So, this morning I woke up with an assortment of body parts screaming - my right hip, right knee, and my lower back were all miserably angry. All because of the off-kilter alignment caused by das boot. So not going to wear that until I can figure out a way to level my legs and pelvis. There is over an inch difference in height between the boot and my regular shoe (based on how much I needed to jam into the heel) According to a friend who works in the medical rehab field, this sort of thing, and the subsequent ongoing iatrogenic damage, are unfortunately very common.
and... according to my first simple Google search, apparently there is a simple and inexpensive product (with many many positive reviews) available that addresses the difference in leg height caused by the boot. Rather like Yaktrax, it simply stretches over your regular shoe. Why was this not presented as an option, and sending me out of the office misaligned and without information/resources was the default?
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In the opposite direction, our plucky heroine spent a delightful afternoon with Leah today, doing scribal arts. In addition to much mutual perusing of books, and sketching, she showed me a simple method for applying gold leaf...
"Now all that was owed is repaid,
and all that was owned, returned;
Now all that was lost is found,
and all that was bound is free."
today's gratitude - access to the internets, which make it easier now that we all have to be our own health advocates
It's truly a bright side to the day to see those small sparkles of gold leaf. LeGuin's words are always with me in some way or another.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it...sometimes the only brightness is the one we make ourselves, and sometimes it may be small, but it is always there. Years ago when I was living in Idaho in a very difficult situation, my family sent me a card that said "above the clouds, the sun is always shining", which then became another of my touchstones
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