Re: Donna R /Health aids!

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna-

Wow, what a day you had. Hoping you are

continuing on the mend.

Wishing you a happy Thursday, pain free!

Hugs-

Sandie and

-- Health aids!

Well, today I have a new view of the help aids for " Seniors. " I pulled a

muscle in the small of my back yesterday and as the night progressed, I

thought I might rather die. Fortunately, I did make it through the night,

barely, and now have many new awarenesses.

The port potty over the regular toilet is a real help in standing with

handles and a better height for standing. I found my self in a bathroom

with no grip bars to help pull myself up and spent a wee bit of extra time

trying to decide how I was going to do the next move. Stand up!

I considered getting into my whirl pool tub and realized, there was no way I

was going to get out of the tub without a lot of help and would be spending

the rest of the night there if I tried to get in.

By the time I figured out where Mom's old cane was and gratefully used it,

it was morning.

But the point I want to make was the FEELINGS I was having about it all.

Now I think I have a better understanding of Mom and how helpless she would

feel.

By this morning when I could " call a friend " and got a hold of my daughter,

I was more than happy to talk to them and have them do a bit of caregiving.

I know I have bad knees, but they weren't a problem compared to the pain in

my lower back which I finally figured out how I had twisted yesterday trying

to be helpful to the Appliance repair man. ( Who wasn't even that nice.)

Put in all the pull bars in important places for yourself as you get older

as well as you LO..

Donna R

Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI) for 3 years and 4th

year in a nh.

She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other than mine.