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I'm embarrassed to say I did not walk for two days. It rained all day Friday, then today the wind was howling. I was still cold with two jackets on. The wind was blowing so hard I went back home only about five minutes as I was worried about falling branches which happened ever so often with strong wind. Did some chair exercises. I had been going to PT for my hip bursitis. Now I'm experiencing excruciating pain in my lower back and both legs. Very discouraging.

@mayofeb2020 We had strong winds here today also blew power li es down and trees Stayed in did chair exercises Glad we have them also it was cold so stayed in .Took some time off from connect how's your house from fire in that area

@mayofeb2020
Sounds to me like you've been doing quite a few exercises with the PT & chair exercises.
I'm ashamed to admit what a slouch I've been, although my jaw muscles get more exercise than what they need.
Don't overdo it.
Take care,
Jake

@lioness. The fire had been contained, and this rain no doubt put an end to it. According to the fire authority, there was no property damage. We were very lucky. The smell of smoke lingered for quite some time. The rain really cleaned the air. Winter is here! I had orthopedic insoles fitted at my PT, technology is amazing. I stood on this platform and an infra red light showed I have flat feet!!! When I did a light squat, my right knee goes inwards! Hope these insoles work. He said it would take a little time to get used to it.

@jakedduck1 and other walk-a-cizers, Thanks for posting about your parking lot walk, Jake. This thread had gotten much quieter and I was wondering if there were others still on "the trails". I've made it to our large mall for several early morning walks...it opens for walkers before the regular store opening time. I've been encouraged that other walkers there have been wearing masks.

We've also experienced a return to milder, warmer weather so my neighborhood and park walks have resumed and it has been a pleasure to see the changing colors of leaves.

As for your brother and his roomie plowing into your cache of candy, naughty boys! but maybe they'll add some extras to the replacements they bring you???

@mayofeb, Howling wind, rain and cold would certainly find me inside too! We had a sudden, incredible heavy ice storm for several days which not only cut electricity in many areas for hours on end but also caused a great deal of major tree, shrub and even roof damage throughout the city.

I have lived in my home nearly 50 years and this was the first time limbs from both my huge fruitless mulberry and plum trees actually were bent so far they touched the ground! Never witnessed anything like that before. Even more surprising was that after the thaw, the branches lifted back up and most surprising of all was that the leaves are still clinging to the trees. Usually after a hard freeze, the mulberry will shed all of its leaves in one incredible avalanche.

While neighbors across the street suffered a great deal of limb and even tree trunk splitting and one next door neighbor had a front yard of debris from fallen limbs from two oak trees, I was incredibly lucky to have only one large sycamore limb blown down on my drive which I was able to drag across to the yard. Tree services are telling friends that it will be another week or two before they can come to
repair and haul off the debris.

Hope your lower back and both legs are better. I was out-of-commission for six weeks with extreme neck, side, sciatica pain which made sitting for more than a few minutes impossible and hobbling inside the house and to the short end of our block and back a true feat. Standing and lying flat on my back on the floor with feet/legs elevated helped along with otc remedies, heating pads and hot epsom salt baths.

Did you have to have a doc's pt referral for the hip bursitis? Are you thinking that the pt made your bursitis worse?

I'm asking because a close friend in pt ff hip surgery kept getting accolades because of how well she was managing the pt. After a couple of weeks though, she began experiencing extreme pain in her groin and now thinks it was due to "overdoing and succeeding far too well with the pt". Wishing you back to being pain free quickly!!!

I spent the last number of weeks doing yard cleanup as well, and just have a hose to store yet today before the cold sets in. I was able to walk before of after, however your social time sounds so much healthier than even walking - mentally healthy to balance the physical healthy. I did take a drive to the Mississippi to listen to the beautiful sound of the tundra swans, I guess that was my social time. Haha Stopped to visit a cousin, however she was not home. I learned that my other cousin and family all have Covid. This is a virus that has no bounds, stay safe, all!!

Oh, please don't be embarrassed. So sorry about your hip pain - have they thought about a cortisone injection? Limping from bursitis may have set off the pain in your back...
My walks on windy days are often short - or I may just pick some housework to do - because wind takes my breath away. My husband put an extra inhaler in my jacket pocket.
Today I will take my littles out to run and play for 30 minutes or so while Mom works from home (we don't do indoors together for safety reasons as SIL works in lots of places.) But tonight winter makes its ugly return with wind, sleet, "mixed precipitation" - translates to slippery.
We're hoping the big tree limb over our porch roof survives the winter - only one trimmer in the area will go up & take it down, and he's booked up.
So, if you don't walk, at least you stay active - you get credit for that!
Sue

@fiesty76
I think I’m back! Had to take a physical and mental break while I started a new treatment. It was not uneventful! I was able to keep up my short walks only. Looking forward to being out on the hiking trails someday soon. Will have to think up some ways to keep exercising during these cold, winter months! Happy walking!

@sueinmn. I had a cortisone shot about 7 weeks ago. Really did not do much, last month when I went back, the doctor said he couldn't give me another shot so soon and prescribed PT. The Medicare PT place can give me an appointment until this week so I went to my own. So far the bursitis seems to be better. But my lower back and leg pain is horrendous. I have spinal stenosis and degenerated disc. All that are causing the pain, I'm sure. Sometimes Tylanol helps a little. I have a PT appointment today. They always use laser to reduce the inflammation and relieve pain. Looks like it will be a long haul. I'm not expecting a miracle, just some pain reduction. I have to stay positive. My friend fell off his bed last year. It took him almost half a year to get back to normal.