“Feeble” versus “not feeble”
“Here I am again,” I say to lifeguards at the Canandaigua YMCA pool.
“Another feeble attempt to stave off aging.
I know I’m not supposed to say ‘feeble,’ but as long as I stagger in that pool, I feel my attempts are ‘feeble.’”
For perhaps the past six months I have been doing aquatic therapy in the Canandaigua YMCA pool, attempting to improve my balance, which is dreadful.
I had a stroke 24 years ago, and have been unable to balance on one foot since. I also can’t do the closed-eye model-walk with hands out front.
Don’t know as the stroke is why, since I got back to running, bicycle and motorcycle.
I was told bicycle and motorcycle are miraculous, but they both have giant spinning gyroscopes called wheels. Get above 5 mph and they balance themselves.
But things seem to have deteriorated recently. I fell hard on ice a couple years ago, and more-or-less never recovered.
We X-rayed my knees, and determined my left knee was bone-on-bone. I was advised knee-replacement.
At least a year of hobbling passed waiting to replace my knee.
That was finally done two years ago, but balance problems persisted, or even worsened. Occasionally I fell.
Now, perhaps because of aquacise, I no longer fall as much. But I feel that’s paying maximum attention to where I step — avoiding roots, rocks, and pavement edges that could trip me.
I still lose my balance = start toppling over. I can usually catch it. I also usually catch stumbles.
People tell me I walk much better. Maybe so, but I still start toppling, and can’t balance on one foot.
I have been diagnosed with “neuropathy,” wasting away of nerves to my feet. I still feel pain if I stand on something painful. But supposedly neuropathy is why my balance is bad.
Yet I keep hammering at it. Don’t know as I’ll ever be able to model-walk, or stand on one foot.
All I know is I feel fairly confident walking on dreadful footing, e.g. walking my dog at the park, or chasing trains — where rock-ballast awaits.
I can avoid falling, but feel that’s paying attention to footing.
“Another feeble attempt to stave off aging.
I know I’m not supposed to say ‘feeble,’ but as long as I stagger in that pool, I feel my attempts are ‘feeble.’”
For perhaps the past six months I have been doing aquatic therapy in the Canandaigua YMCA pool, attempting to improve my balance, which is dreadful.
I had a stroke 24 years ago, and have been unable to balance on one foot since. I also can’t do the closed-eye model-walk with hands out front.
Don’t know as the stroke is why, since I got back to running, bicycle and motorcycle.
I was told bicycle and motorcycle are miraculous, but they both have giant spinning gyroscopes called wheels. Get above 5 mph and they balance themselves.
But things seem to have deteriorated recently. I fell hard on ice a couple years ago, and more-or-less never recovered.
We X-rayed my knees, and determined my left knee was bone-on-bone. I was advised knee-replacement.
At least a year of hobbling passed waiting to replace my knee.
That was finally done two years ago, but balance problems persisted, or even worsened. Occasionally I fell.
Now, perhaps because of aquacise, I no longer fall as much. But I feel that’s paying maximum attention to where I step — avoiding roots, rocks, and pavement edges that could trip me.
I still lose my balance = start toppling over. I can usually catch it. I also usually catch stumbles.
People tell me I walk much better. Maybe so, but I still start toppling, and can’t balance on one foot.
I have been diagnosed with “neuropathy,” wasting away of nerves to my feet. I still feel pain if I stand on something painful. But supposedly neuropathy is why my balance is bad.
Yet I keep hammering at it. Don’t know as I’ll ever be able to model-walk, or stand on one foot.
All I know is I feel fairly confident walking on dreadful footing, e.g. walking my dog at the park, or chasing trains — where rock-ballast awaits.
I can avoid falling, but feel that’s paying attention to footing.
Labels: advancing age, Canandaigua YMCA, stroke-effects
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