Sunday 12th May 2024
Trip Hazard
Hi everyone, hope all is going well. Things have continued, but very little has happened, been going to physio and general hospital appointments, that’s really pretty much been it. I did have a bit of time between appointments and was able to go home home for a while. This was great but it was slightly marred getting there.
It was a pretty miserable day, raining and not a great day. I needed the loo but we stopped into the shop on the way there rather than having to go back again cause I knew I wouldn’t be long anyway and could make it ok.
Shopping done and heading home, the disable spot was taken so we had to stop in a normal space but there wasn’t the room to get out of the car with the brace on so I had to take it off. With it raining I didn’t want to stand in the rain putting it on and felt in a bit of a rush to get in to go to the toilet I walked on to the house.
At the bottom of the stairs I thought It would be a much better idea to put the brace on, so I stopped to put it on but the stick got in the way when leaning over. I moved forward to lean the stick against the wall and that single step I wasn’t focusing enough on what I was doing and with the slight angle of the ground the knee went I went straight down.
I didn’t bang anything and my left arm landed on the brace so it took the impact off the arm, the bad part was seeing the way my leg bent, it bent fully back the way it’s supposed to but then it flicked round to the left and sprung out. I was just *eyes*. My dad was just behind me so helped my up and I felt ok bu I’m sure there was a bit of adrenaline running through me.
I got in went to the loo and the first things I done was take some codeine, I wasn’t sore but I knew I would be soon enough after that. It really took the shine off getting home and was incredibly annoying and completely avoidable.
I settled in to home well, the knee was stiff but was nice to be there and just do my own thing and the fact of being home again. As the day went on my knee got stiffer and more sore, it wasn’t sore to touch but just putting weight on and off it would be painful.
With the knee there were a couple of the exercises that I was unable to do as much as I would have liked. And was still incredibly annoying how it happened.
Fast forward a few days I was going back to my parents again for appointments and family stuff and by that stage my knee was improving again. In a way it was a good thing, Maybe just coincidence but since the fall and feeling thee pain, I could feel the pain spread more which although it was obviously more painful, it meant I could feel in parts that I couldn’t before and I felt much more stable. Although I did lose a lot of confidence with the fall and I knew it would take a bit to get that back again and it would just take time.
Continuing on I had physio and instead of bring the two crutches I just brought the stick, and the brace of course. I had taken a note of the wrong time but earlier rather than later so had to wait around an extra hour, which was ok, it was peaceful and quiet. I think what it was was that I moved the time from say 2:00 to 12:00 and then thinking I was just changing the minute to 45 backwards it also changed the hour back to 11:45 instead of keeping the hour as it was and going to 12:45. I’ll know that from now on though.
The physio was really pleased with the progress that I had made in the two weeks though, she noticed a bit difference, and I had a lot more of the confidence back again. With doing the exercises and just up pottering about has really helped with things and the fact that it does seem as if some of the sensation is coming back again too.
The following day I had the Covid booster and it all went ok, the usual sore arm and feeling a bit off the following day but that’s how I’ve felt each time I’ve got it.
I had an appointment with a mortgage advisor about the prospect of getting a house, finally. I’ve been waiting for things to settle down and get back to work but that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen so I needed to find out if I could get a mortgage and how much I could get. I’m well within what I would be after so I’ve started booking viewings of houses but things move fast and a couple that I had viewings for have been cancelled as they’d already went to sale agreed.
Have a couple next week again but hopefully it wont be the case with them and I at least get to go see them and get an idea what is about that price point. I’ll know the right place when I see it and I’m not in too much of a rush, it’s just where I am isn’t exactly safe, not in a it’s not a safe area, more it’s not safe for a disabled person, I have to get up stairs and the surface can be slippy and parking isn’t ideal and the public transport isn’t reliable enough. Really irritating as I really like where I am but it’s not a “forever home” as they call it on the tv.
I have hospital next week and a meeting with my insurance company to update on things, hopefully just a box ticking thing that’ll only last a short while. It’s pretty nice weather though so I’ve been able to sit outside and read for bits and then hide inside when it’s too warm or I get uncomfortable.
On the 10th night there was a really big aurora storm, it was really nice to get out and stand outside for a while looking up, it’s been a long time since I’ve been able to do that. The last picture I posted on my picture account was near a year ago when I went for a drive round Ards Peninsula so it was nice to finally get an update on that too. I do miss getting out and about but I know I’m not able to do that and won’t be able to do that for another while. I am hopeful that I will be able to get to the point were I’m able to drive about again and go on those adventures, I don’t expect that I’ll be able to do the walking ones again though.
And may even have to see about converting the car a little to be able to sleep in it again. I enjoyed that and would definitely want to do that again.
Well until next time, enjoy the sun if you have any or enjoy the whatever weather you get!