Posted by:
catnip
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Date: June 30, 2020 09:49PM
One day last week, I spent maybe 30 - 45 minutes leaning, bending, and picking weeds (or trimming them by hand) in and around my front driveway. It wasn't terribly demanding, and getting it done was enormously gratifying.
My entire body ached like bloody hell for the next four days. Only yesterday and today have I been relatively pain-free. So, of course, my desire to get out there and DO something (there is a lot that needs to be done) is rampaging again.
I just turned 73 a few days ago, so I'm not that old. My grandmother did fairly demanding yard work well into her eighties, but then, she had been doing it for as long as I could remember. She had an incredible green thumb (which I don't) and loved to do what she called "puttering" in the yard.
I'm not the least bit depressed, let alone suicidal. I'm just annoyed as all-get-out that less than an hour's worth of weeding rewarded me with about four days of near-immobility.
I know there are other senior citizens here. How do you guys cope with physical limitations? Most of you know that I had a total shoulder replacement just three months ago, and of course, I have to cut some slack for that.
Advice would be appreciated. Not snarkiness, though.