Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Discouraged

I've been in a bad mood today. I'm 5 weeks out from the surgery, and I'm realizing that this is going to be a very long recovery process. When they told me I couldn't bear weight on my foot for 6 weeks, I think I let that 6-week mark concrete in my brain, which wasn't a good idea.

I cannot bear any weight on my foot for 6 weeks. That doesn't mean I'll be walking normally any time soon. I return to the doctor next Friday, the 26th, and I can start putting partial pressure on my foot. I won't be able to get rid of my crutches, which I think was my initial thought.

Right now I'm trying to stretch my ankle and press my foot against things to increase my range of motion. This hurts. I don't feel like I'm making any progress, and that is so discouraging and frustrating.

I'm tired.

I'm tired of not being able to do things for myself. I'm tired of not being able to go anywhere by myself. I'm tired of asking my kids to go and get things for me or do things for me. I'm tired of having to really limit my schedule because I get tired so easily. And I'm just tired. (Did I mention that?) My body hurts, especially between my shoulder blades.

I really don't want to have a pity party, but I just want to be honest. I've been pretty upbeat about the whole thing so far (most of the time, but especially here on the blog), and today I'm just not feeling it.

I know Satan would like nothing more than for this discouragement to defeat me. Would you mind putting a Scripture in the comments section that would encourage me? I'd really appreciate it.


Reflecting Him


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