- We prefer to avoid the "three c's" because they make us uncomfortable. They are the following:
Carbonation
Constipation
- Maalox is our favorite drink of choice.
- Gas, constipation, acid indigestion, and heartburn can and do occur all at once.
- We are concerned about our bowel movements.
- Certain foods just don't agree with us
- We have to pee all the time.... we can even sneeze and pee at the same time.
- We wear very large underwear
- Sleep is just something that happens to everybody else. We see the sun come up.
- Nap time is a necessity to make up for the lost sleep at night.
- Everything is stiff and aches.
- We drop things all the time.
- We can't bend over to pick up what we just dropped.
- We know if we get down on the floor we may never come back up.
- "The clapper" seems like a great invention.
- We walk slower than everybody else.
- It takes us longer to get up from a sitting or lying down position.
- We need help getting in and out of the bathtub.
- It is hard to catch a breath at times
- The first question others ask us is always "How are you feeling?"
- People want to know details about our doctor appointments
- We get easily confused or lose our train of thought
- We tend to ramble about our physical and emotional ailments
With that I will end my list. I am sure I could think of more things. I need to go to bed.
Hmmm.... makes me think I need to be more sensitive to my "senior" population. At least I can get some relief in a few months. Makes me want to be more helpful to others when I do get some relief. Makes me thankful for every breath I take, meal that agrees with me, wink of sleep I get, and move I make. Thankful God gave me a body that can go through all these physical changes and still function afterwards. Thank you God for reminding me how blessed I really am in the grand scheme of things.
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