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From the Parish Nurse...
Here’s part of the discussion that I have been having with myself lately:
I feel cheated! My mother never told me that I would age and my health and body would change! I guess she thought I was smart enough to figure it out for myself. She was from a different era and she just accepted whatever bad things came into her life and moved on. I guess I had it too easy, to long. Well, I’m beginning to understand. Then there are those people who somehow maintain their good health into their nineties. I want to be like them - too late! My knees hurt, my back needed surgery, my vision changed and I need new glasses, my teeth are failing me one by one, sometimes I fall asleep in front of the TV and sometimes I can’t fall asleep at all, and the list goes on.
Not giving me much sympathy? You say you have a list of complaints yourself? Well, I guess we’re all in the same boat! I think I’d better learn to be content with the health I have, be happy for those who are in better health than me, and try to cheer up those who are in worse health. My physical therapist says I need to maintain what I do have. So, I still have to exercise, take my medicines, eat right, do what the doctor tells me, buckle up, drive defensively, get as much sleep as I can, and trust that I’m not in this alone. My friends and family and my faith will have to sustain me in the coming years.
I think we need someone younger writing these articles!
Mitzi Smart, RN
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