Easy Does It... One Step At A Time.

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For all of you who asked for updates, I have some news for you this evening, on my inability to walk, after a freak accident on the stairs, last Saturday. It's fairly good news and I'm optimistic. Last night, I was finding it very difficult to sleep on my back, so I unscrewed the lid from my lavender jar, placed it beside my pillow and tried rolling over onto my side... woohoo, it worked without too much pain, so I managed to get to sleep for a good seven hours, and when I woke, I gingerly lifted my leg, to roll onto my back, and expected pain, as I'd slept on it most of the night. What do you know? There was no pain, so I thought I'd try another test. I bent my leg, and put my foot flat on the mattress... still no pain... so I straightened it again. I could hardly believe it. I must have rested quite well, and it helped... or could it have been the lavender which played a part??? Anyway, what I've been doing to date, is sliding out of bed onto my typist's chair and then scooting off to the bathroom and kitchen, but I thought today, I would just try a little exercise first, so, with the help of the mattress and the chair, I pulled myself up into a standing position, with most of my weight on my left leg. Then, staying close to the bed in case I fell, I turned the chair around so I could hold onto the back of it, and slowly transferred the weight onto my right leg. Wow... still no pain, so using the furniture and the bed for support, I walked to the other side of the bed to get a cardi, and back. It took a while, but no matter. Then, I held onto the back of the chair and wheeled it in front of me whilst I walked to the bathroom, left it outside the bathroom door, picked up my ex father-in-law's old walking stick and using that and the bathroom shelving, I made it in to do what I had to. Out to the kitchen, to make tea and a sandwich, which I managed, but could only bring one thing back at a time, and had to keep putting them down and picking up again. So, I managed two journies to the kitchen as well, and back to my computer. It took forty five minutes to do that, but that's the least of my worries... I don't have any speed yet, and I was pleased to be able to do it. I sat down then, as my other leg was starting to ache a bit, in the calf. However, I figured I had to keep this going so, after an hour at the computer, I hauled myself up again, and went to do the washing up and peel the veg for my dinner. That took me another forty minutes, but you can imagine how pleased I was to be able to get off my aching butt for a while. ha ha ha. I've been out to cook my dinner and make a drink once since then, and now, my leg is starting to ache, so the bathroom will be my final attempt for tonight, with the aid of my chair, and so to bed, to rest it again. I just thought you'd all like to know how I'm going on, and I was excited, to say the least. I do have to have the support though, just in case. I don't want to fall over and knock myself out, so gently does it, and as the title suggests, one step at a time.