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| Is it in the dining room? |
Now that I'm back at work, along with healing and rebuilding the strength in my right leg, I keep myself busy by:
Looking for My Cane
My instructions are clear: use the cane all time time, especially when I am going up and down stairs. But I'm a preoccupied, easily distracted middle aged person. I forget things. I take stuff with me. I change my mind. Then I have to retrace my steps, or go someplace else. All of that and a cane are a lot to keep track of. The cane is forgotten first. Then I have to find it.
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| Is it in the kitchen? |
My first day back at work a colleague from Intergovernmental Affairs asked me why I was walking with a cane. When I explained, he said that he was scheduled for hip surgery on October 21. So we made a date to talk about the things they don't tell you.
His biggest concern was pain. I advised, because he is also an active person, he will likely, after the surgery, be most interested in rehabilitation.
He wondered if OHIP-funded physiotherapists were any good. I told him I was quite satisfied with mine.
He wondered if he could go back to work after four weeks. I told him I was glad I had randomly picked six.
He was worried about all the equipment he would need: a walker, a raised toilet seat, a cane and what all that said about him as a person. I told him he would be exactly the same person after surgery as before and none of those things mattered.
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| Is it under the coffee table in the living room? |
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| Is it in the front hallway? |
Almost without thinking about it I have reverted to my pre-arthritis stride while walking to work. I'm not quite up to 6.6 kph, but I'm going strong enough that I've given myself shin splints.
Never thought I'd say this, but I am happy to have 'em.
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| Is it in the second floor washroom? |
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| Is it in the third floor washroom? |
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| Is it in the front bedroom on the second floor? |
Happy Thanksgiving!
Karen
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