Hi
@copsham ... just thought I'd drop in and check out how you're going; and it would seem that would be "the same as most of us" with being keen to "do" then overdoing it by "do"ing just the tiniest bit more than yesterday sort of thing.
As Legin says, it's definitely Trial and Error... pity about the error side of it tho'
We've had the grandchildren here today - two year old twins really find your sore spots
I loved having them and it gave their parents the opportunity to do some packing (they have to move out of their home for nine weeks... the plaster on the walls has "failed" so the builder has to remove ALL the plaster and replace it which means emptying all the built in cupboards, storing all their furniture, stripping the carpets out, chipping the plaster off, redoing it, then retiiling the bathrooms, laundry, repainting, reinstalling the carpets, moving the furniture back in
) Now the builder (or his insurance!) is covering everything except all the packing - they need to do some of that for themselves - particularly of the things they'll need for the duration, but it's still a monumental task and after having the twinnies for the day I see virtually impossible with them about!
I've got to say, there's a reason you don't have your kids in your fifties, I'm just sitting with my laptop and a nice drink (I have to stop at one... or I'll be unconscious, such a lightweight
) - and aching! Hip's not too bad (tight, as usual!) ... it's the rest of me that's aching
My arthritic hip is throbbing, just thought it would remind me it needs doing - it'll have to wait until I have the will for it, and that won't be until the tendinitis is completely sorted, which it isn't.
I have hypermobility too (though not the flexibility it brought when younger!).. my rheumatologist told me it was one of the "markers" I hit when testing for RA/SLE; I hit five of seven principal markers (whatever THAT means, lol) but still haven't been told if that means I have RA or Lupus or not... I'm guessing NOT, and if I have, clearly nothing needs to be done about it so it doesn't matter. I just found it interesting - being double jointed as an indicator of predisposition to RA, especially as some of the other markers were for what my trendy young kids would call "random", seemingly unrelated things, like a rash and a history of kidney stones
Oh dear, can't move... I'm too old for this stuff
I'll have to go and get my TENS machine to sit on ... it does help with the tendinitis, and then whack it on my lower back, then my right hip, then my upper back then................
Donna
United States
Well done on the swimming @copsham. Water exercise is fabulous. I rather think that Legin had visions of you setting off swimming the channel!
