tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post46131289919330860..comments2024-03-28T07:33:13.643-04:00Comments on The AC is On: The Innocuous Stretch that changed my LifeAnvilcloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-85269457882560143322016-09-28T11:50:53.888-04:002016-09-28T11:50:53.888-04:00I played softball and started getting shin splints...I played softball and started getting shin splints! sigh,Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-23667128277438715972016-09-26T14:02:32.731-04:002016-09-26T14:02:32.731-04:00Ouch!! I have an old knee injury that similarly re...Ouch!! I have an old knee injury that similarly reminds me of past miss-steps. :(Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-38521147176727341982016-09-25T19:33:28.172-04:002016-09-25T19:33:28.172-04:00Yep. over a long life, one collects these things -...Yep. over a long life, one collects these things -- ruptured disk, dislocated elbow, almost dislocated shoulder, worn out knees . . . the list goes on. Nature's way, perhaps, of telling us to slow down.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-53180316162261891192016-09-25T15:29:04.033-04:002016-09-25T15:29:04.033-04:00Wow. Thirty years ago... that's a long time to...Wow. Thirty years ago... that's a long time to still feel the effect of an injury. I'm with Ruth. I'd see what someone has to offer now as ortho surgery has come a loooong way. Hate you have to live with that chronic pain daily.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-91614236477289007592016-09-25T14:01:38.725-04:002016-09-25T14:01:38.725-04:00You should get another surgical opinion on that an...You should get another surgical opinion on that ankle. Ankle replacements do not last as long as knee and hip replacements, but your time non-weightbearing after a joint fusion should only be 6-12 weeks. I would imagine that the big city will have an orthopedic foot and ankle specialist. Joint surgery options are improving. The circulation around the ankle is often decreased in people who smoke or who are diabetic and that can impact healing time. I get the impression that you are a fairly healthy man.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-57668901768319384172016-09-24T23:14:42.511-04:002016-09-24T23:14:42.511-04:00It amazes me how something so simple, like the str...It amazes me how something so simple, like the stretch you made, can change our lives to such a great extent. It also amazes me how we adapt to whatever happens, a testament of who we are. Marie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882722634065183364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-52277588198457967522016-09-24T15:40:02.218-04:002016-09-24T15:40:02.218-04:00Even though you keep doing things, the pain will a...Even though you keep doing things, the pain will always make you wonder whether you should or should not do something. And I guess that you have turned down things or chosen not to do things because you know it will cause you more discomfort. <br /><br />Hope you will find a solution that will work for you.Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-46333684556553436882016-09-24T14:49:38.121-04:002016-09-24T14:49:38.121-04:00Many of us have a story. Mine, alas, was my own da...Many of us have a story. Mine, alas, was my own damn fault. Yours, innocent. Still hurts, and limits activities, regardless. I have had good luck with elastic sleeves on knees, and I see them styled for ankles as well. I expect you have tried this and everything else. I think you are tough to keep walking. I chicken out far too often.<br />Grandkid minding today. Lovely.MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-4425434631263624572016-09-24T13:47:42.640-04:002016-09-24T13:47:42.640-04:00Glad you shared the story.
It is amazing how somet...Glad you shared the story.<br />It is amazing how something so small can have such a long-term, in fact life-long, impact.<br />As for the hobbling part, I am in full sympathy. Two less than sterling knees and I walk less than gracefully.<br />But, like you, I walk.<br /><br />There is that.<br />KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-13423544711630371412016-09-24T11:27:58.057-04:002016-09-24T11:27:58.057-04:00amazing how that one small action changed you fore...amazing how that one small action changed you forever. TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-6394090901001250382016-09-24T11:26:47.086-04:002016-09-24T11:26:47.086-04:00I feel lucky after reading your post and the comme...I feel lucky after reading your post and the comments. I had a bad fall in 1980, but with few lasting effects. The worst thing I have done was to slice my hand open to the bone while opening a metal banded crate. That was 16 years ago, and I have no feeling at the scar, but have developed arthritis in the thumb joint where the mishap occurred. Cuts down on the activities I use the right hand for. Writing with a pen or pencil is the worst, and crocheting. Otherwise, I consider myself lucky to get to age 71 with nothing more serious than a cut hand and a broken toe! Take care of that ankle. You got to use it for a long time yet. :)Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048908920247516125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-77203786396636746222016-09-24T11:14:13.647-04:002016-09-24T11:14:13.647-04:00Yes, it's unfortunate that a simple action lik...Yes, it's unfortunate that a simple action like reaching for the ball has made such a change in the way you are able to live your life. <br />Ankles are funny things. I did some damage by slipping sideways about 1 inch off an asphalt path when I was on holiday in New Zealand 12 years ago.... swollen leg and foot, couldn't bear to put it on the ground, and I thought my days of walking vacations were over.... but after ice, bandages, and doctor visits it's OK now. I guess I was lucky.<br />Now I have to concentrate on recovering after the hip replacement surgery!<br />Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-19640298491140379262016-09-24T11:00:01.517-04:002016-09-24T11:00:01.517-04:00:(
I won't ask you directly to be appreciativ...:(<br /><br />I won't ask you directly to be appreciative, but do know that you are 'lucky' that it hasn't affected either knee, or hip, or back. Because 'favoring' one side, like you clearly must because of the pain it causes when you walk or put weight on it, can make your body shift, and be out of balance, and cause pains on either the opposing side, or other joints.<br />So in that regard, you are lucky. But surely it sucks, and I'm sad for how it changed your life.Silver in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12501467853392916885noreply@blogger.com