I don't know who is in worse shape today, Joey or me! In doing his "exercises" (more like "joint manipulation" actually), I had to get down on the floor because he's too heavy for me to lift safely onto a sofa or something -- plus I can't be sure I could control him enough to keep him from escaping and jumping down again -- possibly hurting that leg of his even more.
Anyway, while down on the floor last night, I managed to pull something or other where my right leg joins my hip. At the time, it made it REALLY hard to get back up off the floor! And now, although I'm just fine if I'm standing up straight and walking forward, it absolutely KILLS me when I go up a step or go around a corner. Oddly enough, if I remember to take the corner on THAT leg, it's not too bad (although I CAN feel it), but if I turn stepping with the other leg, when I swing around the one I hurt, it strains whatever it is I pulled and hurts so much it almost makes me fall. Wow, does that HURT! You know - mentally, I don't feel any older than I did when I was, say -- 30. But physically I'm beginning to actually feel OLD! How depressing!
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