A friend said I had given new meaning to the term "breakneck speed". He referred to my going to sleep, falling off the toilet, hitting my head on the floor, breaking my neck.
Fortunately, no spinal cord injury, but required odontoid process surgery to stabilize fractured C-1 and C-2. I have to wear a neck brace 12 weeks (10 left), can't drive, can't ride MARTA Mobility because of the bumps and jerks. Ten days post-op, I still have pain, and have been relegated to the main level bedroom (with hospital bed). I am able to shower upstairs, but it's an ordeal because I can only take the brace off long enough to wash my neck.
Writing has suffered- RockParty (a novel). I've only been able to muster the gumption to work on poems, song lyrics and short stories (and now a blog entry). I am probably procrastinating on the novel because I know I have to write some additional segments, which, at this point, seems like work.
