Life with a blue crutch…

Well a bit of drama last night. I couldn’t get back into bed…
To go back a day or two; some of my previous osteoarthritis problems have been rearing their ugly heads again. A couple of days ago I had stiffness and excruciating pain in my right hand. It eased off during yesterday but by bedtime I had no strength at all in my wrist and fingers. Just taking the top off my water bottle to refill it was a major exercise which none of my easy grip solutions helped with. 
I went to bed normally and as has been normal woke after an hour or so and got out of bed awkwardly. I gingerly tried walking and it was OK. The only problem was I couldn’t get back into bed because I couldn’t lift my leg high enough. I needed to take my weight on my arms and sort of rock but my arm couldn’t take the weight. It took about an hour to manage to shuffle back enough to get my leg and specifically my heel on the bed which somewhat unhelpfully is only a single bed.
I got up about 3 more times in the night and it was easier each time but it has dented my confidence. I remember thinking at 2.00 in the morning that for sure my wrist would be back to full strength in the morning. And sure enough it was. And it’s still fine!
The pic is my rather scruffy looking lunch of an apple and Edam cheese. It was delicious!