On Feb. 18, 2005 I fell on ice at home and broke two bones in my left wrist. One bone is still "unattached" or chipped and considered still broken.

The recovery seemed endless, but it has begun to feel normal to me, to have partial use of my left hand. It is such an improvement over NO use, that I love having just partial.

I hope to have total use of the wrist within one year.

The cast(s) were undoubtedly the most stressful for me. Some folks just breeze through that stage, but I struggled, at best.

Each person has a threshold for pain and discomfort....mine must be on the low side, as I hated the entire event.