inking some sketches from a while back - and while my line control isn't quite what I wanted it to be, I think I managed to acquit myself okay without setting my recovery back. I am going to be doing some more gentle, short drawing sessions and see where I can get to. I am not worried about sketching, but I am definitely going to have to be careful about inking (my lines were getting serpentine after only 15 minutes) and I am very concerned about coloring, especially skintones and the colors that usually take a lot of blending and pressure. We will see where it goes.