{"id":16053,"date":"2015-07-12T08:55:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T14:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=16053"},"modified":"2015-07-19T15:29:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T21:29:54","slug":"two-stories-from-the-chairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2015\/07\/two-stories-from-the-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Two stories from the chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The odd chair arrangement speaks to an event from last week.<\/p>\n

I was trotting down my driveway in hopes of speaking to the UPS person as he was delivering a package to my “end of the driveway” box. At one point, I said “OW!” I didn’t twist anything or step wrongly – there was just a sharp pain in my left shin. <\/p>\n

Back at home, I thought that since I don’t normally run and I was not in shoes that had much cushioning, it was probably a shin splint. I iced and took some ibuprofen and massaged and stretched.<\/p>\n

Through the week, it got worse in both pain and swelling.<\/p>\n

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By Friday afternoon, I was sporting a “platypus” foot, fat ankle and shin. The pain is on my shin bone but the swelling went from there all the way through to my toes.<\/p>\n

Saturday morning, I went to an urgent care orthopedic clinic for an exam and x-ray. The thought is a stress fracture – inconclusive as stress fractures do not show on x-ray until they heal … or actually fracture.<\/p>\n

Well, phooey.<\/p>\n

The Dr. suggested a cane for the next week to wait for the swelling to subside and then to get fitted for a walking boot to stabilize things and allow healing vs a full break. <\/p>\n

I’m using ski poles vs a cane which allows for both support and a more normal stride than a cane. The more normal stride will hopefully keep other joints and muscles from objecting.<\/p>\n

Plus I am keeping my leg elevated as much as possible …THAT is what the chairs are saying as I moved them in order to have a leg rest when outside.<\/p>\n

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And a lot of “icing” … well, a bag of frozen peas was too small…the bag of blueberries is just right and the heavy paper wrapping is much more comfortable than the plastic wrap around vegetables :) !<\/p>\n

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The second story from the chairs is weather related. We’ve had some rain. Not a lot, but off and on light showers the last two days. Yea!!<\/p>\n

The chairs have spoken. <\/p>\n

The End.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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