Until the past week or ten days, when night time temps consistantly got down to about 40, I had forgotten how much my knees hurt during the winter. It has become almost unbearable to place any weight on them and making it to the restroom is even becoming a burdon.
I did make the effort to go next door last night to have dinner with my wife and her family and, while the food and fellowship were great, I was forced to sit on my rollator because me knees just would not let me get up from their furniture (all of which is standard height) on my own.
Despite the knee pain I still stayed there until my back pain told me that I had already been sitting up for far too long and so I returned to the house. The pain kept me awake past 3:00 AM despite the loratab and percoset. .
My wife still has about a month of recovery ahead of her. I can't help but wonder how much time we will spend face to face during that time. If this level of pain keeps up then I can probably count those visits on one hand.
Being disabled and:or handicapped (I font even know how to classify myself) would be so much easier to live with if the reason fir the disability were not pain....
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