Good News, Bad News (It's not Funny, but it's Humerus).

[taste_is_sweet]

You may have noticed that I haven't been around much lately. The major reason for my prolonged absences is basically that I suck.

I actually had intended to remedy this around the beginning of May, while Dom (that's my husband) and I were in Montreal. We went to Montreal because Dom had won a prestigious award from his old high school. He was really looking forward to getting it--more even than pretty much any other award he's ever won.

Owie.

So naturally, five minutes before he was set to go to the reception, he fell and broke his upper right arm. (I'm not even kidding; he was about to put on his tie.) A Proximal Humerus Fracture means a break just under the shoulder joint. Not to put too fine a point on it, it fucking sucks. What sucks even harder is that my husband is disabled, and without his right arm his mobility's been reduced to just about zero. He's slowly getting better, but he needs a lot more help than normal. It's made it hard to think about anything else, like updating my live journal.

But! He is getting better. His arm is slowly healing and I'm not quite as stressed to the gills, which means I can think about other stuff--like updating my live journal. And I actually have cool news with which to update.

My novella Aiden's Angel is coming out this Wednesday (and still available for pre-order). You can read the cover blurb here.

And...that's it, thank you. :)

Comments

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

I'm glad Dom is on the mend. I know what a stressful time it's been for all of you. ::hugs:: Glad so see you back online!

And yay for the book! I'm so excited! ::claps hands:: Finally!

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ::hugs back:: I am back online! Just not as much or as well as I'd like.

I really appreciate your enthusiasm. You are awesome, as always. <3

[springwoof.livejournal.com]

Poor Dom! (Poor you!)
So glad he's getting better.

And congrats on your book!! Yay!

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you, on all counts. :D Your congrats and sympathy are very much appreciated.

[fireheart13.livejournal.com]

OMG that's so awful :-( but good to hear he's convalescing :-) So nice to see your name back here *hugs*

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was awful, but it is better, which is fantastic. For a little while there it was really hard to think it would be. :/

I'm glad to be back! I'll try to be back more consistently.

[sholio]

Oh man, how terribly stressful. :( I'm glad he's getting better - and congrats on the book!

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And thank you! :D

[wpadmirer.livejournal.com]

Tell Dom I hope he feels better and congratulations to both of you!

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I passed on your good wishes, and I appreciate the congratulations. :D

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear of his injury, particularly given the timing of it.

Congratulations to him though and to you on the new book.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. The timing of it was just brutal, absolutely. After all that waiting, to literally not get to go at the last minute...argh.

I appreciate your sympathy and congratulations! Very kind. :D

[darkmoore.livejournal.com]

Best wishes and a speedy recovery to your husband. I'm so sorry you're stressed out, sweetie. *hugs* Sending you positive vibes.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! He's definitely doing better--thank goodness. But your positive vibes are hugely appreciated. :D

[pyewacketsid.livejournal.com]

So sorry about his injury! And caregiver burnout is soul-flattening; I hope you're getting some respite now.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's not as bad as it was, and I know it's way better than it could be. But, yeah. Not fun. I'm just glad that it's (hopefully) only a short-term thing.

[joidianne4eva.livejournal.com]

Really sorry to hear about his injury and I hope his recovery goes smoothly.

Also congrats on the book, can't wait to read it.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I appreciate your sympathy and good wishes. So far so good with the recovery. :)

Thank you as well for the congratulations! It is now available. I hope you enjoy it. <3

[umadoshi.livejournal.com]

*winces* That's dreadful. I'm glad he's healing up.

Yay, new novella! And congrats to Dom on the award, despite the frustration of not being able to go to the ceremony.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much on all counts. :D I'm really glad Dom's healing up too. And he was still able to get the award, at least. So he has that. :)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Sending you and your husband all best wishes.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. <3

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I've done a number on my shoulder recently (probably tore my rotator) and I can entirely sympathize with your husband--I have never been in such pain in my entire life. The timing was unbelievably bad, too--right before his award! I'm so glad to hear he is slowly on the mend.

Congratulations, too, on your new release--that's awesome!

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

Oh, wow, your poor shoulder! I'm pretty sure that breaks heal more easily than softer tissue. I really hope you're doing okay and are also on the mend. I know you don't need more problems. :(

::hugs you::

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

I don't know about that! I wouldn't say that around your husband at any rate! ;-)

I'm scheduled for an MRI next week, but they've already told me that I probably have a tear and need surgery. The thing is, the post-op care requires me to keep my arm in a sling for six weeks, not lifting it above my waist.

Yeah, right. That's not happening. There is simply no way I can do my job one-handed. I can't not work for six weeks; it's not an option. As I am now, the pain is manageable, I've found a way to sleep stacked on pillows so that I don't want to shoot myself, and I have about 40% use of my arm. It is *gradually* getting better. I'm being careful. So the plan is regardless of what the docs say, I'm going to defer any possible surgery until the winter (when things slow down anyway) and re-assess then. With any luck, I won't need the surgery by then.

Of course, I'd love to be able to sit at home for six weeks writing like mad, but there's that pesky problem about paying the bills. ;-)

I'm so sorry about your husband. I hope that he continues to get better and his mobility improves, too. ♥

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that's awful! I'm so sorry you're in so much pain and are facing having to live like that for months longer. It's terrific that you have some range of motion back, though. May it continue with no need for surgery ever.

I also appreciate hearing about your horse. I hope he's doing well with his eye.

I wanted to let you know that I finally remembered to review Walk a Mile on Amazon.com. :) I really enjoyed it. I loved the SGA shout-outs too, but I didn't want to mention those in case it made people associate you too much with your fanfic name.

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

The horse seems to be doing very well, thank you. Perhaps we should stop shooting horses and shoot me instead. ;-) At the moment, he's the more functional of the two of us!

I only just now realized this post was subtitled "It's not funny, but it's humerus"; I just cracked up when I saw that!

Thank you so much for leaving a review for Walk a Mile--that was really kind of you and very nicely said. I appreciate it! Yeah, I couldn't help myself with the SGA shout-outs--a bit silly on my part, but they made me smile :-)

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Your SG shout-outs made me smile, too. So thanks. :)

I'm very glad your horse is doing better! It's sad you couldn't save the eye, but he must be so happy to be out of pain. I just wish you were too.

I'm glad you found the subtitle funny, though. It's about the only part of the whole thing that was. ;)

[seabroth.livejournal.com]

He fell when going to put on his tie, and then you've have to take care of him? Be careful, I think you might inspire someone's fanfic....

EDIT: Just to be clear, no, I didn't mean mine hahah.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

::snort:: No, this doesn't feel like anything that would be particularly fanfic inspiring, really. Maybe because it hits too close to home...

[seabroth.livejournal.com]

I guess I've read too many fics where they give any excuse for some h/c..... "A gets a cold and is so sick he needs B to feed him soup by the spoon for a week" isn't as interesting as this hahah.

*sits down and thinks about all the really weird AU situations i could make using events that have happened to me by chance*

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it's just stranger than fiction, though, eh?