And another day

 I was careful today. One thing I've learned (from yesterday): don't twist. If you have to turn to the side, pick up your foot, pivot your whole body on the left foot.

I was also careful to elevate the leg during my office hours (and also in lab, I could mostly sit, and put the leg up on a chair. Also, last night, I forced myself to sleep with the leg up on pillows.

I suspect there's a small amount of inflammation happening during the day when I walk, and when I can elevate the leg, it goes away - I felt a LOT better at the end of the day today, for the first time since I got this injury about 17 days ago, I feel like this will actually heal up on its own eventually. 

Oh, I'm going to continue to be careful, I'm going to keep trying to elevate the leg as possible. Not sure I'm game for NSAIDs, given what they did to my stomach the last time I tried them (the leg pain is actually more tolerable than I remember the stomach pain being). 

But at least it seems like I'll eventually be better. I'm going to keep the handicapped parking tag perhaps until it expires (mid February) and not attempt the steep stairs in my building until I'm sure I've healed. And once I've healed I may call my doctor again and see if she will refer me again for a round of PT - I know most of what I need to do but some of the movements they had me do last year are things I can't do at home (don't have the equipment, no one to do the gentle manipulation/help with stretching)

I did order a set of resistance bands and will look up how to use them. I had to go through Target because I called the pharmacy/medical supply house I've used before in town and they don't carry them. The woman I asked said "wal mart might have them" but I did not feel like hiking across an acre of wal-mart to get to the sporting goods to look. Walgreens' didn't have them (I checked online). And anyway, I needed some other things (the sweet potato puree pouches I frequently carry in my lunch) so I was able to get an order to be delivered.

I also realized this morning I was almost out of tylenol. Oh, I'm careful with it - at most take a dose in the morning and one before bed, it does seem to help a little. So after school I ran to Walgreens' to get some, and decided "I need a little treat too" but decided a food treat maybe wasn't best (given that I'm not able to exercise right now). So I bought a new grapefruit-scented body wash (I can't eat the stuff, but I can smell like it...). And then on the way home I realized I was going through the fancy iced-tea place (this is a Texas chain, I guess; "HTeaO" which is not a name I love, but whatever. Their sweet-mint iced tea is good so I got a small one as a secondary treat). 

But here's hoping that with a little care (and maybe a little refusing to Do Too Much), I will be better sooner rather than later. (I had images of still being laid up at Spring Break, which is going to be my summer research planning time, so I need to be able to be active).

I've also promised myself once I'm Better, I will take a trip to Sherman/Denison because:

- Quixotic Fibers moved to Denison and I want some yarn shopping

- a Michaels' franchise opened up and I have not been able to go there yet

It won't be this weekend and might not be next; I'll have to see how the knee goes, but I'm promising myself I can do it SOON.

So things are looking up. I just have to remember to be careful of the knee a while longer.