SWM 118 – In sickness and in health

In sickness and in health. Check out the show notes here for more details and links.

The traditional wedding vows go something like "I take you to be my wife/husband, and I do promise and covenant, before God and these witnesses, to be your loving and faithful husband/wife in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live."

Unfortunately, I don't remember my wedding vows. I remember picking some. I remember memorizing them. I remember reciting them, from memory, during the wedding, despite having the flu and a fever. But nearly 23 years later, I don't remember what they were.

I'm sure they contained something like "in sickness and in health," though.

This past month, we got to test those vows. For those who are on our mailing list, you know I've been dealing with a pinched nerve in my back, which has left my one leg nearly useless and in a lot of pain. It's been about a month now, and I am, just today, starting to walk sometimes without a limp, and I just started driving again. I still can't walk far - my leg gets sore and tired after only a couple of minutes of being on it, but the pain is down to achy instead of "I want to cut my leg off." So, I'm making progress.

But the last month has been challenging.

For myself, well, it's been painful - my nerves are short-circuited, so it hurts in varying degrees randomly, the muscles cramp randomly, and part of my leg is numb.