Walking Upright

"Lourdes 2000" by Paul Dodd, now destroyed
“Lourdes 2000” by Paul Dodd, now destroyed

Once each year we try to rid our property of the the invasive galic mustard plant. We try to get it just before it flowers when it is big enough to identify. It would cover the hillside out back if we let it go. I spent a lot of time standing on that hillside and I overextended my calf muscles.

We took a walk in the woods yesterday and on the way back I decided to run up the last hill the way my friend in San Francisco does. I felt like someone shot me in my calf and I crumpled to the ground.

I borrowed my neighbor’s walker and hopped into Urgent Care where I was diagnosed with either a strained or torn muscle. Only time will tell. They wrapped my leg with an ace bandage, gave me some anti-inflamatory medicine and a pair of $35 aluminum crutches. They are still in the shrink-wrap. My leg is too sore to stand on so I’ve been crawling around the house on my knees and getting along fine.

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  1. Wow, sorry! It’s the sudden exertion! Just lifting up Tricky has given me all these pains in my ribs… unless it’s a cracked rib from falling on my face on the iced Lake Ontario a few months back 🙂 so graceful

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