Re: Do you feel like this/Dolores

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Dear Dolores. I find chairs a problem also. Much shuffling around

and in and out to get comfortable.

As I wrote to someone else here, that I was born with dancing in my

blood and its what I miss the most after not being able to walk

unaided.

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to you!

Maureen in Australia

>

> I feel the same as you do, Maureen. Being out in places that are

less

> comfortable for me (wrong temperature, chairs that are too low or

without

> arms for ease of getting up, too crowded for me to go to the

bathroom with

> my walker easily, etc.) just is not worth the hassle. Things are

difficult

> enough for me, so struggling with those adverse conditions just

does not

> appeal to me.

>

> I used to love parties, dancing the night away, etc. If I had to go

and

> watch others dancing, I'd be miserable. It's like rubbing salt in

the wound.

> I don't have problems with choking, but I often can't cut up my

meat and

> sometimes have to eat stuff like peas or corn or other small stuff

with a

> spoon. So, too, neither can I dress the way I used to with nice

shoes,

> pretty dresses, etc.

>

> For me, I try to encourage friends to come to visit me at my home.

I can

> enjoy their company more if I'm in my own familiar, comfortable

territory.

>

> Dolores

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: " Maureen "

> > Normally throughout the year, hubby and I dont go out much and we

> > both like it that way. I call myself a true " cancerian " . I love

my

> > home!! A real homebody. Because of the festive season we have

been

> > out alot with friends for dinner, I find these occasions quite

hard

> > to deal with, as you all would know. Trying to eat without

having a

> > choking fit and trying to talk and compete with the noise in the

> > restaurant. Its times like these that I feel SO disabled and

then I

> > get real depressed because it hits home how disabled I am. I

> > sometimes feel that it would be better not to go out with friends.

> > Does anyone else feel like that?

>