6 months to forever?

I finally got to the doctor over some injuries I got falling down some stairs back in August. My insurance had to be changed since I moved and whoever coded the application did it wrong and it took two months to get my insurance done.

Anyway, I was bringing laundry down to the basement and combination of new staircase, poor visibility, forgotten turn in the steps = ouchie. I came down hard on one knee on the cement floor and the other shin scraped down the steps. It hurt like hell for a few days but after that it was fine (obviously, I've been running just fine), except it continued to "tingle" - like my knee and shin were "asleep."

My Sports Med doctors tells me this is all fine and normal. My knee has a bursa (a fluid sack) on it (and not a floating bone chip, like I feared) and my shin suffered nerve damage, but not of any major nerves. He said both may disappear within 6 months, or they may be there forever. Either way, they are harmless, as long as the bursa doesn't become red and feel hot (meaning it got infected) and the nerve pain changes to going transversely across my shin, instead of up and down it (meaning major nerves are effected - he said right now it's just segments of minor ones and that in fact, I'll know they are healing when they start hurting again instead of just tingling).

They did x-rays of my lower legs to be sure and I was told I have the knees of a 20 year old as far as arthritis wear is concerned and gave me some tips on preventing future running problems (my right leg naturally turns in and they told me that yoga, especially poses that exercise the abductor muscles like warrior 3, will be essential to being able to keep that leg in running shape).

I do love sports med doctors.

Winter is Coming

Nick left for a conference on Sunday and this is what I woke up to the next day. I love how the snow looks like a lattice work on the flagstone cracks.



Needless to say, I got pretty lonely, cooped up in the house without human contact, so I tried to get out - going to a lecture on campus and book club. I decided to walk back from the lecture on campus on Wednesday (about 3 miles) and explore the cemetery more. I love the snow on the mountains.



I've been meaning to get a photo of this memorial - Winter is Coming?



The main reason for my visit though was to find this grave. It has quite a story behind it and the note was fascinating (essentially someone who claims to be in touch with the spirit world relating Lilly's wishes).



I discovered what must have been the handcart section of the cemetery. Many Mormons could not afford oxen or horses, so they traveled to Deseret (their name for what is now Utah) with handcarts and each "company" of handcarts had their own name. This grave is actually made out of wood and has been resealed as needed over the years.



In the vicinity of that grave were other sad reminders of the handcart companies: