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| Jo Murphey The Murphey Saga |
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| No this isn't me but close |
Most times it's from sheer exhaustion. At other times it's boredom. You mean you have time to be bored? Really? With what you've got going on in your house?
Yeppers, I sure can be bored. Most of the time I'm streaming shows, watching movies, and yes, even playing games, it's because I'm bored. Of course being me, I'm also knitting or doing something constructive with my hand too.
Just after my strokes, I sat quite bit because of my balance issues. When my foot decided it didn't like my AFO and erupted into pressure sores, I sat. When I blog or work on my cognitive recovery, I sat. When doing things in the kitchen, I sat. When the spasticity in my lower leg acts up, I sat. And honestly, it's a hard habit to break. I have jokingly mentioned my six ax handles across the butt as a family trait over the years, and while I'm not as wide as the lady pictured above, I am heavily endowed.
I really can't go far to walk. I have to stay within calling distance of my hubby which compounds the problem. I can't run to get to him if I'm in the backyard. It's almost a 1/2 an acre. When I spend time with him most of it is spent sitting. Yes, I do way too much of this activity.
As a result of all this sitting, I'm losing my stamina and endurance. I'm finding it harder to stand and walk for any great distance. It's my fault. I know this. I'm resolved to get up off my broad derriere, but tire so quickly these days because of my semi-imposed inactivity.
My life goes from a maddening, break neck pace to nothing at the drop of a hat and back again. That's just the way it is as a caregiver for a terminally ill spouse. When he's resting, I tend to rest because I suffer from chronic fatigue since my stroke. I do other things with my day like rehab exercises, therapies, cooking, cleaning, animal husbandry, and garden. It only takes energy to do it. Emotional stressors last the last two weeks without hospice and other regular stuff like paying bills take their toll too on my energy stores also. But if I allow myself some slack for these items, soon it will be filled with other things. I know me too well. I'm not making excuses for not getting off my butt and doing. Sitting is so much easier.
Anybody have advise for me? I could sure use it because I know...
Nothing is impossible with determination.
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