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pain-free…

10 Monday Feb 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, friends, happy, knee, lunch, memories, moments, pain-free, sky, snow, treat, trees, walk, weather, widow

today, I walked to the Park, had lunch with friends, and walked home without any pain in my knee…

it is the furthest I’ve walked in months…

the weather was cool, a bit breezy, and snow fell gently as I walked… I left in lots of time for my lunch date so I didn’t have to rush… I’m finding that as long as I don’t try to walk too quickly I am good…

and what a treat to have lunch and a visit with two wonderful women…

good to get out and move… was very happy and pleased that the sidewalks were clear and not icy/slippery…

looking forward to more pain-free walks…

hips…

28 Saturday Sep 2019

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big girl pants, hips, knee, legs, moments, Ness Physiotherapy, widow

so yesterday I discovered that the issue isn’t really osteoarthritis in my knee… it is a problem with my hips…

at the physio office they discovered that one leg was longer than the other, my hips were out of alignment and my spine was twisted…

some things were done to me that were a little painful, but will help with the situation and I think my legs were back to normal length by the time I left…

now it is up to me to do some exercises and I will go back and see my guy next week…

lots of elevation, icing and heat for the next while…

skip…

20 Friday Sep 2019

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big girl pants, friends, healthy, knee, La Belle Baguette, meals, recovery, skip, SkipTheDishes, widow

all in all I think I’ve been making some reasonable choices regarding what goes into my body as I recover from my knee issue;-)…

I am so grateful that we have SkipTheDishes as I haven’t been making many meals over the last week…

I’ve ordered a few times recently… when I do, I always make sure to order enough for a few meals…

last night I ordered from Pho Hoang, a favourite… I ended up with enough for four meals…

I did make a grilled cheese sandwich the other day with some marble rye bread a friend brought from La Belle Baguette…

have really appreciated not having to prepare meals, but planning to actually cook my dinner tomorrow;-)…

slow…

18 Wednesday Sep 2019

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big girl pants, blessed, blink, cane, difficulties, ER, health, knee, moments, recovery, slow, walk, widow

been pondering how life can change in the blink of an eye…

there I was on Saturday, going for a walk, and then suddenly unable to walk…

luckily I am recovering very nicely, but spending five hours in the Emergency Room and having to use crutches for just three days has opened my eyes to difficulties that others face…

I expect a full recovery… I am now using a cane, but just for a short while, as my knee improves… and I’m able to take the time to recover properly…

of course I have to remember to take it slow and steady, lol…

meds…

17 Tuesday Sep 2019

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big girl pants, drugs, friends, knee, meds, osteoarthritis, reaction, side effects, widow

anyone who knows me, knows that my body does not deal with drugs (medication, lol) at all well…

since I was small taking any prescription drug was difficult as before the time it should be taken until, my body would start to react… usually it would start to burn my body, or make me feel sick…

over the years I have been able to reduce the amount needed or just not take any… the side effects are usually much worse than the pain they might be blocking…

I’ve been taking something for pain and inflammation in my knee since Saturday… I was using pills that I’ve taken a few times and haven’t caused any problems for me…

a friend went looking for a new bottle as this one was nearly empty and I will likely need them for a few more days… and of course I also need something that is small so I can swallow it, lol…

she went to three or four places trying to find them, but couldn’t…

eventually we figured out that I might have picked up this bottle in Hawaii, lol…

I’ve felt like I burnt my tongue drinking my tea since yesterday, and have just come to realize it is a reaction to the drugs…

maybe the ointment she picked up will work sufficiently on its own, sigh…

energy…

16 Monday Sep 2019

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simple cup of tea you say… not so much…

wore a small purse to hold my phone, the cup that wasn’t quite empty and the garbage from my lunch…

only used one crutch so I could carry the thermos back… and in the purse I carried sweetener, the empty cup, a can of the milk I use, along with the opener for it…

going to the kitchen, boiling the kettle, gathering the other items and returning to the bedroom takes a huge amount of energy…

but did that first cup of tea ever taste delicious;-)…

amazing what you can figure out when needed, lol…

although I still need someone to come and deal with the spider in the bathtub…

knee…

15 Sunday Sep 2019

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big girl pants, breakfast, emergency room, family, knee, leg, widow

well, yesterday did not turn out as planned…

my grandson was coming over around nine so we could have breakfast at the “A”… then we were going to be picked up and go to St. Norbert Farmers Market… from there we were planning to stop at some grocery stores for a few goodies…

