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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 84345" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's times like this that make you realise that the light at the end of the tunnel is really an oncoming train...</p><p></p><p>Hang in there. You want an ear - of course you do, with a double ear infection.</p><p></p><p>That's the trouble sometimes, when your body is a mess - you don't notice the extra few cruddy bits, you lump it all together. I was having trouble with my feet, the doctor thought I should be checked out with a bone scan, and they found my hips in even worse state - and I hadn't even noticed. I was only expecting my feet to show up with any problems and on the scan my body was a rash of white bits everywhere. mother in law says that's from walking with crutches all these years, but I remember my doctor telling me years ago that FAILURE to use my crutches when I should, would cause my hips to give out sooner rather than later. In fact, it's all the walking I've done WITHOUT my sticks that has led to this. Of course, mother in law will use any excuse to say using walking aids is a bad thing - she desperately needs a walking stick but sees it as a disaster, to even have it suggested to her. Only OLD people use a stick!</p><p></p><p>Linda, keep upright and active, to the best of your ability. It helped me, when I got pneumonia years ago. I'd been ill, I rested too much (I think) in a bed which was too soft (it rounded my shoulders, I wasn't using my lungs properly) and it was only when I made myself take a short walk around the garden every couple of hours, that I started to improve. </p><p>We were newly married, had no kids at the time, I was between jobs and really had nothing to do but recuperate. That was my first lesson in NOT resting too much, even when running a fever. Instead I discovered a crabapple tree in the jungle at the bottom of our rented garden and made crabapple jelly.</p><p></p><p>Hang in there, keep sketching and stop for a short walk even if it's only the inside length of the house a few times.</p><p></p><p>And if you can't do that - check out pre-exercise stretches, especially those that open up the chest area, make you stretch back with your arms especially. Ask your PT people about them. </p><p></p><p>Good luck with shaking this one. You can do it!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 84345, member: 1991"] It's times like this that make you realise that the light at the end of the tunnel is really an oncoming train... Hang in there. You want an ear - of course you do, with a double ear infection. That's the trouble sometimes, when your body is a mess - you don't notice the extra few cruddy bits, you lump it all together. I was having trouble with my feet, the doctor thought I should be checked out with a bone scan, and they found my hips in even worse state - and I hadn't even noticed. I was only expecting my feet to show up with any problems and on the scan my body was a rash of white bits everywhere. mother in law says that's from walking with crutches all these years, but I remember my doctor telling me years ago that FAILURE to use my crutches when I should, would cause my hips to give out sooner rather than later. In fact, it's all the walking I've done WITHOUT my sticks that has led to this. Of course, mother in law will use any excuse to say using walking aids is a bad thing - she desperately needs a walking stick but sees it as a disaster, to even have it suggested to her. Only OLD people use a stick! Linda, keep upright and active, to the best of your ability. It helped me, when I got pneumonia years ago. I'd been ill, I rested too much (I think) in a bed which was too soft (it rounded my shoulders, I wasn't using my lungs properly) and it was only when I made myself take a short walk around the garden every couple of hours, that I started to improve. We were newly married, had no kids at the time, I was between jobs and really had nothing to do but recuperate. That was my first lesson in NOT resting too much, even when running a fever. Instead I discovered a crabapple tree in the jungle at the bottom of our rented garden and made crabapple jelly. Hang in there, keep sketching and stop for a short walk even if it's only the inside length of the house a few times. And if you can't do that - check out pre-exercise stretches, especially those that open up the chest area, make you stretch back with your arms especially. Ask your PT people about them. Good luck with shaking this one. You can do it! Marg [/QUOTE]
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