Archive for November 2007

I am now handicapped!

Ten days ago I heppened to sit very unfortunate, in that the result is my right foot partly paralysed. So its not possible for me to lift my forefoot in the way you do when walking on heels (who ever walks on their heels? how stupid isn’t that).

Because of this I have adopted some slightly different style of walk. I have a tendency to look handicapped when I walk plus I am making a clappy sound when I put my right foot to the ground. In the beginning I moved my leg very very strangely, because I didn’t want my toes to touch the ground in the middle of the step. Worst is that you can’t help it. I feel totally helpless about that muscle that used to lift my foot. It simply wont respond when I in my head send the corresponding signal to my foot.

Fortunately, it’s only temporary. My doctor has told me that I will get my feelings in my foot back in a couple of months, so I have to live with it so long. The term used by my doctor was some latin words I didnt understand. Anyway, the explanation is a specific nerve in my leg that has been exposed to abnormal pressure, thus the signal being cut off and I have to wait to get it back.

So if you see someone walking very weird in the next couple of months it might be me :)