Sunday, July 9, 2017

A walker, a pool and a bathroom

I understand that the Walker is necessary. I know what's at stake. I get that of this electrical bone growth stimulator + walker combination doesn't work I will have to redo the surgery. And I heard my Dr when he said this surgery would be worse with a longer recovery.
All of that doesn't make non weight bearing with a 7 yr old, 3 yr old and 44 year old any easier.
Currently, we are spending the day at the pool. Our neighborhood is absolutely amazing, but I won't go into that here. Suffice to say we have a neighborhood pool. It's a hot summer day with no other plans than swimming and lying in the sun. My favorite kind of day. Heck, all of this family's favorite kind of day.
The only complaint I have in the universe at this moment is this stupid walker. It's not the walkers fault. In fact, as far as walkers go it's pretty awesome. It has huge wheels to go off road even. I hate the added effort this walker bring to everything in my life. It makes everything 5x harder than it should be and it's just exhausting. It makes me tired, it causes my back and rib cage pain to flare up (ironic huh?) and it's heavy. It draws attention to me that I could do without also.
The reason I bring this up is that I have to go to the bathroom. The bathroom is at the other end
of the pool. The effort scale is so high I have been putting off my inevitable trip down there as long as possible, but there's only so long a girl can hold it for. So, off I go taking 3x longer than normal to get to a bathroom my walker doesn't fit in, all the way inviting the entire pool (some of whom I know, but today most I don't) to feel bad for the young (ish) girl with the walker and to wonder what's wrong with her.
Never thought a trip to the bathroom could be so complicated did ya? Stick with me kid, everything is complicated in my world!

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