But I’m still…
Seven months is a long time, well its not when considered in comparison to a life span, or the length of time it takes to walk from Lands End to John O’Groats..but when thought of as being confined to bed, which I have it is a long time.
Seven months ago I had a nasty fall that resulted in some serious damage to both knees.
So apart from 30 minutes in the bathroom each day, my lockdown has been in my bed.
Yesterday was good and bad, I actually went out for the first time in 22 months, experiencing cool, cold fresh air was soooo good, I was taken in an ambulance to Bassettlaw hospital which is about 25 minutes away for an x-ray on both knees.
As I’ve said before I have what I consider to be a Hummingbird bladder, water passes my lips and minutes later it leaves…. not wants to leave, but leaves regardless of where I am, so I made significant changes in the quantity of water I drank in the morning before I left. I know that a lack of water is terrible for me, I knew I could get very weak with limited water and lack of electrolytes.
That was the second good part, as in I didn’t need to “go” while out.
The bad part was when I got home, I live in a 350 yr old converted barn which is lovely.
My bedroom is downstairs but because of a chest of drawers and my bed it wasnt possible to get the wheelchair close.
So one of the guys, not paramedics, went infant to help me off the wheelchair and onto my bed…
Uh oh… what happened was I stood but because of a lack of water and added electrolytes primarily, my legs buckled beneath me, the pain was excruciating for what seemed an eternity until the second guy could get over the wheelchair. The noise coming out of my mouth must have sounded horrendous to my poor sister watching.
They eventually got me onto and into bed, I was in quite a lot of pain for several hours yesterday but okay…ish today.
I’ve worn a very strong knee brace for part of the day which has helped a great deal and I was able to get out of bed and onto the comode without help, and fortunately I’m not in pain today.
I think it will be a couple of weeks before I see results of the x-ray and unlikely to have an operation this year, but this is just a speedbump on my road to recovery and has nothing to do with the life changing problem I’m dealing with..
I’m not sure multiple sclerosis has ben talked of as a problem I’m dealing with, the world of medicine think of it as an incurable disease. Not me or thousands of others currently following or have successfully completed the Ann Boroch Protocol.
Yes Seven months being confined to bed has been a pain in the proverbial.
But this is me so I’m looking at the big picture, it might take a little longer to heal than I originally thought…..
But I’m still optimistic