After walking two 5k walks, I found out via an MRI that
I have a stress fracture in my right knee. This means no weight on my right leg
for 6 weeks. Minimal weight is more like reality. What am I supposed to do,
leap into the shower on one foot????
So I have a wheelchair to get around work (and other
places) and crutches to get around home (stairs). It’s been hard, I’ve been
cranky, but I’m working on being thankful for the health I do have and that I
haven’t been told I need surgery. People at work have been really great at
helping out and through that I’m accruing a debt I can’t repay. I’m humbled by
the kindness I am shown by friends and strangers and the words “thank you” just
don’t seem to be enough.
In the midst of my temporary inconvenience, we took a
trip to Minnesota for Bill’s parents’ 65th wedding anniversary
party. It was a wonderful time with family and friends, and they enjoyed it so
much (as did all of us). We stayed a few extra days and took in a baseball game
(my first time at Target Field - check another stadium off the list) and visited
with the family. I am so blessed to have married into such a wonderful family.
You’d think with all the “down time” I have I would have
been knitting up a storm, but that hasn’t been the case. I’ve been playing on
my iPad more than anything. I’ve always been the sedentary sort, but knowing
how much work it is to go out to the kitchen and get something on not being
able to carry it back to the living room anyway is pretty demoralizing. Crutches are an amazing amount of work even
when I don’t keep my bad leg completely off the ground, and sorry, all, but my “big
girl panties” are in the wash. So I sit. A lot. But the good news is that I can’t
snack because I have a hard time carrying anything anywhere. I’d need a tote bag
to carry the cheese puffs to the table. More work than it’s worth.
I go to the specialist on September 6th and to
the doctor who is treating me on the 23rd. In that space of time we’re
going to the Washington State Fair (complete with a concert that night). That
will be interesting. Use the wheelchair
during the day and get the crutches out to hit the nosebleed seats in the
evening. Sure, the one time I go cheap and don’t get ground level seating…. ;-)
Through all this I’ve found most people very supportive and
helpful. I have a lot to be thankful for. Including the fact that I’m lazy by
nature. I have friends that would be nuts after three days. At least I still
have what there ever was of my sanity. ;-)
More news in September or so!
Blessings,
Kristin
