Redbert31
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My dangerous walk
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Legos... weak sauce.
That's exactly what comes to my mind when people mention stepping on a Lego.
When I had cataract surgery about a year ago, I spent the first night sleeping in my comfy non reclining leather wing back chair with my feet up on my ottoman. I did this because my normal bed sleeping included jamming a pillow up against that eye. Since that night I have moved that chair and ottoman into my bedroom and slept in it every night .... WHY you may ask?
1. MY BACK PAIN IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY ! It had been so bad I couldn't stand for more than about 10 minutes before I had to sit down. Now, I can stand and/or walk around FAR longer without the back becoming an issue.
2. SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT without waking up or having to get up! .. I made good use of the "pee bottle" when sleeping in the bed. Now, if I pay attention to no late night liquids and be sure to get a good "drain", I will sleep straight through for 6 or 7 hours ( I have also done 8 )....WOW!!
3. NO DRY MOUTH ..This has really helped the sleeping. My mouth stays shut sleeping in the chair. In the bed, I would wake up several times and have to sip water to clear out a mouth full of "cotton".
I use a nice "velvet" travel/neck pillow put on backwards and a regular pillow under each arm. I scoot the ottoman all the way up against the chair so it supports all the weight of my legs. I cover with just a blanket.
Going to sleep around midnight and waking up around 6 to 7 AM for the FIRST time is a frequent occurrence.
Yep.... I'm single, 72, live alone, and sleeping WAY better for the last year !!
1. MY BACK PAIN IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY ! It had been so bad I couldn't stand for more than about 10 minutes before I had to sit down. Now, I can stand and/or walk around FAR longer without the back becoming an issue.
2. SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT without waking up or having to get up! .. I made good use of the "pee bottle" when sleeping in the bed. Now, if I pay attention to no late night liquids and be sure to get a good "drain", I will sleep straight through for 6 or 7 hours ( I have also done 8 )....WOW!!
3. NO DRY MOUTH ..This has really helped the sleeping. My mouth stays shut sleeping in the chair. In the bed, I would wake up several times and have to sip water to clear out a mouth full of "cotton".
I use a nice "velvet" travel/neck pillow put on backwards and a regular pillow under each arm. I scoot the ottoman all the way up against the chair so it supports all the weight of my legs. I cover with just a blanket.
Going to sleep around midnight and waking up around 6 to 7 AM for the FIRST time is a frequent occurrence.
Yep.... I'm single, 72, live alone, and sleeping WAY better for the last year !!
Now that we have 3 cats we keep night lights in every room and the hall light stays on all night. Cats love to get in your feet while you are walking and we aren't young any more. Don't need to be falling down on hardwood floors, no sir!
Jack, I'm convinced that my clowder is running a pool on which one can take me out on the stairwell.
I'm considering curb feelers for my slippers.
I'm considering curb feelers for my slippers.
I hsve never understood how a cat knows where you are going. How does he know if I'm going into the living room or kitchen or where ever. It's no wonder they think I'm following them I suppose.
Getting used to THAT situation is the FIRST thing a new "cat servant" needs to be aware of and get used to.
Getting used to THAT situation is the FIRST thing a new "cat servant" needs to be aware of and get used to.
Fishslayer
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Yup. My years long war against them in my yard seems to have paid off. Knock wood I haven't seen one in quite awhile. I search for their bright little yellow flowers after a rain. Still odd patches of leftover caltrops that find their way inside.
They are so bad elsewhere in my 'hood I can't even walk my dog in the area. I have to drive somewhere.
75Vette
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If y'all would just walk backwards you wouldn't be stumpin your toes. Maybe the back of your head but which hurts worse? 
HOUSTON RICK
Member
I finally broke down and bought - slippers. I have not had slippers since I was six (they had crossed western revolvers on them), but they keep my feet warm and cushion my toes when I stub them on something in the wee hours of the night. At least they do not have bunnies on them!
Better than the other way around..
Up at Night
Put a pair of slip on bedroom slippers next to your bed. They will stop broken toes. Take it from some one who knows. Everybody over 70 gets up a few times a night.
Put a pair of slip on bedroom slippers next to your bed. They will stop broken toes. Take it from some one who knows. Everybody over 70 gets up a few times a night.
Like these?
Dad learned to not make my sister mad.
JcMack
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I thought electricity and water don't mix!
Yup. Cats and stairwells do not mix. In a previous home we had a stairwell with a landing that turned 90 degrees half way up. When my son was a baby I was carrying him down the stairs when the cat decided to run up. The baby and I went tumbling down to the landing. I managed not to land on him thankfully, but I was terrified that I had killed my kid. He seemed okay, but we carried him to the ER to get checked out anyway.
Thank God he was fine. The doc told me I was much more likely to be injured than a baby since his bones were still "soft" at that age. I was good, but I was quite a bit younger then.
There is enough light coming through the shower window to let me see the toilet in the middle of the night. I have the "route" around the bed so ingrained that I have not, so far, hit anything, even half asleep.
I dont get up at night for a bathroom run very often. BUT I have managed to break a few toes over the years to answer texts from employees at 3 in the morning.
I would rather get a swift kick in the zipper than break another.
I would rather get a swift kick in the zipper than break another.
