Wednesday, 28 February 2024

He's getting very rusty!

 



So I have been hobbling around with both knees paining me badly and hot as fire.

Last Wednesday I emptied the kitchen garbage bin in to the big wheelie bin for the rubbish collection. 

Wearing my nightdress and short dressing gown, I realised that if I bent over to pick up some of the rubbish that had fallen out, that my neighbours would probably get a good view of my bottom.

The remote garage door was up to allow me to pass behind the car, so I decided to be merciful to them and I bent at the knees to be more lady-like. Big mistake!

Both my knees popped out of alignment similtaneously and I actually gave a short scream! I staggered into the house and had a cry as I searched for my Tramadol which I keep for major fibromyalgia flares.

I  nursed my knees all week and they still are sore and hot and threaten to pop out of alignment at the drop of a hat.

It's hard to do much with knees that both have no ligaments to support them and no end in sight as surgery is too risky with all my co-morbidities.

So as long as I can keep shuffling I am OK but even so, it's more difficult by the day and I walk like Tin Man on the Wizard of Oz. Only now he's getting very rusty! 

 

2 comments:

  1. Oh no! The tragic tales of the tin man. My life is getting like this too when living with multiple chronic illnesses. I was thinking just the other day how each day is like a domino effect and each thing affects the next... clean the shower, use bleach, get a migraine from bleach, lie in bed with migraine, get sore neck from lying in a strange way in bed etc. Best wishes to you

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    1. That's so true, Lee. I have found that although one symptom has resolved, another one has taken its place.. defininitely a domino effect...

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