I injure myself a lot. I often do silly things like falling up the stairs, carrying things that are far too heavy, stubbing my toes & tripping over my own feet. I've been known to hit my head on door frames as I walk through them. I have, on more than one occasion, opened a door into my own face.
Today, as I was walking downtown with a friend, I started to feel a pain in my foot. Nothing seemed to have happened other than a dull ache beginning to spreading across the very top of my left foot. I stopped, kicked my sandal off & shrugged because I didn't see anything that ought to be causing me pain.
We kept walking.
We did some shopping, mulled around downtown & I went to get a bite to eat. At this point my foot was throbbing. I kicked off my sandal again to see if I was bruising.
Nothing.
I saw the buses in the terminal downtown but figured I would be fine & I wanted to walk home. So I did.
I am now home, several hours later & cursing myself. I have a very swollen foot which is terribly painful to put pressure on & I still have no idea what I did to myself.
Sigh. I really should have taken that bus. It might have preserved my ability to walk without a limp.
Thankfully Gretchen has her four month appointment on Thursday morning so I think that I will wait it out & talk to our doctor.
Until then, just call me gimpy.
Tomorrow morning I'm going to limp around the farmer's market & enjoy some fresh produce with friends.
Perhaps I'll be lucky & the swelling will go down overnight.
Ouch.
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Aw that sucks! I keep getting bruises on me lately and I have no clue where they came from, I had a really hideous one on my leg and I dunno how it got there. Anyhow try icing it and taking some ibuprofen, that might help take the swelling down :)
That is a good plan!
ps. I used to wake up with bruises on my elbows and I couldn't figure out WHY. Then I woke myself up in the middle of the night when I smashed my arm off of the wall. Ah yes. Now I understand.
Ouch! I'm sorry. I had a thing going on with my foot too because I was doing a lot of walking while wearing the babe. I think it puts a lot more pressure on our feet than we realize to be walking with an extra 15 or so pounds strapped to our chests. Might it be a stress fracture?
You know, that makes perfect sense. I never walk ANYWHERE without Gretchen strapped to my chest. That plus starting to wear my Birks again for the summer might have done my poor little footsie in!
A gimpy fin like Nemo :)
Hope you feel better soon!
It's quite probable that this is caused by overcompensation & repositioning for baby weight. Whilst pregnant you compensated one way, now you're wearing your sprog and doing it another way. Ice & elevate, darling. Poor you.
Poor you, hugs....hope it gets better soon. xx
Awe, thanks for the advice and well wishing -- I shall try to take it easy and get the swelling down :)
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