ankle wrap
I feel incredibly calm right now. Nothing has really happened yet. Although, maybe something has changed already. I feel more respected already -- but maybe not. I just hope therapy can be good. I may have lost the van, but at least, it got their attention
My new thing is to wrap my ankle in a brace. My left ankle is the most errant one, but I try to change which ankle I wrap everyday. Today I wrapped my right ankle/foot. My feet have been really dry lately, so we slather it with body butter before the wrap goes on. It usually helps.
But not today..
Today, my wrap got twisted in my shoe...and man, did it hurt.
I didn't know it was twisted, so I kept telling myself to suck it up because it was just my dry skin.
Finally, I couldn't take it anymore. I took off my shoe and unwrapped my foot. I found two imprints from the twisted wrap where the pain was.
Now it's off and I feel better.
The moral of the story? if I am in pain, I need to take care of it instead of trying to be brave!


I know what you're talking about here. I've done it too. It's as if we put up with pain - as if its an 'assumed state' - rather than go see what's causing it! One day I was having spasms while sitting in my wheelchair - I lack sensation so wasn't sure what was causing it and told myself I was 'busy' and would check later. Turned out I was sitting on a pen someone left on my wheelchair and I didn't see when I transferred. I wasn't injured, but - like you- had this realization that 'f I am in pain, I need to take care of it instead of trying to be brave!'
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