Ooooh 66 !!! that certainly qualifies Amenity as a Grumpy Old Man..
Personally ,I tink age is just a frame of mind.
Today I feel about 30 (probably because the sun is shining) so am orf to take the mutts for a long rural walk.....
Tonight ,however ,will be a different thing ,when I have to employ my Grandson to lever my aching muscles out of the Comfy Chair .
I also think that you know when age has caught up with you ,it's when you don't get up easily from the floor.You adopt a sort of roll onto the knees and gently attempt to get into a standing position.(Go on ,admit that you all do this )
My Grandchildren say they can tell if someone is old ,they say we go "ouff" when we sit down....Guilty as charged M'Lud
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I also think that you know when age has caught up with you ,it's when you don't get up easily from the floor.You adopt a sort of roll onto the knees and gently attempt to get into a standing position.(Go on ,admit that you all do this )
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There's a bit more to it Lin. You know you're old when you spend an extra five minutes on the floor while you desperately try and think whether there's anything else you could do there before you try and stand up
Guilty
I also have to do 'The Roll' in the bath too.Not a nice sight.
And ,I was caught by my OH in the Range looking at those nice garden stool /kneeler tingies as well .I had to admit that I wouldn't mind one of those for my birthday
Bath-time for me has lost it's charm, I'm now blessed with terrible cramps that out of the blue cause my legs to snap grasshopper like into writhing agony. The only cure for which is an intensely cold shower
You need a bit more salt in your diet Amenity ,that usually works for me.
You see the powers that be say ,"Have less salt" " Have less sugar" "Watch your cholesterol" "Don't eat this" "Eat This instead" "Blah blah blah" .
I used to suffer from terrible leg cramp at night ,my husband would wake up to see me doing my 'War Dance' round the bedroom .Then I resumed my previous salt intake and ......Ta Da ...instead of jumping round every night ,I now only have the occasional cramp.
Oh ,The joys of middle age ,but.........According to the Grandsons Brain training programme ,I still have the brain age of 22 years:lol: ,so ,in my case ,brain in gear ,but body siezed up long ago.
Right back to the year 1871 Amenity ,transcribed but now collating all the info.
Oh ,nearly forgot ,how many of you did the 'ouff 'when you got in the car last ???...you'd be surprised how often we do it.
When young I was often embarrassed by my father 'cos every move he made no matter how slight he would wince, I'm afraid I had no patience with all this thinking it was attention seeking.
An Olde Wives Tale says that to get rid of night cramps - put a cork in the bed.
(the writer of this comment has not tried this so cannot say how helpful it is.
do you think the more expensive the drink the cork was stoppering, the more effective it might be?)
Thanks for the sentiment Lin, since I have low blood pressure salt is ok, (I'm told).
As for a cork in the bed, well it's possible I suppose if it keeps you awake or unsettled.
I've naturrally done a bit of thinking on the subject and can confirm that (this is going to bore any lucky reader) when I think it's going to be cold and add an extra eiderdown (duvet) my legs cramp much more. However if I let my legs hang out of the end of the bed and get cold very few cramps.
I have heard that nicotinic acid is bad for patients so have stopped taking that and wanted to try quinine but fear it could be addictive or in some other way tricky.
The silver lining? Well there ain't much chance of dying in your sleep Ha! Ha!
amenity,
sometimes i get cramp, or a locking of muscles in my hands/ thumb.
i still get occasional leg cramps, but i can feel it coming on, so i move quickly from the sitting position when it starts.
As i have to take alarming amounts of medication to keep blood flowing freely about myself, i find it strange i sometimes get cramps...
I wonder, do you take asprin daily, i also am prescribed 75 mg daily, it may help you ?
At least with the older people their hormones don't play such an important part in their driving, and they have seen it all before, of course some ought to consider whether the medication really suits driving.
But the young have their well known problems don't they, so lets respect each and everyone.
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