Granny Rehab: Chasing Quinine
Ξ August 2nd, 2007 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Musings |
There was a time when our grandmothers had a secret bottle and when their leg hurt they would take a couple of small little pills. Maybe not every day, but on occasion. And it worked- they could walk about again, go shopping. This lingered in my mind when I recently became an old woman. The leg spasms that I had not counted on after my double hip replacement hit me hard. I thought the operation would eliminate all the pain. And it has. For three blissful years I was a good as new.
Then the bones decided to settle. In this settling, kneecaps and femurs moved out of place. Pulled the muscles this way and that. The result? Once again I couldn’t walk. I lay around for a long time, and muscles got weak. Now they cramp and hurt.
When I take drugs against it, they make me sleepy, […]
Original post by Z Budapest and software by Elliott Back
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