Bed Exit Change

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Years ago, a doctor told me I had arthritis in my back and hips. I was only concentrating on total knee replacements at the time. Worrying about other body parts could wait until they demanded attention. In the last few months I realized I felt fine lying in bed, but as soon as the feet met the floor, there was PAIN! I have a new exit strategy now. I slip out of bed, hoping the body won’t notice, and stand still until I can walk without whimpering. Once I get going, it isn’t bad.

I used the new trimmer to cut the forsythia bush to a reasonable size. The branches I cut off were about 2 to 3 feet long. The view is still obstructed by trees on the other side of the fence, but I can see more than I used to.

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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  7. I find that doing some stretches as I get out of bed helps me get moving. I also take 3mg of boron at bedtime as it is supposed to help with arthritis.

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  8. So sorry you are hurting. Yay for figuring out how to make it a bit better. I think turmeric and ginger are supposed to help arthritis pain.

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  9. I always get out of the bed every Day. I don’t took medicine 💊💉. Turmeric & Ginger to help arthritis pain. Daily early morning one tablespoon took turmeric .

    Tack care Anne! ☺️

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      1. No, I haven’t arthritis. But read online about arthritis Ariuvedik treatment. Turmeric & Ginger.

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  13. My mom used to take a while “to get going” too … she would say she reminded herself of the skit with the older couple on the Carol Burnett Show when she (Carol Burnett) asked him (Harvey Korman) to start her rocking chair so she could aim herself to sit down in it. I got shin splints from walking too much last weekend, so it is a good thing that I spent all day Tuesday glued to the kitchen chair for the computer issues and until 3:00 a.m. today sitting, while awaiting the tornado watch to clear … I may be up that long tonight with severe storms again. My shin splints – now cured.

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      1. I think I lose a few years off my life every time we have severe weather. I stayed up until 2:00 a.m. today to ensure it was safe, even though I have a weather alarm. We had multiple tornadoes in Michigan Thursday, but not near me and not to the extent as they’ve had in Missouri or Kentucky. Yes, I overdid it because it’s been raining a lot and I did not want to get behind and I wanted to get pics of the goslings from the two Mamas from my Mother’s Day post. I should be a little smarter about overdoing it though.

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          1. I always think the weather alarm, which is very loud, will wake me up long enough before I’d need to run downstairs, but in that sleepy stupor, would I be “with it” enough? Although the night of the downed wire fire, I head that loud noise which I thought was the generator malfunctioning as I heard the noise, turned on the light and the power was off, then the generator turned on. The generator had malfunctioned since day #1 and it is behind my bedroom window – I was afraid the generator would blow up. There is a part of me that worries about the generator and we have many natural gas explosions … it is better to stay up. I am not comfortable with all this severe weather – people say “you have insurance – so why worry?” Well, I have nowhere to go if the house was demolished … that is, if I survived and was not injured … most people have family.

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