By: Diane Sawdon
I wish I had a good trick to play today, April Fool’s Day. Unfortunately, the jokes are on me this time. Mother Nature has been “fooling” with all of us since Winter officially began in December. No rain or snow to speak of during the months of January and February. March has turned into a maniacal weather month. The “weather wars” began the very first of the month and continued throughout the entire month including a dusting of snow yesterday, the 31st. I know, we need the water and the snow pack, so please do not consider this a personal complaint from yours truly. It is just a statement of fact that the recent weather chaps my hide! My daffodils that line my entire driveway are bent over like an old woman with a severe dowager’s hump. My forsythia are, for lack of a better word, weak. My daphne bushes are bent from snow load, but they smell heavenly when you amble up my front walk. On the bight side, the native weeds are flourishing in this climate!
Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disase~~~that is the diagnosis. Yes, my (trick) knee decided to make another appearance this month, too. I was cruising along feeling smug after my shot of cortisone in January. NEVER assume~~~it makes an ass out of you and me~~~that all is well in the Land of Knees. Those three big words mean I have pseudogout which I have been trying to tell the docs since we moved up here seven years ago. I was given that diagnosis many, many moons ago when one of the first flareups happened. Blessings on Google for helping me to find those words once again. To make a long story short, I am probably looking at some “clean out” the knee surgery. Patience is not a virtue I possess and it is not in my vocabulary either. I DO NOT have the patience to put up with this pain every day and I DO NOT have the patience to sit on my ample bottom and convalesce. Guess I am between a rock and a hard spot, here. Not looking forward to the MRI~~~I am reminiscent of a caged lion in confined spaces. On the bright side, this type of surgery is much easier than a total knee replacement.
So, as I sit here with my leg stretched out in front of me, I am making the choice to jump into this new month of April with anticipation for all the trappings of Springtime. I want to plant new flowers in the garden and bask in their beauty and vibrant colors. I want to think about kayaking in our local lakes and in the lakes of my own personal heaven~~The Lakes Basin in Sierra County. I want to hear all the frogs singing to me from our ponds in the front yard. I want to feel the warm earth in my hands when I “play” in the dirt. Guess I have to have that MRI and move on with life. Spring awaits me and it might be a very short visit. Who knows?? Hope Spring enters your hearts and lives, too.
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