Month: March 2018

I did some vacuuming today for the first time in 4 months. I expect to hear about it from my hamstrings & compensating muscles over the next two days. Sharon Gordon, if you don’t hear from me again in the next 48 hours, call for an HEMT, would you? (Hamster Emergency Medical Technician)

Seen & posted today by a Facebook friend in Cape Town, South Africa.

All last week, my 12th PO, I dropped my daughter at school for the first time in four months. This is the walk from the school parking lot to the front door. I took one crutch with me in case I got tired.

Monday I dropped her off & went home & took a nap. Tuesday I started out down the sidewalk with the theme to Rocky in my head. Friday I left the crutch in the car.

This morning it had snowed, and I went super slow to avoid slipping, but still went without the crutch. I’m working hard to normalize my gait, using the weak hamstrings to pull my leg forward instead of relying on inner thigh & outer hip, but it hurts to do it. Hammies ache. Numb skin down the back of my thigh prickles. Can’t take long strides. I got back to the car and closed the door and cried.

When I started up the engine, the radio gave me George Michael’s “Faith.”

So, onward, Hamsters.

Perspective applied. Little gifts. (I’m in blue.)