34°f, clear. Beautiful moon last night. Coyotes and owls seemed to like it.
Off to the doc today, and hoping for answers. My measurements were better yesterday, -2 and 111, but these were not achieved without a lot of pain. Which isn't normal. One new exercise has helped: tying a strap around my ankle, lying on my stomach and pulling the strap over my shoulder to bend that knee. It's almost a contortionist trick! I have done it by myself but yesterday I called Larry to pull on the strap, as he would be able to pull it harder than I could. When he walked in and saw me in that position, his first reaction was, "Wow, you've got yourself in a bind!" And second, "Are you getting kinky?"
Very funny.
But it does work to really stretch the hamstring muscle. Now if I can just find out what is causing that pinching pain.
Yesterday we missed the Veterans day parade, because I knew that I wasn't up to standing that long. And I had therapy, and we had a Hoosier cabinet in the van, along with Christmas stuff, to take to a booth--which meant at least a couple hours on my feet, on concrete. But we did stop for lunch at a local restaurant that offered a free meal for vets, and ran into two friends, one another retired librarian, the other a booth owner at one of the malls we're in. They had not met before, but joined us for coffee as they had already eaten. It was such fun to get together with friends again. Suzy is off to NYC today with a friend, to shop and see a show. She was pretty excited about that.
Yesterday's sky when we got home:
Time to get ready to go. Unil next time, friends.
...a flower at this time of year is a treat.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness! A reblooming iris, and in fall too. I didn’t know that either could happen.
ReplyDeleteGet a carpet square to stand on if you have to stand on concrete...it works, whatever you wear on your feet
ReplyDeleteLarry's "kinky" comment had me laughing out loud.
ReplyDeleteI hope all went well today. GM
That sounds hurtful. I hope you are better soon - but: Yay to meeting friends!
ReplyDeleteI hope you get some answers when you go to the doctor. I cannot get things to bloom once, let alone twice!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with doctor. Hope there's an easy way out of the pain! That's no fun. So glad to see a spring flower.
ReplyDeleteLarry sounds like he has a good sense of humor! I really hope you get answers that can move you forward.
ReplyDeleteAn Iris blooming at this time of year is unusual!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely sky. When my husband had his knee done, he built a slide to put under the foot as he pulled the knee up lying prone. He found it helpful. I did not. But I never tried face down. I hope it works for you and the pain in the thigh goes away.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear that the knee is still not working as it should, it sounds both frustrating and painful.
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