OOPS! There I go again!

Hello again!

Well, it was like this. I had (and am having) "an adventure." Clair and I enjoy taking late night walks in the summer air. I am building up stamina for our trip in September to Italy. On Wednesday evening last, I took an unexpected spill while walking at a fast clip. Although the area was well lit, a tree darkened a patch of sidewalk. This concealed an upturned pad of concrete, which caught my left foot, front on, and down I went after stumbling a few steps trying to recover from the trip. When I fell, (like a huge sack of potatoes) I landed full force onto my left arm and rolled on the arm twisting it very hard.

After Clair helped me to my feet, I continued walking home. I took a shower, and noted the damage. Right hand was scraped up pretty bad mainly on the heel of the hand, scraped right forearm up to and including the elbow. I did manage to break my fall enough to keep from landing full force on my knees. My clothes were not torn. One cut under my right bra line made by my keys which I had tucked into "the vault" inside my bra. My left arm was by far the most serious injury.

After my shower, there were spasms and cramps in my upper arm. Enough so to cause me to cry out in pain. And hour later I was in tears. When I tried to lay down, I worked on getting my arm down along my side. That seemed to give relief from the upper arm spasms and cramping. So I took some Panadol OSTEO tablets for pain, and decided to see what the morning would bring.

Yesterday began with noting some serious swelling from my fingers up to my shoulder, but no bruising other than the heel of my left hand. My arm was behaving more like it was a very bad sprain more than anything. I began to evaluate what sort of movements would be most painful. I could not fully extend my arm along side my body. Rotating my forearm was painful. Bending my arm was painful as well. The upper arm continued to be swollen and cramped up. The shoulder appeared to be okay though and moved without pain. So more time will most likely cause it to improve, along with therapy. (What would my nurse friends do?)

By Friday morning, I felt improved. I spent some time, before getting out of bed, massaging some swelling away, putting BioFreeze and applying peppermint massage oil, and working on improving the movement in the fore arm and elbow, as well as the hand, fingers and wrist. I believe I was fortunate to have gotten by with no fractures, and will notice if I develop any symptoms otherwise. So at this point, no x-rays, and continued treatment at home.

Last November I celebrated my sixty-second birthday. My goal is to improve health and fitness with every year. To a point where I can walk and climb enough to be able to enjoy our vacations without having to stop every thirty minutes. My overall health is improving largely because of the food combining program I have practiced for the last year, combined with more walking activity weekly. I hope to incorporate swimming or swimmercise as well now that we are in the Summer season.

So, other than my recent "Trip". Things are progressing in the direction I would need to go to reach my goals. I also took a break from studying Italian and French over the holidays, and feel ready to pick up at my twenty-first lesson of Level One. Enjoying language very much.

Okay, your turn. What's your news? Look forward to hearing from you.