We sat in the waiting room for about fifteen minutes, Frank did a crossword in the Metro newspaper and I got my knitting out. When we were called my stomach turned over a bit but knew I had to give this a try. Anyway, it went better than I thought and it hurt for barely a second. I was told by the specialist to not go out for at least a week and to limit my walking until the pain has eased but today, I could not believe it. I got up this morning and did not walk like I needed a walking frame, it was tender and sore but nothing like before.
This morning, Frank popped out for a few hours to see his family, Emma and baby went out shopping and my son went to work so after a few hours of pottering around, I sat down with a cuppa and knitted on my blanket whilst watching The Grocery Girls Podcast who are from Canada. After about an hour, I got up and prayed that I could walk ok and my goodness, I only had a little bit of discomfort under the arch of my foot. I also went for a little walk to the top of my road and back again and it is working like magic.
The specialist said that after 3 days the crystals from the injection will cling to the connective tissue of the plantar and will start working on repairing it. At this rate, I will be back to normal in no time at all. So, all I can say is if you have suffered from Plantar Fasciatus and been suffering for a long time, please go get a referal. I have been advised not to jog anymore which could cause more trouble as I get older so I will go back to my walking soon and maybe even invest in a bike.
So the knitting, my blanket building is going very well, here is a photo of my progress from yesterday, I have added another block today but will show that later.
It is just garter stitch and feels so soft because of the alpaca in the yarn. I am now incorporating my Rowan Summerspun which I have two skeins of and also my Rowan Creative Linen. They are all matching greens and oranges which is very autumnal. I will keep working on it until I have ran out of the Rowan yarns that I have in these colours and then will probably just purchase some of the Creative Linen to do a border.
Now, the next bit of news was rather exciting because the postman knocked yesterday afternoon while I was happily knitting away in the garden. Frank called me into the living room and there were 3 big pink packages from Loveknitting.com. I did not order anything at all but Frank was smiling from ear to ear and when I opened them there were these lovely yarns called Paintbox Collection.
You can just about see the amount that I got, 50 balls of gorgeous soft acrylic yarn in pastels and autumn colours. He said it was a bargain and could not resist. I was smiling from ear to ear too and felt so spoiled. Frank thought I could start a winter project so I am definetely doing something in crochet. I am thinking about the Flowers in the Snow blanket but with a black background like Tilly Trout is doing. I will decide later but want to look at my craft books first before I decide.
I am determined not to start anything else until I get the Autumn Blanket done first so there will be steam coming from my needles.
Well, that is about it for now. Dagenham has been warm, chilly, rainy and now chilly again. It is just after 7pm and I am going to get a cuppa and a few little chocolate treats and rest for the evening.
Have a good evening and I will report back later!
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