Opa Is...Damaged

On Memorial Day weekend (eight weeks ago) opa climbed on a dining room chair to look at the shelf in the garden window in the kitchen. He fell and tipped the chair over and ended up entangled with it. He sprained his ankle. After two weeks he went to a doctor. He got a boot cast to wear. After ten more days he had excruciating pain in his hip. He went to his chiropractor for sciatica (pain in his hip caused by compression of his spine). He went back to the doctor. He visited another doctor. He got blood pressure medication. (Don't ask!) He visited his chiropractor. He visited the foot doctor. He got an MRI. He has a herniated disc in his spine. He got a spinal epidural. He's in physical therapy. He's a little better but he can't bike, hike, swim, mow the yard, do chores, etc.

Opa has learned a lot about pain and how hard it is to manage. It's hard to figure out what is causing the pain. It's hard to find proper medication to make the pain go away. It's hard to think when you're in pain.