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Hi friends, I’m usually an upbeat problem-solver, but coming today for a safe place to complain about this darn PN.
This week has been a hard one. I’m at a weeklong family reunion in the mountains of North Carolina and I can’t do much of anything. My balance isn’t good enough for the hikes, visits to the outlooks and the waterfalls. My PN leg cramps up terribly trying to swim, so can’t go in the pool I don’t dare trying tubing, and rafting would be unsafe. I can’t drive- the PN is in my right leg, now over in my left foot, can’t do the extended braking needed for driving in the hills, valleys, and hollows. It’s such a difference from what I used to be able to do and wish I could do now. But, as the saying goes, “If wishes were horses….”
Thanks for listening.
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Hello, @centre
I'm the fellow who claimed in a first post that his pre-PN future has remained unchanged, with only modest modifications to accommodate PN's limitations. However, in a second post, I had to confess that many of my so-called "modest" modifications have not been all that "modest." Your post about your family reunion has reminded me of how abundantly true that is: that many of my modifications have been the farthest thing from "modest." How so?
Only this week, my partner and I decided to give up our lease on a mountain cabin for almost 20 years. Why? Because of my PN. Just going from the car to the cabin was a nasty fall waiting to happen. I could no longer walk the mountain trails, not only the narrow, rock-strewn trails but also the comparatively flat but gravelly roads. Worst of all? Traveling to and from the outhouse, especially at night. That proved impossible, especially for a fellow whose ten-step excursion down the garden path to retrieve the day's paper was already an Olympic challenge.
I wish you well, @centre! And thank you for today's post!
Ray (@ray666)