The adventures in Hermit hood continue!

The majority of the time I enjoy the peace that single life gives me.  I don’t have to compromise on anything – and I can live exactly how I chose to live.  HOWEVER – there are moments when I NEED another person in my life.  Like last night, for example.

I took the dog for a longer walk than usual yesterday afternoon – and ended up having to carry him the last 1/4 mile home.  He weighs in at about 20 pounds – so it was a definite boost to my walking workout.  I was fine .. breathing OK ..legs carried the extra weight all right.  When I got home I just needed some extra water.

As I was watching American Idol last night I decided to do a few stand-up exercises I learned of Jillian Michaels 30-Day shred.   I can’t do her whole DVD because of my knee – so I borrow some of her moves and throw them in throughout the day just to get my heart pumping.  I did “butt kicks” and punches last night … not too many .. but enough to burn a few extra calories.

I headed to bed about 11pm last night .. my foot was a tiny bit sore so I took some Advil.  Sometimes I get cramps in my legs – it’s just one of the things we losing weight have to deal with as we exercise.  I was able to get to sleep fine .. and was snoozing away until about 3am.   I woke up and my right foot was KILLING ME!  It was probably one of the worst pains I’ve experienced in my entire life.

I groggily sat up in bed thinking … well crap … I’ve got a stress fracture in my ankle and how am I going to drive my car while it heals?   Once again – my son would be trapped in Tampa because I couldn’t drive to go get him {note  – the son really needs to build his confidence up and drive himself!}  I thought if I drove myself to the ER – and they had to put a cast on – how would I get home?  So … I decided to suck up the pain till Friday afternoon after I picked up my son.

I remembered I had Tylenol 3 in the kitchen drawer – and hobbled downstairs to get some.  The climb back up to bed was more a crawl on the stairs.  Then I rubbed Ben Gay into the muscles … at this point I was in tears because it just hurt so bad.  I grabbed my laptop and started looking up “Stress Fracture” online while I waited for the Tylenol 3 to kick in.

About 20 minutes later the medication kicked in .. the pain subsided to a bearable point .. and the codeine knocked me out.  When I woke up at 9am this morning – the pain was completly gone and I’m feeling fine.  I will however baby my right foot for the next few days to make sure the pain does not come back!  I’m starting to think now that I may have just experienced one of the worst “leg cramps” I’ve had in my entire life … or perhaps I just strained the muscles carrying the dog and I had to let it rest.

Either way … it made me realize I really do need to meet some people here in Orlando … and get to know them well enough so if I did have an emergency like this .. I could count on them to help me.  That is going to be difficult for me – I need to learn to trust other people – and not be afraid to let them in to my life.  It’s something I’ve added to my Wheel Of Life Mandala … and will work on a little every day.