Hi there,
I have not met Harriet but want to thank her
for her ideas and upbeat feelings as well. She hit the nail on the head
when she said that we can tend to feel our body image failing with clunky shoes,
heavy limbs and in my case as one of the walking wounded - feeling like an
invalid (when I'm not really - in my mind anyway). I hope to get my driver
licence back soon when I am approved by the Driver Fitness and Monitoring people
to use a left foot accelorator. Then I am hoping to go and try some water
therapy at a lovely warm water swimming pool here in Calgary. I gave up the
exercise classes a while back. Just got tired of the trek there and back
in the Handibus etc.
janh,
You mention overdoing things at this time of
year. This is my 3rd Christmas now with TM. I was hit by it Sept
2003. This year we do not have friends living with us to help decorate (as
we did in 2003), and we don't have my husband's daughter and granddaughter
living with us to help out (as we did in 2004). So overdoing it in the
'getting ready for the season' is not hard. I am finding that when I first
get up in the morning after a good nights rest I think that I can do 'anything'
and do it quickly. Of course once I start doing things I quickly become
more tired (in my body from waist down where I am affected from T8 - T10) and my
limbs become soooo heavy that I have to take frequent rests. I am going to
write a note in my 2006 calendar to start preparing for the season a whole lot
earlier (like at the beginning of November) next year.
Sorry to write so long a 'note'. I am just
musing this morning but should get in gear as my hubby and I have a little more
Christmas shopping to do today and decorate the tree that has been standing in
the living-room 'bare' since Saturday. It is one of the fake trees with
the lights already attached but looks kind of sad with no ornaments or garland.
Bye now,
Heather in Calgary
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