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Everything is Eventual
Dec. 2nd, 2006 08:39 am
Whatever happened to me yesterday when I fell down keeps happening. I try to stand up - my knees aren't there. I try to walk, my thighs go in the opposite direction of my calves. I don't know exactly where my kneecaps are, but they're probably somewhere southwest of where they should be. I have to call my orthopedic guy on Monday morning.
I didn't even think about it, but earlier this week I slid off my chair & landed squarely on my right knee - wrenched that shoulder, too. It's stupid, the shit that happens to me. We have new chairs at work w/slick upholstery. I sit forward on my chair so that I remember to sit up straight & not lean to either side. I went to pick something off the floor, overbalanced & kept sliding forward til I went 'wham!' on the floor. The floor in the back office has no padding anymore - it's all concrete under there. I caught myself w/my right elbow on the desk in an attempt to hold myself up, but my elbow slid forward & wrenched my arm up. I was wondering why my neck & shoulder were killing me this week - I thought I had slept w/my arm extended under my head or something.
So, here it is, the words no one would ever expect me to say in this lifetime. I need to go on a diet, exercise and lose some weight. My being fat is not what destroyed my knees in the first place, but it's definitely not making matters any better. I will probably be doing some physical therapy again soon - the last time I did that I dropped 11 pounds, & the drumming class might help a little, too. The thing that gets me - by the end of my week, after I've walked my 10 to 20 miles, I'm in some serious pain. My knees are usually swollen up to canteloupe size, my lower back is killing me. Forget getting on the bike or the ball - that shit hurts. I hope the ortho guy will give me painkillers so I can do the physical therapy. The last time he said it was counterproductive because I'm supposed to stop when it hurts - I hope this time he understands that it always hurts.
The good news is: I'm one assignment & one final away from finishing my history class & 2 sections & one final away from completing my math class - hooray me! This current section of math is deceptively easy compared to the last section... I can solve quadratic equations using squares just fine - it's surprisingly easy to understand. I'm expecting the next section to have me screaming "What do you want from me?!" at the computer again. I can't even get a sneak peek til I complete this section, though :(
Had potluck for Ruby's going away party & Debbie's birthday party. Sheung-Yee made beercan chicken. It looked delicious on the outside, but when we cut into it, that poultry was still clucking. I feel bad for her - it was her first attempt at beer can chicken. I think she used a tall-boy instead of a standard size can. The bird looked pretty obscene from the ass end. We had much merriment over the violated chicken - and someone had brought in a bag of in-the-shell walnuts. There's been some saying going around - someone will ask you 'Whose is this?' or 'Who did that?' & the minute you respond, they go, "De's nuts!" I took a couple of walnuts & put them in 1000-milers w/some of the most common perpetrators names on them... so when they ask, "Who is this from?" & look in the envelope, the answer would be obvious... "De's nuts!"
I didn't even think about it, but earlier this week I slid off my chair & landed squarely on my right knee - wrenched that shoulder, too. It's stupid, the shit that happens to me. We have new chairs at work w/slick upholstery. I sit forward on my chair so that I remember to sit up straight & not lean to either side. I went to pick something off the floor, overbalanced & kept sliding forward til I went 'wham!' on the floor. The floor in the back office has no padding anymore - it's all concrete under there. I caught myself w/my right elbow on the desk in an attempt to hold myself up, but my elbow slid forward & wrenched my arm up. I was wondering why my neck & shoulder were killing me this week - I thought I had slept w/my arm extended under my head or something.
So, here it is, the words no one would ever expect me to say in this lifetime. I need to go on a diet, exercise and lose some weight. My being fat is not what destroyed my knees in the first place, but it's definitely not making matters any better. I will probably be doing some physical therapy again soon - the last time I did that I dropped 11 pounds, & the drumming class might help a little, too. The thing that gets me - by the end of my week, after I've walked my 10 to 20 miles, I'm in some serious pain. My knees are usually swollen up to canteloupe size, my lower back is killing me. Forget getting on the bike or the ball - that shit hurts. I hope the ortho guy will give me painkillers so I can do the physical therapy. The last time he said it was counterproductive because I'm supposed to stop when it hurts - I hope this time he understands that it always hurts.
The good news is: I'm one assignment & one final away from finishing my history class & 2 sections & one final away from completing my math class - hooray me! This current section of math is deceptively easy compared to the last section... I can solve quadratic equations using squares just fine - it's surprisingly easy to understand. I'm expecting the next section to have me screaming "What do you want from me?!" at the computer again. I can't even get a sneak peek til I complete this section, though :(
Had potluck for Ruby's going away party & Debbie's birthday party. Sheung-Yee made beercan chicken. It looked delicious on the outside, but when we cut into it, that poultry was still clucking. I feel bad for her - it was her first attempt at beer can chicken. I think she used a tall-boy instead of a standard size can. The bird looked pretty obscene from the ass end. We had much merriment over the violated chicken - and someone had brought in a bag of in-the-shell walnuts. There's been some saying going around - someone will ask you 'Whose is this?' or 'Who did that?' & the minute you respond, they go, "De's nuts!" I took a couple of walnuts & put them in 1000-milers w/some of the most common perpetrators names on them... so when they ask, "Who is this from?" & look in the envelope, the answer would be obvious... "De's nuts!"
