I just want to start this blog post off by saying EMPHATICALLY that I can do ANYTHING for three days!!! This is not me saying anything about dealing with having had MS for 21+ years but I think the fact that I can do that, or, I have done that, makes dealing with sleeping in my power chair for three more days before my bed comes a little bit more tolerable.
I was thinking for a long time about how to write this blog post about my sleeping situation last night and I kept thinking that I was going to name it, “A teeter-totter” because that is this song popped into my head and this is exactly what I did last night!:
Let me ‘Splain ya: I originally got my power chair because my knee was injured while I was seated in my manual chair. My meniscus was torn. Because it takes so long for the body to heal after surgery (I had a second knee surgery on the SAME knee) when you have MS, my wheelchair tech suggested that I get a power chair so I can keep my legs elevated and extended at all times. When my knees are bent at 90°, it hurts! I can adjust my wheelchair to have my legs elevated all day long and that helps. But now, let’s think about a body that has had MS for 21+ years…
I can no longer sleep in my bed. It hurts too badly when my Mom, “Yanks me” out of bed. That’s how she explained it to KJ at the furniture store. My NEW bed is arriving on Friday. So last night, I was a teeter totter because I would lay back until my ankles start to hurt and then I would adjust my chair to the sitting position until my knee started hurting. Then I would adjust it back. I think I did that five or six times before I found a spot where it was like Carrie says, “Floating side-by-side.”
I love that song! It reminds me of our second apartment! I was more able-bodied back then and could still drive. I have listened to this song twice as I was gathering the images to post here on my blog. These are the words that made me think of this song and I always love a reason to post songs that I dig!:
Maybe I should listen to this album tonight when I am puzzlin’…