Friday, January 21, 2022

 Friday, January 21, 2022

   I took the KT tape off my left ankle and calf yesterday. You can only leave it on for a couple of days. It stays on through showers. I did a short walk this morning without the support. It was challenging. 

   As I sat preparing the day's blog for posting, Isaac called. It was still dark out. "Are you okay?" I asked. He was running before school and noticed the front gate was open. Was everything okay? This neighborhood is amazing. We all watch out for each other. I am so lucky.

    I had an early appointment with the chiropractor. I had to shower before the day warmed up. That meant having to close off the area, four doors, and three windows, and turn on the heating element in the bathroom. I checked to see how the solar system was doing with the electric surge. It must have been cloudy yesterday. We used up the battery supply long ago and ran on the grid. 

      The chiropractor continued the work that PT started. She did Graston on my lower leg, the outside of my left calf. There is one hot spot. I told her the PT used the jade stone to do the fascia work on my leg. The chiropractor said the same thing Yvette did; the stone is porous and impossible to clean properly. Neither Yvette nor the chiropractor would consider using it with their clients. I'm not going to mention their thoughts to my PT. I didn't have any open wounds on my leg.  

   The chiropractor reminded me she told me I should be wearing arches supports. I refused. You need closed shoes to use professional molded arch supports. They don't go well with my Crocs. Are all my current problems a result of my not wearing them? It is possible. Will walking be a non-option for me because of problems with my feet and ankles? Damn.

   I worked on updates and blogs and organized the details of a story first-grade M told me about a horse she just got. I still have to organize all the stories she has dictated to me. In her last story, she told about the arrival of her new horse. From what I could make out, the horse's name was Fritos, as in Lays. I texted her mom to see if it was Frito or Fritos. Neither, Preferito. Oh, boy. How will she cope with that information?  

    The sun was good enough to make it a laundry day. I was confident the rain would hold off long enough for the blanket and bed linens to dry.

   Elsa went to the side door and scratched to get out; she wanted to go out in the front driveway. I have never seen her do that. I put on her leash and opened the door. She charged out. It was a good thing I had her on the lease. The front gate is left open now. Yvette and Josh jerry-rigged the lower fence to block their dogs from getting out to the street. Elsa pulled to go somewhere. Just as I bent down to pull a weed. That threw me off balance; I lurched forward. There was a four-inch high plant right in front of me. I managed to step over the plant and not fall. My reflexes worked. While I was scared, my lower limbs held out. My leg shot out in front of me and held me up. Not bad.