
Yesterday I had one of my famous “fall up the stairs” moments and – you guessed it – landed on my already damaged knee. Luckily (?) I already had my x-ray appointment booked so, instead of spending 5 hours waiting at emergency today, I grabbed a taxi to the clinic and was there and home again in less than 45 minutes. According to Dr A, there’s nothing broken, so that’s something. But I had to cancel my meetings and other activities for the rest of the day and have been sitting here with my leg up. Very frustrating because I had lots to do today, but I also have to work tomorrow, so I’d better give my knee a rest and hope it’s better in the morning. How’s your day been?
So dammit! Years ago I used to run almost every morning. It was the only aerobic exercise that I enjoyed. Then when I reached 40 my lower back and hips gave out, so I had to stop. And so I bought a bicycle and took regular jaunts along the river (though it actually felt like more exercise lugging the thing up and down three long flights of stairs). More recently I’ve taken to riding the recumbent bike at the gym, where I actually get a good sweat going, usually riding for about an hour.