Where is the Fountain of Youth?

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So this year I have decided to get back in decent shape (physically). So, I have working out on the elliptical machine and I have started playing basketball again. Well, for some reason my basketball skills and my physical abilities aren’t what they used to be in my glory days of high school.

I was playing basketball this past Thursday at the church. I had been enjoying the past couple weeks of playing basketball with out feeling like I was going to pass out after 5 minutes of playing. Well, we were in the middle of a game and I was going for the ball that was about to go out of bounds. As I reached for it my ankle started to roll. I tried to let up before it went too far but it was too late. It continued to roll under and then there was a loud pop. Boy did it hurt! Once the guys scraped me off the floor they brought in a big pot of ice and water. I sat and watched them finish playing.

Well, one of the guys helped me get into the house when I got home. There was no way I was going to try going up the stairs. So I stayed on the love seat in the living room. I figured at some point Emily would come down to find out why I hadn’t come up to bed. I got home at 11pm and come midnight Emily hadn’t come out and I drifted off to sleep. At about 2am I woke up in pain and needed to go to the bathroom. At about 2:30 I crawled up the stairs to go to the bathroom. I pulled myself into bed and that’s when Emily finally work up. She looked at the clock and wondered why I was getting to bed so late. I told her I hurt my ankle and she decided she wanted to look at my ankle. She looked at it and immediately called her brother Jeff and asked him to come get me and take me to the ER. I had no say in it.

Well, after two hours in the ER they let me go. Luckily no bones were broken but I have at least partially torn a ligament in my foot. The doctor told me to stay off it and keep my foot elevated. So, today was the first time up and about in order to go to church. Thank goodness for pain killers because after my bath this morning I was in a lot of pain.

So, what lesson have a learned? I need to play more basketball to get to the point where my body won’t fall apart when I play.