I'm not getting in as many steps as most of you here are logging, but my brother-in-law, my sister-in-law's husband? He helped me out by taking his table saw and cutting off a portion of a beach-wood walking stick, and found a rubber tip, like you'd see on a table chair leg (of sorts) and made a nice cane for me to use, while walking.
It's safer than the walking poles my physical therapy team gave to me last August (2018), and I am finding that walking with my new cane is easier than what I have been using for the past year.
I'm getting better, slowly, but slow wins the proverbial race in my world. *lol*
It was three years ago that I rode 21 miles per day, and rode longer on the weekends, just for sheer joy. I feel a spark in my soul when I read about easygoingfemme riding her bike or rowing or how Kelt walks the beach or how nycfem and Gemme get in all those steps.
I guess how I make up for not being able to walk like others, is I go to the pool and do the leg exercises and such, like I did in swim therapy with my PT team. So that's how I am able to improve the muscles in my legs (from my hips down).
Water-based exercise therapy is helping me so much. I only go on the weekends, but I do get in a small amount of walking each day at work and when I'm at home. I have the stairs too; one long set of stairs to get to my floor level, and sometimes it is tough to go up or down them and not lose my balance.
Happy Exercising to all the exercisers here.
And wellness wishes to nycfem and Gemme and anyone else who isn't feeling well. Speedy recovery to all of you!
