At Ease...

I’ve spent the better part of the day getting things ready for tonight’s church worship service. I’m taking a little break now to type this post before I get back to the more important stuff. Today has been a little different from others. I’ve been experiencing pretty severe cramps/muscle pulls in my leg for the past few months. It happens sporadically and the pain always concentrates itself on the area below my knee, sometimes at the front of the ankle region and other times more down the length of my calf. It has continued to get progressively worse over time, and it always occurs when I’m lying in bed at night. I can usually get rid of the pain by getting up and walking a little, but not the past two times that it has occurred. The pain gets to where I cannot walk very well or even touch the affected area in any way, and I had an occurrence last night. Did I say night? More like morning, as in 4 a.m. I thought that it would go away with some movement, but it has persisted all day with less severity as the day has progressed. I really don’t know what to think of this latest development with my physical issues, but I have to believe that it’s related to the injuries from the motorcycle accident because it always occurs on the damaged leg. I hope that perhaps it is simply one of those little things that end up being temporary and eventually go away.

I know that I sometimes express frustration concerning the aftereffects of the accident, but in truth I’m quite thankful that things aren’t any worse than they are. God had been very good to me through it all. It’s sort of like the ordeal concerning my aorta with the yearly exams and bloodletting necessary to make sure that things are alright with it. A part of me gets tired of it all and wants to consider the possibility that perhaps if there was a leak detected it would explain the mystery as to why I’m always feeling physically depleted and almost high or drunk on a daily basis (although I don’t use illicit drugs or drink alcohol).  I still have no idea why I get this way. Over time I have considered several variables with no success in finding an answer or a solution. Still, I’m thinking that getting the answer by finding a problem with the stent in my aorta would then warrant a bit of open heart surgery so, yeah, let’s hear it for the leak and movement deficiency. Some medication along with an exam and a CT scan once a year ain’t so bad after all.

So perhaps the leg pains aren’t as bad as it seems in light of the fact that the injuries could have left me with the inability to walk. We often sing a song in church titled “Count Your Blessings”, and so it is that the Lord has granted to me the grace to be able to understand how good He has been to me throughout the past four years. Stay happy, says I.