aging continues to not be awesome
Dec. 13th, 2023 11:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kindkitOn Monday, while taking my daily stupid walk for my stupid health, I (stupidly) tripped and fell quite hard. It was bad enough that someone driving past stopped to ask if I was okay.
Basically I am okay--I didn't hit my head, though the jarring gave me a headache, and I didn't reinjure my back. But I do seemed to have pulled a muscle on the left side of my chest while trying to catch myself.
Things it currently hurts to do: raise my arm, roll over in bed, breathe deeply, lift much of anything. Not loving this.
It's making me glad I bought $chair, because I imagine my recovery from top surgery will be like this except worse and on both sides.
In related news, $chair is being delivered any minute now. The delivery company says they will mask if requested, which I plan to as well as masking myself. And hopefully they won't need to be in my apartment that long, but there is a certain amount of set up and making sure the chair works that has to happen. (I don't like having strangers in my space, even apart from the newest COVID surge.
(A GIANT truck has just pulled up outside. I assume $chair is in it.)
Basically I am okay--I didn't hit my head, though the jarring gave me a headache, and I didn't reinjure my back. But I do seemed to have pulled a muscle on the left side of my chest while trying to catch myself.
Things it currently hurts to do: raise my arm, roll over in bed, breathe deeply, lift much of anything. Not loving this.
It's making me glad I bought $chair, because I imagine my recovery from top surgery will be like this except worse and on both sides.
In related news, $chair is being delivered any minute now. The delivery company says they will mask if requested, which I plan to as well as masking myself. And hopefully they won't need to be in my apartment that long, but there is a certain amount of set up and making sure the chair works that has to happen. (I don't like having strangers in my space, even apart from the newest COVID surge.
(A GIANT truck has just pulled up outside. I assume $chair is in it.)
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Date: 2023-12-13 06:47 pm (UTC)ETA: I may well have mentioned this already as I rec it a lot, but in my experience macerated comfrey oil massaged in externally genuinely seems to speed the healing of strains and sprains.
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Date: 2023-12-13 07:14 pm (UTC)The store where I work almost certainly carries comfrey oil, so I'll give it a try, thanks!
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Date: 2023-12-13 11:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-12-14 12:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-12-14 01:07 am (UTC)Blech. May you heal swiftly and without further strain.
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Date: 2023-12-15 08:02 am (UTC)