Four weeks ago today, I was hit by a truck while crossing the street in Healdsburg, CA.

I was hospitalized for a week in Santa Rosa with 9 rib fractures, a broken wrist and facial bone fractures. I learned how to walk, shower, dress and care for myself while in excruciating pain.

On release, I stayed with my generous and caring brothers and their families in the Bay Area, until doctors cleared me to fly.

I’ve been home in Montreal for almost two weeks. My wife and kids take great care of me.

My wrist is still in a brace and I can’t type well or hold anything in my left hand.

My ribs still hurt, but I’m able to get through most of my day. I’ve been gradually reducing my use of painkillers. Daily I’m taking about 25% of the dosage I took when I was released.

I’m seeing a physical therapist and a psychotherapist to work my way back to something like my normal life.

I also regularly visit a doctor and a dentist.

They say it takes at least 6 weeks to heal broken ribs. I’m hopeful.

In my life, I was overextended. I had my job at Open Earth Foundation, a grant from Summer of Protocols for adding E2EE to ActivityPub, and editing work for my book on ActivityPub for O’Reilly Media.

Everyone has been really accommodating that I had to take time off. I’ve been little by little taking on more responsibilities as I heal.

I am cooking simple meals one-handed at home. I walk 1-2 km per day for exercise, and I’ve eaten out at restaurants 3-4 times.

The next big challenge is dealing with insurance, hospital bills and lawyers as I sort out who pays for what. It is greatly complicated by the fact that I’m a Canadian who had an accident in California.

My wife has been taking good care of this part of the accident for a few weeks, but it’s becoming a bigger part of my life.

Anyway, tl;dr is that I’m getting better and better. Probably not as fast as I’d like, but steady progress. I’ve been incredibly lucky and I’m very grateful.

Thanks in particular to all the people here who’ve expressed well wishes and shared kind words. I haven’t replied directly to everyone, but please know that it meant a lot to me.

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