Judy Graham has done a helpful article on available physical therapy through Medicare. It's a Kaiser Health News article.
I may be able to get the phys ther I want for move work on balance, since I haven't mastered all I should yet - can't stand on one foot, can't walk a straight line, and think twice before I step up on the curb when I'm carrying too many groceries.
And okay, I confess I don't dare the two-flights-without- stopping test since allergies got bad. Used to do two flights whenever I pleased.
If you can't find the article on FB, try googling Kaiser Health News or Judith Graham..
Showing posts with label Aging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aging. Show all posts
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Friday, April 21, 2017
FRAILTY -Your mom doesn't need it. Let's prevent it. - MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Frailty is probably defined differently by just about every one. Someone I know whose arthritis is limited even some small pleasures has been considered frail. Perhaps among many doctors it's when too many things stop working at once, enough to limit our getting around and taking any care of ourselves.
British Geriatric Society had an article on the 21st...
"Frailty is the most problematic expression of population ageing”
In which a geriatrician talked of what we must do. The approach seemed very general and low on avoidance or prevention, to me.
OK, since it's my blog, I also need to say (again) when I was in college, glittering generalizations (as in not supported with facts) would get you an F. No do overs.. I'm seeing articles on my pet subjects (aging is one, of course) that are loaded with generalizations and leave me knowing nothing new and nothing to do.
So I'm taking the liberty of sharing my reply to that geriatrician's article:
Margaret Fleming on 22/04/2017 at 1:40 am said:W
I need more of an overview, more specifics on what is frailty, and on why we have not been acting earlier (I’ve had two courses of PTh in the four years since lumbar fusion.) How we should be acting to prevent every bit as much as to treat.
Your comments to my thoughts here are welcome.
I wish you health.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
HOW I BECAME OVERWEIGHT IN 10 SECONDS
No, it wasn't from speed-eating 2 Lara bars.
When I got on the scales at the doctor's office this morning, I asked to find my height. The nurse opened up her person-measurer, and told me to turn around. Yikes! I'm only 5'1". So what, you ask, since I didn't have a modeling career in mind.
But I had calculated my body mass based on somebody's body an inch taller than I am.
Went home, keyed up the gov't NIH body mass calculator again. Yikes! If I'm only 5'1', My bmi is then officially at 25.1 or overweight on the gov't chart. After all that work to get the weight down and stay off the pre-diabetic list. I never intended to lose even this much weight, so I guess one more pound is okay.
A little voice in my head wonders if I was taller before osteoporosis. Don't know if my pre-osteoporosis height is written down anywhere.
The good news is, if I lose a pound, and don't get shorter in the meantime, I should be normal again. I'll just be walking to the building library if you need me for anything.
OH, and Have you used this link?
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm
(Just in case you're interested)
I wish you health.
When I got on the scales at the doctor's office this morning, I asked to find my height. The nurse opened up her person-measurer, and told me to turn around. Yikes! I'm only 5'1". So what, you ask, since I didn't have a modeling career in mind.
But I had calculated my body mass based on somebody's body an inch taller than I am.
Went home, keyed up the gov't NIH body mass calculator again. Yikes! If I'm only 5'1', My bmi is then officially at 25.1 or overweight on the gov't chart. After all that work to get the weight down and stay off the pre-diabetic list. I never intended to lose even this much weight, so I guess one more pound is okay.
A little voice in my head wonders if I was taller before osteoporosis. Don't know if my pre-osteoporosis height is written down anywhere.
The good news is, if I lose a pound, and don't get shorter in the meantime, I should be normal again. I'll just be walking to the building library if you need me for anything.
OH, and Have you used this link?
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm
(Just in case you're interested)
I wish you health.
Monday, August 25, 2014
What if it's not Aging????
I put the question mark after aging because I'm in serious doubt that my physical condition is all caused by birthdays.
1. One of my best friends is almost exactly my age, but she has put herself on a strenuous exercise program ever since I've known her.
2. I've moved away from my old apartment where I could do a 20-minute hill climb in the morning.
3. I never could climb the rope into the second floor of the beach house.
4. I had a lot more enthusiasm and energy before Tamoxifen.
In short, I'm weak and haven't done enough about it.
Did I mention that the lying-down exercises they taught me 5 days after lumbar fusion are in many cases ones I'm taught now - just with more repeats.
The long string of doctors I mentioned on the way to getting PT was frustration much of the way.
What I wanted fixed: backaches, home-made metatarsal supports, sub-beginner balance.
What didn't help:
Two doctors thought I was in the wrong specialty office, even though I had been referred.
Two or three doctors brought up the subject of more pain medicine, which I didn't want.
Being told I wasn't good at describing my problem.
A prescription for something that I couldn't drive under influence of.
Being told "You've been walking on those feet now for . . . .years."
No one mentioned that I could try a small towel around the waist for fidgety sleeping and morning back ache.
What did help:
The last doctor contacted a physical therapy company and asked them (or had staff ask) to call me! So after two years of begging, I got PT without an X-ray. (It has been almost two years since the spine surgery.)
Why does simple taking care of ourselves turn into a full-time job?
I wish you health.
1. One of my best friends is almost exactly my age, but she has put herself on a strenuous exercise program ever since I've known her.
2. I've moved away from my old apartment where I could do a 20-minute hill climb in the morning.
3. I never could climb the rope into the second floor of the beach house.
4. I had a lot more enthusiasm and energy before Tamoxifen.
In short, I'm weak and haven't done enough about it.
Did I mention that the lying-down exercises they taught me 5 days after lumbar fusion are in many cases ones I'm taught now - just with more repeats.
The long string of doctors I mentioned on the way to getting PT was frustration much of the way.
What I wanted fixed: backaches, home-made metatarsal supports, sub-beginner balance.
What didn't help:
Two doctors thought I was in the wrong specialty office, even though I had been referred.
Two or three doctors brought up the subject of more pain medicine, which I didn't want.
Being told I wasn't good at describing my problem.
A prescription for something that I couldn't drive under influence of.
Being told "You've been walking on those feet now for . . . .years."
No one mentioned that I could try a small towel around the waist for fidgety sleeping and morning back ache.
What did help:
The last doctor contacted a physical therapy company and asked them (or had staff ask) to call me! So after two years of begging, I got PT without an X-ray. (It has been almost two years since the spine surgery.)
Why does simple taking care of ourselves turn into a full-time job?
I wish you health.
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