I am not generally a patient person. When I make a decision to do something I want to get stuck in as soon as possible and will be fidgety until the opportunity arises. So this last fortnight on crutches has been a hard lesson for me in learning my limitations and having the patience to deal with them! Being my usual stubborn self I am walking around on my injured foot when it feels better, ignoring the fact that a bone is still broken and it needs to rest. I then spend the next day regretting my actions and promising my foot that today it will rest.
Then an hour later I get bored and decide I really need to go and sort out some paperwork or hobble upstairs to get something really important and forget (or ignore) that I am not supposed to be weight bearing on it. Being on my own during the day whilst hubby is at work has forced me to take a moment before setting off on a mission to assess whether it’s really vital that I do it right now or whether it can possibly wait until I am in that area of the house. Being so used to just jumping up to get something or walking from room to room with armfuls of bits and pieces has caught me out a few times, as I get to grips with the logistics of something as simple as transporting a cup of tea from the kitchen to the sitting room on crutches!
Together with this I am looking at the gloominess outside, listening to the rain falling and wondering if my allotment is ever going to get planted this year. I’m inwardly thankful that it is still so chilly as that allows me to reason that it would be prudent to wait another few weeks until the ground warms up. I’m still in that mentality that I need a reason to make me feel better about it – I am trying to master the art of simply accepting the situation for what it is, but for someone so used to getting up and doing when the urge strikes it’s a tough one.
So my lesson from this injury is most definitely patience, with a good dollop of acceptance. I have another couple of weeks to get my head around this and put it into practice by which time I hope to be super chilled and relaxed and raring to get back into the clinic.
Natalie
BMore Natural
