Why I'm freaking a bit

[shadesong]

Yes, I'm going a little crazy.

It's because I can't walk without pain.

Now, people who know me online-only may not be aware of this, but dammit, walking is what I *do*. I'm not just talking about the 10Ks for AIDS Walk Miami. Or as an exercise thing. Or that I prefer walking to driving whenever it's remotely feasible.

Walking is my time alone. My time when I don't have to be anyone but me. When I get to center and just think, and work things out in my head. When I ponder the future, when I relive - and heal from - the past. It's when I do my pre-writing, the scripting and plotting that evolves before I sit down at my computer. It's what I do when I wander the country. Hell, I've said that if I ever get around to changing my legal name, I'd likely change it to Sara Walker (Sara's the root of my first name and walking is *what I do*).

And I'm currently not able to walk without pain, and if whatever this is turns out to be a chronic condition, I'll be facing a change on a very basic and primal level.

Comments

[bookofnights.livejournal.com]

On the one hand, I want to say "Hey, it's too early to start changing your life... you haven't even gotten health care yet!"

On the other hand, I want to say "Have you seen this link?"

http://www.awomansjourney.com/learning.html

Completely off topic...

[fiddledragon]

I love your icon! Where'd you find it?

Re: Completely off topic...

[bookofnights.livejournal.com]

It's "Flaming June" and has been one of my favorite pictures for years :)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Um. Whoa.

Don't wanna be Called! *wail*




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[voltbang.livejournal.com]

I've always been a walker too. Beck in high school I walked home about three miles every day. Ok, technicly I was hitchhiking, but I usually walked at least a mile, and frequently all three. These days I have a .4 mile walk to and from the subway, and a .5 mile walk to and from lunch.

I hope the immediate problem responds to some good chirpratic treatment. If you have back pain, you get your back cracked, by the chirpractor. You know who cracks your butt if the pain goes lower, right?

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

The Chiroproctologist.

[elorie.livejournal.com]

I know exactly how you feel. My journal is full of whining about my knee...it's driving me CRAZY. We went walking at Kennesaw Mountain yesterday...and didn't go nearly as far as I wanted to, I turned back long before I felt like it...and STILL today my knee hurts. Every time I think I'm getting better, I'm not.

arghhaarggghhh. dammit.

[martinhesselius.livejournal.com]

Ack! I hope that it's something correctable, too. Much luck!

[entropic-om.livejournal.com]

Hopefully it won't be a permanent problem!

Do you know why it is that you are having these pains? Is there an actual (mental/emotional) pain in the, erm, leg that you're letting bother you?

;)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

No clue... I haven't put any unusual strain on my back lately. :(

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

Get better!

[missrachael.livejournal.com]

ooh. i know what you mean - i walk 2-3 miles a day, almost every day. i go a little crazy if i don't do it, and my knee and back have been killing me.