I'm at work again whilst typing this and the sun is streaming in through the windows and making me feel that I'd rather be somewhere else... garden, beach hut.... anywhere but here. I'm sure there are a lot of people feeling the same way.
Today's meanderings are going to start with aches and pains and we will see where it leads us to. I have noticed, more and more especially over the last few weeks, that more and more bits of me are starting to ache and ache for a lot longer than they used to. My hip is an ongoing issue and has been for years ( thank you Mum 😉). It clicks and creaks when I turn over in bed and catches me out from time to time. I've been known to swear when it suddenly reminds me that it doesn't like a position that I'm in.
Well, to add to my hip pain I now have a back ache that refuses to go away completely - Google says its sacroiliac joints so I'm doing exercises and stretches- and a shoulder that clicks every time that I reach up. The weirdest pain that has developed though is in my feet! My feet have never let me down before and I'm shocked that they've decided to play up now. I was woken throughout the night last week with very specific foot pain and had no idea why. Apart from that episode, my tootsies are generally stiff and uncomfortable which I'm having an issue coming to terms with to be honest. I'm debating with myself about going to a physio for my back and hip or a podiatrist for my feet. Me being me, I'll leave it for a while I expect and try some alternative treatments before splashing the cash on anything else. Ibuprofen obviously will help a lot too.
The stiffness and aching was there before I started upping the ante for my upcoming 26 mile walk but it has definitely got worse since. On Wednesday last week I walked 5 miles up and down hills and on rough uneven ground. The weather was spectacular and I was listening to music through my earphones and singing loudly along with every song that came on, enjoying the beauty of nature and loving life. I had the dog with me and it was glorious. I felt no pain...only joy and elation at being able to enjoy such an experience. I really felt as though I could have walked and walked forever. There followed a day in the garden pottering about generally being busy.
It was only later that night, when I tried to get out of the bath, that I realised that I had probably overdone it a tad. Whén I finally managed to get dressed and fall into bed I discovered that it's really very uncomfortable trying to turn over when every muscle in your back and pelvis is yelling at you to stop moving. And, if I'm honest, things are not much better 5 days later. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing bad happening, it's just my body reminding me that I'm not as young as I used to be and that, probably, I need to be a little more considerate to it if I want it to keep on going through the rigours that I occasionally demand of it. All of that was after only 5 miles.
My concern is that I might not be able to complete the 26 miles in a couple of weeks. I'm a very determined (some would say stubborn) old bird and I'd be gutted if I had to give up halfway round. I'm hoping that painkillers will carry me through and then whatever pain follows in the following days I will be able to deal with it. I don't want to let anyone down, least of all myself if I'm honest.
I think I may have used this pic before but it shows one of the hills that I'm trying to walk up and down at least three times a week in an effort to reach some kind of level of fitness.
I must also mention the fact that we have been receiving sponsorship for our walk from people that we don't know but who have be fitted from the work done at The Stickler Diagnostic Clinic by Martin Snead and his team. This is very humbling and makes me doubly determined to do this and do it properly. It also encourages me to carry on with the fundraising as I know that it's going to make such a difference. Jams and pickles, cake and sweet sales and fun days are all in my mind for later this year.
I'm really excited about it all but I know I must take on one thing at a time. Focus on the walk for now.
Have a great week everyone. Hopefully I'll report back next week and will be ache free but somehow I doubt it!!
Much love ️xxx
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