tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954058077044077405.post6457554627039065353..comments2023-04-05T05:55:27.073-04:00Comments on COPD - Caregiving is NOT for Wimps!: I Move Forward in Life with Joy and EaseWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788733654505792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954058077044077405.post-67751926884185705542008-02-20T17:05:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:05:00.000-05:00Hi Grandmother Goddess of the Garden. It took som...Hi Grandmother Goddess of the Garden. It took some time to put up a picture, because I only seem to get my picture taken holding a baby. I looked for one of me alone and didn't find any. Then I asked Hubby to take my pic in the house and it didn't turn out. So, I threw in the towel and just posted one of me taken last year the day my granddaughter was born.<BR/><BR/>I agree - my idea of pure bliss is to hold a baby close to me.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788733654505792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954058077044077405.post-84471048891788691542008-02-20T17:00:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:00:00.000-05:00Thanks Mary for your comments. I can't believe an...Thanks Mary for your comments. I can't believe another person with plantar fasciitis! Wow - it must be more common that I thought. Even younger people have it!<BR/>Yes - we'll keep on stretching!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788733654505792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954058077044077405.post-85092145480770359642008-02-18T13:47:00.000-05:002008-02-18T13:47:00.000-05:00I'vee enjoyed your posts...thanks too for stopping...I'vee enjoyed your posts...thanks too for stopping by my blog! I like the new picture of yourself you posted! Oh to hold a baby!Grandmother Goddess of the Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561858166668539282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954058077044077405.post-88172763643904304592008-02-18T09:13:00.000-05:002008-02-18T09:13:00.000-05:00Very nice post Wendy~I too, have plantar fasciitis...Very nice post Wendy~<BR/><BR/>I too, have plantar fasciitis, and agree with Carol. The more I stretch the heal and back of my leg the better my foot feels. I like standing on the stairs and letting my heals dip down below the stair that I am on. It feels soooo good.<BR/><BR/>I really like the way you write and agree that it is a fear of the future and moving forward issue. We cannot stop time from marching on but we can come to an acceptance of it's contiuence and move forward with joy and ease.<BR/><BR/>Keeep up the stretching.<BR/><BR/>Mary~mjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603623096191801349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954058077044077405.post-1030777613476219562008-02-17T15:21:00.000-05:002008-02-17T15:21:00.000-05:00Hi Carol Thanks for your comments. Yes, it was ...Hi Carol<BR/> Thanks for your comments. Yes, it was a "lightbulb" moment for me too! I thought I had everything under control (read: fear), but apparently not!<BR/>Yes, I do my stretching exercises. And they are finally helping. The thing is you have to be consistent. And you have to be gentle with yourself. I consider myself a "gentle person", yet when it comes to something new or trying to fix something, I go at it hammer and tongs. In the beginning I was stretching sooooo much, I got sore back-of-my-knees and a sore shoulder from pushing against the wall while holding a calf stretch. You get the picture.<BR/>I really really hate that part where when you get up first thing in the morning, your feet give way. It makes me feel soooo weak! I told my physio "what happens if the house is on fire? " I am so used to jumping up out of bed (not for a fire, usually to pee first thing in the a.m.), that NOT being able to walk makes me feel helpless. I can only imagine how my husband feels - there is no way he can walk fast - anytime.<BR/>All that to say - it will get better, Carol. I guess this is a lesson in caring for ourselves - and letting go of fear.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788733654505792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954058077044077405.post-58239300596292357492008-02-16T19:01:00.000-05:002008-02-16T19:01:00.000-05:00I enjoyed your post. It really resonated with me--...I enjoyed your post. It really resonated with me--a fellow caregiver and limper. <BR/><BR/>I'm a former (and I'm sure I will be again) caregiver--to both parents, most recently my mom who had Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. <BR/><BR/>I too, have plantar fasciitis, (is it a caregiving thang?) and what a lightbulb moment when I read, "fear of the future--of moving forward." <BR/>I'm so brave on the outside. No one would expect this of me. But that quiet little girl voice inside me can't deny that maybe that's where I've been the last few months. <BR/>I had a breakthrough--a real life changing year--and yes, I know that even more phenomenal surprises are barreling my way. <BR/><BR/>I've journaled, vision boarded, and said out loud "I'm ready for change!" <BR/><BR/>But here's my tootsies giving me another message--a whisper--you might want to look at this. <BR/><BR/>The "cure" for plantar fasciitis is stretching. <BR/>The more I stretch, the better my foot feels.<BR/><BR/>Guess I better try stretching in the rest of my life, huh? <BR/><BR/>~Carol D. O'Dell<BR/>Author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter's Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir<BR/>available on Amazon<BR/>www.mothering-mother.comCarol D. O'Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851668713803521480noreply@blogger.com