For those of you who aren't aware, I fractured my shoulder in a biking acciden around Christmas and since then I've been dealing with pain management (which is much better) and physical therapy (which gets harder and harder as I come along--and I'm also starting to get a sense of what my eventual limitations are going to be, since I will not regain my full range of motion). It's been emotionally very up and down, but things are basically good.

Then this Monday evening, my husband ruptured his achilles tendon. He was doing kendo (Japanese fencing) and collided with someone. At this very minute, he's in surgery.

It's going to heal, but he is way underestimating how long it's going to take (could be 8-10 months, even more). And he will be needing physical therapy. I had to spend five hours on Tuesday in the hospital with him (same place I went to the ER and get my own PT twice a week). He was getting exams, x-rays, doing paperwork.

He's on crutches and it's very limiting for now. I'm not sure how he's going to be driving to work (unfortunately, it was the right foot), but after a week at home resting he will be okay to do that. I'm afraid he's going to ask me to drive him, which would have a major effect on my days, as well as my ability to take my own pain meds (not supposed to be driving on them). It's all speculation at this point....

I'm just melting down over this. It's not anything near a major health crisis, but I'm already so tired from my own situation and the energy I put into it...my phys. therapist saw me in the hallway on Tuesday and when I explained what happened to my husband, he said, "Who's going to take care of YOU?" It's not even that--I don't need taking care of by anyone else, but I'm not sure I have the energy to be a nursemaid at this point. And hubby is much more dependent and hands-on than I was.

I am really upset that he was doing this sport...he was already experiencing foot pains and had needed to quit running. I'm angry that people were crammed so close together in the gym that he collided with someone behind him. WTH? I'm angry that at least as far as I know, no one from his dojo has called him to find out how he is. At least not his sensei.

I was planning on having a long weekend in Baltimore this weekend that I was really looking forward to, seeing a bunch of friends. Can't go.

We were set to go to Italy for two weeks in April. We can't go. We are facing major loss on the tickets, even if we change the dates it's going to cost us around $850 and we'd have to change them before April 9. I wish I had gotten travel insurance! I am so sad about missing out on Italy. I'm trying to find some family or friends who could give us some money for the tickets, just so it wouldn't be a total loss, but I doubt that's going to happen...

We've been learning sailing in Boston all last summer, and now he can't do that. I myself am not sure I can either, but I was at least hoping he would be off doing something that kept him busy and made him happy.

It's just a mess.

I guess there's not much more I could add. I'm guessing that I will be deeply involved in different aspects of his therapy, so it's going to be pretty life-changing for me.

ETA: he's always been a Type A, rather critical person so he's being very complain-y and we are arguing a lot. I just want to hire someone to be his wife for the next few weeks!