I always consider my own, personal, best piece of advice to be.....
Bend in the breeze!
Like a piece of grass, gently bowing in the wind, we have to occasionally get blown by the tumultuous gales of life.... but not be broken by them.
Bend in the breeze.....
Personally, i'd settle for being able to bend in the knees, never mind the breeze.
It's been almost twenty weeks since the dog did done bust my leg.
Physio is ongoing, but i am now discharged from orthopaedics.... I have various bending and stretching exercises to do, but we're still only at a mere ninety-six degree bend on the bad knee..... which is still prohibitive when descending stairs or getting in and out of a vehicle, and in some cases, even just sitting down.
Of course, as mobility increases, given that i've been largely, sat on my arse for .... sixteen(?) of the twenty weeks, then so does the scope for medium jinx.
Hence my blogging absence.
I'll try and do some updates and i'll try and continue reading blogs..... but it's amazing how quickly your attention can be attracted so many two-legged diversions when you've been starved of them for so long.
Well, i'll leave you with a picture i took this morning while i was out fixing the chicken coop..... we have a birdbath (i'm not particularly fond of it) but it has a little bird feature, that has become moss-shrouded.... the water, fallen leaves, and mossy bird looked quite nice and seasonal.....

Nice to see you back Foxy. Is the bird in your birdbath one of them there parakeets that have invaded London? Shame he has got his back turned to the camera. Regarding your stubborn knee, you should try dancing to "Knees Up Mother Brown" several times a day. I am sure you will find the song on YouTube.
ReplyDeletethanks for dropping by.... the bird isn't facing the wrong way.... it's head down, tail up, as if to be drinking from the birdbath....... i'll have a look through my chas n dave collection for that one!!
DeleteSomehow I just knew you would be a big Chas n' Dave fan!
Deletegercha!
DeleteThat "rather" quip gave me a laugh.
ReplyDeleteah bless - glad i had that effect :)
DeleteWhat a long recovery period you've had to endure! Seems like there's finally light at the end of the tunnel though, which is good.
ReplyDeletestill painful and it feels like a yoyo.... good and bad days..... always the fear of doing something bad and going back to "go"
DeleteIf you could be any character in Futurama, I'm guessing it wouldn't be Bender?
ReplyDeletei'd be clamps
DeleteHaha, accurate!
DeleteJust be back when u are ready x
ReplyDeletethanks - always with the wise words
DeletePerhaps a few daily knee squats will help your knee remember what it is supposed to do. Just squat as far as you can wthout pain and after several weeks be pleasantly suprised at the extension range?
ReplyDeletei have some physio stuff to do, although i can't find my exercise sheet - i have to put my foot, behind me, onto a chair, and bend into it to make the knee bend - it's all good..... just sore..... feels metallic and sore..... it stings!!
DeleteI think it takes a long time for limbs to come back to normal. But for goodness sake don't slip on the leaves.
ReplyDeleteyeah the leaves...... more on this later!!
DeleteI assume its head is dipping into the water? It's hard to tell! Glad you've been busy, sorry your leg is still grim.
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