Well, I´m home again having spent
three weeks in the orthopaedic clinic, not quite a new woman yet but
gradually getting there. The treatment I received included, among
others, hot baths with an electric current flowing through them,
laser therapy and, most importantly, “Sklerosierung” (sorry, no
translation available) which entails a course of glucose injections
directly into the spinal ligaments causing them to become inflamed
and eventually to tighten them in order to stabilise the spinal
column. All this may sound horrific but it really isn´t. Well, the
“Sklerosierung” procedure isn´t something to which I´d subject
myself willingly if I didn´t know from experience that it would
actually work. In fact it´s still working in that the inflammation
has set in but the entire process won´t take effect for several
weeks. In the meantime I have to take it easy and, believe me, that
is not difficult under the present circumstances!
The clinic stands close to a small lake
in a public park where I used to take a walk most days, especially at
the beginning when the weather was warm and sunny. Later it became
cold and frosty and one memorable morning I awoke to a white winter
landscape. Here are just a few of the many photos I took during those
three long weeks.
We put our clocks forward last night
but when I look out of the window at my snow covered garden I can
only wish that the season had advanced accordingly. Still, this 3D
card I made for a nature-loving friend reminds me that, to misquote
Shelley´s Ode To The West Wind, If Easter comes can Spring be far
behind?
