Saturday, December 7, 2013

I do not believe that I have told...

...How I actually hurt myself...that is acquired the 'herniated disc'.
Being in a wheelchair out in the world I do maneuver myself within my home via a walker.
Usually short distances, from chair to chair etc.; since for the last few years especially my balance, Ataxia, and my parathesia, numbness, have been quite unpredictable, add in my perception due to being legally blind in my right eye and my right hand needing surgery... when out in the world it is always best for Hubby to drive me around, less hazards that way and less collisions as well.
I do have a mobility scooter for years, but I am a very bad driver these days with that perception thingy plus the controls being on the right side, which is where my bum hand is.

And so when I on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving wanted to try and help Hubby with our household chores, such as vacuuming, I goofed BIG TIME!
You see, we had just gotten this new heppa filtered vacuum, since ours died a few days before.
It had one of those detachable extra units that you can use to do higher up locations, ya know?
And so I thought that I could help by cleaning the louver door on the linen closet, just that one door, ya know? Hubby, said he would do it, but I couldn't wait... I know it serves me right, hmm?
But when I reached up with the little gizmo thingy that was it!
Something popped and I hurried backwards to the lowest bed in the house, the one in guest room and flopped down! The pain was excruciating and that is the true story of why I am in this idiotic position, impatience!
A tale to tell to others so as not to be so foolish too.

PS I was still on step-down steroids at the time with two more pills to go.My third dosing within a little over a month's time, but also had been on high dose IV steroids for three days in April, who knows if it weakened my internal structure, since I was told not to go back to the gym due to being more susceptible to illness with a compromised immune system, then this herniation will now not allow me to do independent exercise, since most of the equipment would be counter beneficial right now thus the PT in my near future to be evaluated and a plan put into place, it will be my fifteen visit for PT, OT, or NMT!
Maybe 15 is the charm? KIDDING!
I understand that too many doses of steroids can weaken your interior of bones and muscles, but helps them too, quite confusing actually!

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