Not so Wild Dog

In previous posts I have stated how well I am doing.  Getting around great with the crutches and wheelchair, going back to work, no pain etc.  I decided to take the wheelchair I was using at work home because I was doing so well, I didn’t need it.  So yesterday I worked all day just getting around by my crutches.   Reality hit big time!  By noon my leg was swelled up so bad in the cast I couldn’t move it at all, could barely wiggle my toes!  I was exhausted from all the running back and forth I had to do, and the pain was starting to set in.  I got my leg elevated as quickly as I got home, but it is still swollen today.  The pain is not so much that I can’t stand it, but “the black dog” has come to visit. 

My girlfriends brother is an athletic trainer for a major univerisity and he had just talked to me a couple days ago about realizing that how easy things were for me right now and how I was having no pain, was a bit of a fluke and that most people don’t have it that easy.   He cautioned me to not get overly ambitious and try to do more than I was really able to do.   

Guess he was right. 

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