I got dressed, put on a jacket and started walking to breakfast… I just made it past the end of the street when my leg basically stopped working… it was so painful that I couldn’t put any weight on it…

I called and had my grandson pick me up from where I was… he practically had to carry me to the car… we went home, picked up my medical card and drove to Grace Hospital…

he knew just what to do… ran in, got a chair for me, and then took me right to the registration clerks…

I really appreciated this as I was not able to put any weight on it… he volunteers at St. Boniface on a regular basis…

I saw the triage nurse right away and then we waited… were moved into a room and met with a physician’s assistant who decided on an X-ray, ice and some pain meds… eventually they decided on a walker or crutches and keeping my leg elevated at home… we decided on crutches and were home by three…

then there was the entertainment of getting up the three steps and over the threshold into the house… not really that fun…

neighbours came out from both sides to see what was going on and I discovered that one was a nurse… she gave me her number in case I needed her;-)…

this was me laying on the pullout couch on the main floor with a tv going and a bag of frozen peas under my knee… a friend was by, tidied the kitchen, set me up with tea, snacks, additional pillows and a reminder to take it slow;-)…

going to be an interesting few days I think, lol…

density..

13 Friday Sep 2019

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big girl pants, bone density test, density, knee, osteoarthritis, scan, twisted, widow

I’ve been having a bit of trouble with my knee recently… my physiotherapist named it osteoarthritis when the same thing happened last year…

yesterday I had a bone density test, which thankfully turned out to be a scan, lol… not anyone sticking anything into my bones, whew…

part of the process involved the technician twisting my foot and using a weight to hold it in place while the pictures were taken…

unfortunately it really irritated my knee…

this morning it was still a touch grumpy although I’m sure the rainy weather isn’t helping, lol…

I’ve been trying to walk faster and further following my doctor’s instructions, but I’ve decided to back off a bit and try slower and longer to see if that makes it feel better…

dandelions…

11 Friday May 2018

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big girl pants, bouquet, dandelions, David Suzuki Foundation, exercise, flowers, knee, robins, Spring, widow

early this morning I caught sight of a couple of robins in the front yard… I’ve heard them recently but these was the first ones I’ve seen… a sure sign of spring;-)…

had another visit with the physiotherapist… my knee is doing very well although the range of motion is not where he would like it to be… he poked and prodded and gave me different exercises to do for the next few weeks…

as I drove up the driveway I spotted the dandelion flowers and chive blooms…

according to the David Suzuki Foundation we should leave the dandelions to help the bee population… well, maybe that’s what I will do…

I think back to the number of times my girls brought me home bouquets;-)…

strengthen…

27 Friday Apr 2018

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big girl pants, black currant, cacao pod, Friday, heart, knee, physio, Soma Chocolate, strengthen, widow, yoga

today I was back at the physiotherapist office…

he was pleased with the progress with my knee over the last few weeks…

I can walk without pain although I still feel a twinge now and then… apparently it still needs work as I don’t have complete range of motion yet…

learned some exercises to do to strengthen the muscles in my thighs which will assist my knee… made me giggle as one of them reminded me of a yoga pose… it involved squeezing your shoulder blades and keeping your back straight… this is going to be interesting because I’ve never been able to accomplish that pose, lol…

very happy it is Friday and to celebrate I had some almonds with black currant chocolate from Soma Chocolate… the chocolate came as a cacao pod in a nest of chocolate twigs…

I put them into one of the darling new heart-shaped bowls that were one of the gifts from my daughter…

a delicious treat… and a lovely way to end the week…

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