I knew that having cerebral palsy would complicate things…
Posted by berkeleyscot on February 6, 2009
I’ve spent today in my office, completely unable to stand up.
My right knee is swollen and very, very painful.
I knew that it was swollen when I got up in the morning, but managed to go downstairs.
Then I went back upstairs to my office to start my day with email, as usual. I wanted to have a productive day and I’d made a list of things that I might accomplish. But I couldn’t stand up. My right knee was double its size and I was in awful pain. I thought my kneecap was dislocated.
Richard said we’d have to call an ambulance and go to hospital.
I couldn’t bear the thought, so we’ve struggled through the day with heat, ice, massaging and a lot of bad language.
The swelling is subsiding and I might just be able to get wheeled to bed in my typing chair.
That’s the description of the complication.
I had physiotherapy on Tuesday and I did one exercise sitting on a balance ball. I rolled backwards, forwards and from side to side.
That put great stress on my right knee. I heard and felt it grinding and I should have stopped…
Now I am stopped! Completely!
I have cerebral palsy and I need to be vocal about it!
All I can say right now is a very loud “OUCH!!!!!!”
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lifeofthedifferentlyabled said
it doesnt have to read my blog here as a college graduate with cerebral palsy http://lifeofthedifferentlyabled.wordpress.com/