tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post1397619278186925614..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): Almostjo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-71500317802318107102007-03-23T14:41:00.000-04:002007-03-23T14:41:00.000-04:00I hear ya. I will be 44 this summer and my body i...I hear ya. I will be 44 this summer and my body is not repsonding to well alot of things and I deal with some sort of pain every day. AND I'M SUPPOSED TO BE HEALTHY. No one told me or I refused to listen that getting older would me aches and pains. BUT I will not let that stop me no how no way.<BR/><BR/>We still have alot of living to do. I too and on that thershold.Silver Creek Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062404159303618655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1142127900506349232007-03-23T14:28:00.000-04:002007-03-23T14:28:00.000-04:00This is a beautiful post, I'm glad you're almost t...This is a beautiful post, I'm glad you're almost there... healing takes time and is tough on our natural impatience (maybe you're different and more patient but I, for one, am just extremely impatient)... <BR/><BR/>Oh, yeah and about the beautiful photo on the previous post, like many other people, the first thing I thought when I saw it last night (that's when I read this post as well) was "there's the second picnic table!"Lilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03809018728037248794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-17987072941515348822007-03-23T12:40:00.000-04:002007-03-23T12:40:00.000-04:00I'm glad it's still healing. Onward and upward......I'm glad it's still healing. Onward and upward...<BR/><BR/>I think, for me, one of the things that defines no longer being young to me is that now, injuries don't ever disappear anymore, leaving me totally unmarked. I think about this on the days when my eye aches from too much heat and sun - it's not going to go back to how it was, ever, so now it's a matter of gracefully accepting it. <BR/><BR/>It's somewhat as if yoga has moved off the mat and suffuses my life more generally - every day is practice, even if I don't want it to be.Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041247235612040796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-39775531887354428582007-03-23T10:34:00.000-04:002007-03-23T10:34:00.000-04:00I'm too lazy to go back and check, but I'm willing...I'm too lazy to go back and check, but I'm willing to bet you're just past the six-week mark from when you did yourself in.<BR/> <BR/>Things will be better now, but I do have to tell you that it will remind you that it is still healing until you hit about the six-month anniversary of the injury.<BR/> <BR/>How do I know this? Personal experience, confirmed by doctors: hyper-extended hip joint (try remembering not to pivot on one of your legs!), TMJ inflammation, tennis elbow, and breaking a foot bone every five years without fail for the last 18 years. It's really annoying that chewing one piece of bubble gum or painting the garage one afternoon or setting your foot down wrong on a 1/2" drop-off can lead to six months of debilitation!Camera Obscurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366304095952901048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-21276563267206537002007-03-23T09:57:00.000-04:002007-03-23T09:57:00.000-04:00Kathy: Oh, I am sorry to hear about the sciatica....Kathy: Oh, I am sorry to hear about the sciatica. I hope there are ways to keep the pain at a minimum.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-92129608771023698012007-03-23T07:39:00.000-04:002007-03-23T07:39:00.000-04:00I love the stories the marks on my body tell. I on...I love the stories the marks on my body tell. I only wish that I could make it sound as beautiful as this post.ccwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319415763862282537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-84134795716951738012007-03-22T21:25:00.000-04:002007-03-22T21:25:00.000-04:00jo(e) - Boy do I feel your pain. I had my yearly c...jo(e) - Boy do I feel your pain. I had my yearly check up yesterday -- for the first time in six years. Discovered I have sciatica and the doc said there is no cure, only treatment. I feel saddened by this . . . Not just because I can look forward to a life filled with pain but because it serves as a reminder of my mortality. And I haven't seen spring in 3 different countries within a short period of time yet! Gulp. Time to get living! Kathy in KentuckyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-14936328257601416782007-03-22T16:07:00.000-04:002007-03-22T16:07:00.000-04:00I am glad to hear that your knee is healing up for...I am glad to hear that your knee is healing up for you, it seems to have taken longer than thought, but hopefully it will heal right up and perhaps leave only the slightest of echoes for you, just to remind you of this past winter.BeachMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936777379292996065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-60324677258255551242007-03-22T16:01:00.000-04:002007-03-22T16:01:00.000-04:00this post reminds me of when i got braces and how ...this post reminds me of when i got braces and how much my mouth ached and I thought how I will never take it for granted to not be in pain. I do of course, but it is something I should be thankful for everyday.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798414632877000023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-87054265301403910392007-03-22T15:24:00.000-04:002007-03-22T15:24:00.000-04:00I love the stories our bodies tell...fascinating a...I love the stories our bodies tell...fascinating and lovely and all bound up in our skin, waiting to be pointed out and recalled.Mona Buonanottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809435868294190789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-24815223226484486152007-03-22T13:54:00.000-04:002007-03-22T13:54:00.000-04:00Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one wi...Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one with stretchmarks before ever getting pregnant. One of several echoes -- which can also remind me that I made it through something, that things are better now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-13268477443044638792007-03-22T13:33:00.000-04:002007-03-22T13:33:00.000-04:00What an excellent perspective.What an excellent perspective.Yankee, Transferredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627693160131161133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-45497475841970625802007-03-22T13:04:00.000-04:002007-03-22T13:04:00.000-04:00That echo doesn't seem like such a bad thing.That echo doesn't seem like such a bad thing.jenfromRIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157224479180515626noreply@blogger.com