TBD Frontyard Dune
2023 Almost Finished Courtyard
I’ve done it to myself! I ignored what my body was telling me about minor aches and pain only to have two repetitive injuries delivered to my door. This is my second round of plantar fasciitis, same pain, different foot. While compensating for that pain, I contorted my body and ended up with a frozen shoulder, both injuries on the left side. I managed to accomplish both in just a few short months of daily unpacking and landscaping with a little home maintenance thrown in. My physical therapist tells me that full recovery is in my future, if I keep up with the exercises and stop with the daily torture of my body. That is, sometime in the next five years! I still have a lot of uncompleted landscaping to do.
This is arguably the second most difficult thing I’ve had to do. The first, dealing with the deaths of loved ones. I’ve learned to accept their loss and to cope with it. I don’t think I will ever “adjust to a new normal” “date again” or “get on” with life etc. (hate these trite comments). I do have to learn to cope with less physical activity. Do my PT exercises 4 times a day. Pacing myself in all things, practicing moderation.
Can I just say, this sucks!
Tessa Bertoldi 