Friday, March 21, 2025 – Lunch with Helen and DeDe, Back on Crutches

Hi Babe,
Another night of interrupted sleep, ended up not getting up till after 9:00, though I was reading for the last hour. Then I got a robocall from the insurance company telling my MRI request has been denied. Not a happy camper about that, I can tell you, especially when they said I would need to do a complete six week course of PT before they'll approve it. I immediately filed a fast track appeal (decision within 72 hours), since my knee has been bothering me even more lately. Oddly, I think when it was so swollen, it was too full of fluid to bend enough to get to the really painful bit, but now that I've been icing it for the last few days, the swelling has receded enough for my knee to bend farther, and now, it will suddenly hit the painful bit, and it almost makes me collapse. Just the weight of my leg is enough to pull it down that far now. Since I had nothing else to do today but fuss with it, I arranged to have lunch with Helen and DeDe at Willard's and it was very enjoyable, even though I was limping almost as bad as when I was at FITS three weeks ago. I used the crutches again to feed the horses, but even that was dicey, just the smallest movement was causing tremendous pain. I can't see me living with this for another six weeks of doing nothing! Grrr! Anyway, lunch was the only break I had, the rest of the day was icing my knee and putting heat on my lower back, which is naturally starting to give me trouble because of how imbalanced I am now. Not to mention my right leg, which is having to carry all the extra weight. So reading and watching TV was the order of the day again! Bed soon. Love you, sweetie! Good night!