That’s me.
No, I didn’t suddenly get skinny.
My doctor measured my height the other day. I am 1/2″ shorter than I was last year.
Then she sent me to physical therapy for my lower back pain.
The therapist says it might be arthritis in my spine.
When the arthritis in my knees got too painful, I had them replaced with titanium ones.
I don’t think they do spine replacements; do they?
TTYL,
Linda
I don’t mean to be turning this into a political blog and I’m not sure the post this links to is political per se but the author said so well something I think needs saying that I am passing it on: http://exilelifestyle.com/not-our-histories/
TTYL,
Linda
I wish I had know about this link before I posted yesterday’s blog. I hope you all take time to read it.
https://medium.com/working-life/why-should-we-support-the-idea-of-an-unconditional-basic-income-8a2680c73dd3
TTYL,
Linda
I’d love to see our country be one in which every family has the ability to be housed in a safe manner.
I’d love to see our country be one where each family can afford to choose to eat healthfully
I’d love to see our country have a health care system that allows all persons to choose their medical care–to have control over their own bodies–including the right to die peacefully.
I’d love to see our country be one where each individual is allowed to choose who to love and marry.
I’d love to see our country be one in which our government keeps its promises. Promises such as having the National Guard be restricted to helping those within our own borders rather than being forced to go abroad to die or be maimed which is not what they signed up for.
I’d love to see our country be one in which we spend as much money taking care of our own as we spend taking care of other countries even if that means offering less help to other countries.
As wonderful as it is for so many of us already, think what life here would be if we could all be free to choose when it comes to life’s necessities.
Independent indeed.
TTYL,
Linda
No, I do not yet have a dowager’s hump but I think I am heading that way if I’m not careful. Here’s my theory:
At some point in time some of us become afraid of falling. This may be because we’ve had surgery on our back/hip/knees or some other condition that makes us doubt our ability to get up. So we shorten our steps and watch the ground ahead of us.
You cannot watch the ground while holding your head up high. Nor do it very well while standing up straight. So we start bending over.
And we continue bending over until it becomes our natural posture.
That results in the muscles that support our spine stretching along the back side and tightening along the front side. Until one day we discover our muscles will no longer let us stand up straight.
And we develop a hunch back.
So, listen to you mother’s voice in your head telling you to quit slouching and to stand up straight.
Unless you want the neighborhood kids to start calling you Quasimodo.
TTYL,
Linda
