I took off my bandages last night, leaving my wounds bare while I slept. I also noticed on Sunday that I had a few more aches and pains than I'd originally thought: my elbows and shoulders ached a bit from when the impact of my fall was transferred up my arms. It's nothing big, but it's palpable. My right knee, too, has a bit of a twinge, as does my right hip, which I fell on as I turned to try to protect my cell phone. I'm sure most of these problems (including the wounds on my fingers) will be gone in a week.
The walk also left me a little bit stiff in general, but that's par for the course. When I do my long, trans-Korea walks, there's a stiffness that's there in the early morning when I start walking, but within an hour, I've usually warmed up and loosened up. Later in the day, the stiffness returns after I've rested a bit, but again, it disappears within a thousand steps or so.
Despite the fall, I thought the walk was overall a good one, and as a test of my newly healed toe, it was proof positive that the wound is totally healed now. While I might acquire blisters and other problems later on when I'm traversing the peninsula, those aches and pains won't be related to the diabetic ulcer. I just need to remember not to consume too much sugar before and during the walk. Or ever, really, but that's a matter of battling my sugar addiction in general—a much larger fight to be sure.
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