Domino Effect
About 10 days ago, I had a bit of a wonky transfer. The person helping me to get from my bed to the chair put her foot half an inch closer to me than it should have been, blocking my left leg from moving and my left ankle twisted. These things happen. My left leg is my stronger leg. When I was 16, I had a synevectomy the in my left knee, which subsequently fused. It wasn't supposed to, but it was a good thing. A fused joint has more stability and blessedly, no pain. It means my left leg sticks out straight, but it's stable, strong, and not subject to the vagaries of RA. The ankle, however, is not fused. And it didn't like the twist. Thanks to Humira, the sprain. I've been "enjoying" in the last 10 days was a light one, not the colorfully-bruised-and-swollen-extravaganza-lasting-well-over-six-weeks I’ve experienced in the past after an injury. Nonetheless, it hurt and when one area hurts, the rest of the body follows like so: Normally, my l...