A few days after the conversation with my doctor about how I needed to slow down, I decided it would be a good idea to mow the yard.
Hear me out.
I ran it by FH first, and he actually gave me the okay. I mean, mowing the yard is basically walking behind the mower since it's self-propelled. and I've been walking pretty well, even in the yard.
So I did it. But I forgot about the pulling, the pivoting, and all the other movements involved in mowing. In my defense, I went very slow and made deliberate movements and nothing actually hurt when I was doing it. As soon as I was done, I sat on the couch with an ice pack and rested for a while. Then I rested for most of the day, and I felt fine. A little tired, but no pain.
Until the evening.
At some point, I took a step, felt sharp pain, and that was it. I knew I had overdone it. It was painful to walk the entire next day, and I spent most of it sitting with an ice pack and taking tiny, slow steps whenever I needed to walk.
The tendonitis in my arm also flared up and I was in so much pain.
Talk about a setback.
I feel so stupid. I thought I was doing good, but once again I overestimated my progress. Ugh. How embarrassing.
Now I'm in healing jail and I'll be scared to take too big of a (literal and figurative) step forward for a while.
I really hope this is a lesson learned and I don't do something stupid like this again.
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