Things for which I am thankful for this week…
1- Apologies if this post is mostly about health, but it is axiomatic that older people have a lot to say about health issues LOL…
So I finally had not only the diagnosis on my Achilles tendon but also the prognosis – no operation (the break is where the tendon joins the muscle and apparently you can’t sew into muscle…) so it’s the boot for at least 6 weeks!
I don’t need to go back for 6 weeks and then they will see how its doing – meantime I can lower the wedges in the boot, week on week. The bad news is I have to wear it in bed as well 😱😱😱
2- Grateful to Barbara’s Amazon Prime for getting a sole extension, overnight, for my right foot, which levels up the extra 2″ on the left hand boot. You won’t know, because I have never shared it here, but I already have a permanent splint on my right foot due to an accident in 1999! What a pair! (Of feet)
3- The inventor of Velcro – all the above mobility/medical aids utilise Velcro and I added some extra bits to tidy the looses ends and increase the effectiveness of the retaining straps (I can recommend an excellent American firm that makes all kinds of useful fixings if anyone is interested…)
4- work – for being accommodating – although they probably should have sent someone to work with me and then I might have avoided the accident…
5- My AWA Writing group starts up again today – yyaaayyy!
6- This week’s reflections image:-
7- Barbara continues to play her part, washing up each night and making her own cups of tea which has to be good for her…
7- The Polar Vortex is collapsing – courtesy of El Nino – it is very early for this to happen, so meteorologists don’t really know what is going to happen – if this happens later in the Winter (and it is not a given for every Winter) then it can lead to severe weather and snow in all places North but as it is so early in the season, all bets are off. If you want to see a great film that lauds the dedication of one meteorologist to getting the forecast right, and also explains why British weather is so particularly difficult to forecast, watch “Pressure” its on Netflix now and gives the build-up to the D-Day invasion…
8- Another entertaining film I just watched is “Tetris” about the machinations around the game Tetris at the collapse of the USSR…
9- Weed of the Week?
Three years ago, we took a holiday just before Christmas, to Quarteira, Portugal – a seaside resort and fishing port. At the far end of the beach, a single leaf from what I took to be a Prickly Pear cactus, was growing right at the seaward edge of the dunes at the top of the beach. I probably broke any number of laws removing it, but my reasoning was, that (like weeds) it was in the wrong place, and one bad storm would uproot it and wash it away. Anyway, I brought it home and over 3 years, it has grown like a rocket! You can see the single leaf it started from above (no prickles on this proto-leaf). I am not sure, looking at the leaves whether it really is a Prickly Pear, their shape doesn’t seem quite right – ant cacti experts in the house? I have offered it to Beverley my daughter since she loves cacti and Barbara doesn’t! It has been fun raising it so far and I will continue to see how it grows for her…
10- Thanks for this fabulous community which encourages one to count one’s blessings even in the ,ost trying times…
Have the best, most bodacious, most exciting week y’all can manage – avoid trips, seriously…