Liz wrote:
<My father who is 82 didn't become any older in his activities or lifestyle
when he retired, nor did he do so when he went blind. It was when he fell
out
of a tree and bounced down the garden that he realised he couldn't do quite
the same things as before - even then he tried to erect a garden fence and
mostly suceeded (he did all the concreting and post installation and got a
contractor to actually put the fence panels up)>
A couple of weks ago I decided to renew the bathroom carpet. It involved
laying the new 6ft x 6ft piece of carpet pile down on the living room
floor, lifting the old one and placing it on top of the new. Marked the two
large and three small holes that needed cutting with a felt-tipped pen, then
sat on the sofa and cut them out and cutt off the extra foot from the edge
that wasn't needed. (No, you can't swing a cat in my bathroom.) Placed the
new carpet on the bathroom floor. That little job took me two hours and I
was shaking with exhaustion. Dh came in from his bike ride just as I was
disposing of the old carpet in the dust bin. He just looked at me and said
"You've overdone it again, haven't you."
That's the kind of thing that RA does to me that makes me feel old at times.
Very annoying and very frustrating. It doesn't help that my knee replacement
doesn't allow me to kneel down - it's like kneeling on a walnut, even on a
pile of pillows. I was warned about that, but naturally thought I'd be OK.
I don't look old (eg only have about 6 grey hairs - in fact it's darker than
when I was 20), but feel it at times. The viscious cycle of not being as
mobile as I was, so putting on weight, so not being so mobile ........
doesn't help.
Jean in Poole
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