Thanksgiving this year was a mixed baggage: both holidays were tinged with pain, but this year I was not at loose ends – like I was last year.
Last year I was sorrowing: my first holiday without Bob to share it with.
This year, I am hobbled with a bum leg.
I still miss not seeing, hearing, bumping into … or feeling Bob; but the missingness does not emotionally cripple me, like it did in 2019.
That is progress.
I am healing.
Last year, I was mentally sifting through my thoughts for something to be thankful for: this year, I woke up knowing what I was thankful for 😊
I was also up on my leg longer, and more actively than I have been. I am determined not to lose flexibility or function of my left leg. I have to keep it limber, and strengthened.
The doctor who examined me 5 days ago, said I’d be able to get back to activities again; but they will have to be modified to keep inflammation at bay. He said I would also be able to do a 1-mile hike, with a lighter back pack … so, I walked throughout the house – prudently spaced and paced, 3 times; for a total of 1,899 steps.
Yes! I counted every step taken.
1,899 steps today; my goal is 10,000 steps, which equals 1 mile.
I’m no where near that … yet: but, 1 step at a time will get me there.
Also, I’m down to ½ tabs of prednisone – and those will be gone Sunday; then, it will be a few more days of 500 mg Ibuprofen twice daily.
I was able to move a bit more today, with tolerable leg pain (no need for the heating pad, all day long); so, I’m thinking this thing should be manageable if I pace myself and keep a low-key Ibuprofen dosage: spread out among medicinal food stuffs, and teas that help back down the inflammation – the ultimate goal, being, no Ibuprofen at all. I do not want to be reliant on anything that is not healthy for my body.
Thankfully, tea and coffee are good for backing down inflammation; they are also dehydrators … so 4 bottles of water a day is also drank.
People who do not know me, think I refuse doctors and medicines … that is not true: I utilize both when necessary; but I also quickly distance myself, and my body from them when I can treat myself organically and holistically. That way does take longer; but that way works for me. When I am forced to use a doctor and his prescriptions, I quiz the doctors to find out why they have come to their diagnosis’, and why they are prescribing the pharmaceuticals they are (why is it necessary-what does it do-is there an alternative; ect.); most doctors come to realize that I am not questioning their abilities – I am just not interested in drugs of any sort, and I prefer home treatments. Most doctors are then willing to work with me … and many will even write prescriptions to the local Health Food Store for supplements that will do what the prescriptions will do; telling me, “these will take longer to work, but if you can handle the pain, go for it.”
Most doctors are not used to patients like me.
Most
patients want the drugs – and the quick and easy treatment.
I want to know what is happening – with clarity.
Around 2 PM, I enjoyed a light Thanksgiving Supper:
Between laps around the house, I worked some more on the cushion cover – the cover will be striped with intermediate colors as the basic background; I’m not sure yet about the embellishments, later on.
It’s been a good day.
It’s been a thankful day 😉
