Slow and steady. Please no one fall and get hurt! 
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I do!We no longer bounce.
And Concrete or Floor ALWAYS win! Deb! Penny! DON'T Do That To Yourselves!
But I can sure sympathize. My balance isn't what it used to be either. My left foot tends to catch when I step over things due to my back problems more or less. I've taken more than one fall especially in the timber where there is a lot of ground cover to stumble over. I've also stumbled over thresholds which seems like a common problem for most of us a bit long in the tooth.
Me, it's my sinuses that are giving me fits these days. I have chronic sinus infections that like to flare up from time to time, usually when my winter allergies make an appearance. Like the past 3 or 4 weeks. Hoping warm weather will settle things down as I'd hate to have to go on two or three courses of antibiotics like I've had in the past in order to get it to go back to chronic.
But I can sure sympathize. My balance isn't what it used to be either. My left foot tends to catch when I step over things due to my back problems more or less. I've taken more than one fall especially in the timber where there is a lot of ground cover to stumble over. I've also stumbled over thresholds which seems like a common problem for most of us a bit long in the tooth.
Me, it's my sinuses that are giving me fits these days. I have chronic sinus infections that like to flare up from time to time, usually when my winter allergies make an appearance. Like the past 3 or 4 weeks. Hoping warm weather will settle things down as I'd hate to have to go on two or three courses of antibiotics like I've had in the past in order to get it to go back to chronic.
Sigh, my sinus infection never really goes away.
I do!
That's only because of the bubble wrap.
Ya sinusitis is my constant companion but not infections in it there I am fortunate
deb, muscle memory is real, and losing weight makes an impact, since the muscles have to relearn. It can throw off your center of gravity too.
A friend of mine (deceased) had breast cancer. They took off her breasts, breast muscles, etc. A few years later, when things were all healed, and she began paying more attention to her appearance, she decided she would have them replaced. The first step is replacing the muscle, so they have something to anchor the rebuilding to, and to support the new breasts. There are 3 areas they take muscle from.
One is called angel wing, and they go into the back, and pull one of the back muscles around to the front. That's what she had done. They did one side first. When it was healed enough, she was allowed to resume taking showers.
She got into the shower, began lathering up, and began pounding herself in the face. She had no control over the arm on the side they did the surgery on. She said it was like it was possessed. It was flailing around, doing whatever it wanted. She had to grab the arm, with her hand on the good side, to get it to stop. Eventually, it did stop, and she tried to continue with her shower. Again, it went berserk, and kept pounding her in the face.
Dripping wet, bloody nose, and a black eye, she wasn't sure whether she needed to call an exorcist, or her doctor, but she called her doctor. Her doctor explained that the muscle had been trained, all her life, to react in a certain manner, when it received certain stimuli. Now, not only did it not know how to respond, but it was responding backwards. The doctor reassured her, it would take a bit of time, but it would retrain itself. More than once, she had to grab that arm to keep it from beating her up.
We take it for granted, that our muscles will automatically respond, and they do, but big changes mean they have to be re-trained to respond appropriately.
A friend of mine (deceased) had breast cancer. They took off her breasts, breast muscles, etc. A few years later, when things were all healed, and she began paying more attention to her appearance, she decided she would have them replaced. The first step is replacing the muscle, so they have something to anchor the rebuilding to, and to support the new breasts. There are 3 areas they take muscle from.
One is called angel wing, and they go into the back, and pull one of the back muscles around to the front. That's what she had done. They did one side first. When it was healed enough, she was allowed to resume taking showers.
She got into the shower, began lathering up, and began pounding herself in the face. She had no control over the arm on the side they did the surgery on. She said it was like it was possessed. It was flailing around, doing whatever it wanted. She had to grab the arm, with her hand on the good side, to get it to stop. Eventually, it did stop, and she tried to continue with her shower. Again, it went berserk, and kept pounding her in the face.
Dripping wet, bloody nose, and a black eye, she wasn't sure whether she needed to call an exorcist, or her doctor, but she called her doctor. Her doctor explained that the muscle had been trained, all her life, to react in a certain manner, when it received certain stimuli. Now, not only did it not know how to respond, but it was responding backwards. The doctor reassured her, it would take a bit of time, but it would retrain itself. More than once, she had to grab that arm to keep it from beating her up.
We take it for granted, that our muscles will automatically respond, and they do, but big changes mean they have to be re-trained to respond appropriately.
@getaclue love being reminded we can always learn I am fortunate
to be fairly healthy even with all my problems
to be fairly healthy even with all my problems
We have a case of the corona crud about 12 miles from where our farm is. Naturally it's in Kirksville and my doctor's office is overseeing the patient's care....gods I hate breaking in a new doctor. I swear if one of them ups and dies.......
Goodnight micro sleep well
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