Day 100 – Physio Assessment

Welcome to Day 100!

It’s the first time in the triple digits and it’s a beautiful day. Today was the first contact with the physio since Day 086 when I felt I was pushing the physio into watching a cat video.  I felt bad about it.  Since that time, I’d written about it spoken to my husband about it, thereby processing the event – from my side at least.  

After the event, I wanted to know if swimming was an option, at the same time my plan was to discuss my poor behaviour.  The call turned not to reach the physio and by this time the issue had become quite insignificant and bringing it up was indeed making an issue of what was by now a non-issue.

The physio did not seem in the slightest bit annoyed, and her behaviour was still as warm as I usually remember it to being without an underlying undercurrent from her side.  From my side, my spidey senses were on full alert in case it picked up the slightest nuance. There was none.  This probably meant that there was something last time, but its cause was unlikely to have been me. 

This time my enthusiasm was muted and given the COVID restrictions maintained social distancing and mask wearing for the appointment.  There seemed no need to raise the issue, so I decided to let it go.  It was surprisingly difficult even after a couple of weeks.  There was also a sense of relief after the visit.  At the end of the visit, the physio went off into the back room like she did last time.  It dawned on me that she had physio massage cream on her hands and probably wanted to wash it off. 

During the appointment, sections of my ankle were still hot and healing even though flexibility was good.  The physio managed to find a crystalised area of the ankle and it was hard to the touch initially.  When the physio finished the ankle felt a lot better. 

The physio thinks there might be some ligament tearing in the area.  Since it’s only been ten weeks since the break she decided to wait until the three-month mark prior to working the area for ligament damage.  Since ligament damage was a possibility, the comfrey will get pulled out of the medicine box and applied – it aids in the healing process for tendons and ligaments.  Might even see if I can experiment with a YouTube sound/ frequency healing video.  Next appointment is in two weeks.

Unfortunately, the humidity during the day was high and my ankle was being used extensively and by the end of the day my foot had swollen to the worst it’s been in a long time.  After elevating the leg and applying an icepack it looked better; sleeping with my foot elevated will improve it some more.

The news of Prince Philip’s death arrived.  While not a purchaser of the magazines that report on the comings and goings of royal life, I was aware of Prince Philip’s role as the Queen’s consort.  Reports of his antics and humour have made him a comforting presence in those magazines as he invariably showed the royals to be human like the rest of us. The memory that sticks in my mind most was him apparently farting at Charles and Diana’s wedding in the box for the photo opportunity.  The family’s reaction of scrunched noses and smirks at something he’d said done, while not a “beautiful appearance” moment from the wedding it was a very beautiful personal and unscripted moment caught on camera.  He’ll be missed by me for these things.  Obviously, the BBC News wrote about the event and there’s a link to the article in References below.

Let’s see what the cards have to say!