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The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

Goofyernmost

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I get it. My grandmother is older than you but her balance hasn't been good for a long time. If I fly with her, I insist she get wheelchair assistance in the airport because I'm afraid she's going to fall or get knocked over. I had her get an Apple Watch for the fall detection. Between that and the Alexa's in her house, it makes me feel better, though she kept my cats for a while this summer, and my cousin was terrified my cat Ella was going to trip her (not that my grandmother would have let that stop her; I think she likes the cat more than me). I understand physical therapy can help with that, though maybe not get you back to golfing.

I don't do golf, and I'm not very good at mini golf, so I will take your word for it. Other lil bro (we're not actually related, grew up together and are very close; he calls my mom "mom" in addition to his own mother, I've called his parents in emergencies, if we had kids, we'd be aunt/uncle, etc) definitely deserved the needling about it, though. 🙃

I do feel bad for him because he bought a snowboarding pass (I don't understand what the fun of it is, but okay) and he didn't go to Busch Gardens this year with us because he had to pay for that. Whelp, now he can't use it, has to get a medical note so that they'll hold it for him for next year. Right now he's in a sling and can't do anything.

I had surgery on my right ankle in September and still can't walk more than 10-15 steps, so we were walking around a shopping center, him in a sling and me on the knee scooter. He said "anyone asks, we're gonna tell them that they should see the other guy." 😂
Yup, everyone reacts different to things and I will be the first to admit that even though I am very aware of my age, I am not giving up and won't until something hits me that I cannot will away. I'm so used to pain now that I don't think I would know what to do if it stopped, that I can deal with, but this balance situation is harder to accept. I live in an over age 55 apartment building. There are many here that are much older than I am, and I'm ashamed to say that I am envious of them because the can still seem to walk effortlessly. They probably have problems worse than mine, I just don't know about what those are and many really serious illnesses do not show up externally.

Just the other day I was chatting with a lady that is about my age. She is vibrant and spry in her mobility. In the course of my talking about my Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy (she asked me about it) she said she was currently dealing with stomach cancer. Then something weird happened, I was struck speechless. I've known a number of people that have died of stomach cancer and it ain't at all pleasant. However, for a very brief moment in time I stopped feeling sorry for myself. There is another lady just down the hall that is diabetic, on insulin and dialysis three times a week. Another gentleman that is my age that may have to have a leg amputation due to very poor circulation and another lady next door to me that was doing real well until recently when I noticed that she was using a small, dangerous to use, 4 wheel shopping cart for balance. She told me that she had a circulation problem and her ankles and legs were very swollen. I gave her the walker that the VA sent me home with 3 years ago and haven't used since then. It made a huge difference in her mobility. I wasn't using it and even though it took up very little room in my closet I figured I could put it to better use than just collecting dust.

In short there comes a time when everyone if they live long enough will have an extraordinary number of ailments that are depressing, but not life threatening, where we sit here and wonder why we are still using up oxygen and how much longer will we.
 

Goofyernmost

Well-Known Member
Thanks for your concern, but the problem is balance. I'm fine on level surfaces, however, put me on non-level places like grass (not the greens) and I'm wobbling all over. If I swing a golf club I have a good chance of following the forward motion of my arms and doing a face plant. On top of that the process of trying to keep my balance is exhausting and zaps the fun out of it. The Doctors can't seem to figure out why this is happening and can only say something like..."Well, you're not getting any younger you know!" I still occasionally go to a driving range to see if the problem still exists, but leave disappointed and frustrated. It seems that the only thing, outside of eating, that I still am able to do is going online and giving snarky, probably incoherent, comments.

I agree with your brother! Mini-golf is a fun to some degree but it isn't the same thing or even close to the same challenge.
I was kinda hoping that someone would have at least said "Your comments are not all that incoherent". Ah, the things I have learned and will probably forget. ;)
 

wdwfan4ver

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Sunday will be 35F/25F, and Monday will be 37F/27F.
I already had this today:
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