Injuries

We all end up with an injury that just seems to be a complete kink in our plans for weight loss, getting healthy or getting in shape.  Recently this has happen to me.  Last Wednesday at volleyball I re-injured my index finger on my right hand and then on top of that hurt my wrist (probably because I kept playing with the first injury).  I have tenderness, lack of strength and overall pain and swelling.  As you can imagine this puts in a kink in my 3 to 4 times a week on an elliptical machine followed by a fast pace all over circuit training workout.  Not only can I not grip things but any of those motions just sound painful.  I did end taking a break for a few days, ok the week, due to the pain and swelling and by the time I did anything else that day my arm was throbbing and my fingers aching.  But it doesn't help me reach my goal to just sit around and ice my hand and wrist all day, so I have been trying to figure out other ways to work towards my goals while not putting any pressure on my wrist.
So here is what I have come up with for now, I will walk, without the dogs (yep tried that too hurts when they pull on the leash) 2-3 days a week.  I will also try and go 3-4 days a week to the gym and ride the recumbent bike for 20-30 min, that or the treadmill if I get too bored.  None of these things will put a really bad strain on my hand or wrist and will allow me to move forward, albeit after my week long pity party.
The good news is I did actually book a doctors appointment with an orthopedic hand specialist for Friday, so hopefully I can get some answers, and maybe even the past injuries resolved.
So the point is, just because you can't do what your plan was, doesn't mean you can't meet your goal.  So take a few days to give yourself a pity party or just to make the excruciating pain go down.  Then reformulate and rethink your plan with your new constraints so that you aren't back at square one when your injury free, because its likely that then you will just hurt something else!