I'm glad that you're sleeping better, even though it's not perfect

I looked up the side effects of Xanax and "jitteriness" is one of them, but I guess it's rare. Maybe the Xanax is making you feel jumpy?

I hope that the aspirin helps with your pain, Bobby. Do you have a lot of it? You never complain about it... you are a trooper

last night i didn't sleep well. I kept on waking up. I finally got out of bed at 7.
I was painfully depressed.. I am still depressed but the pain went away a couple of hours ago. I bet it is the xanax because I didn't have the jitters before.
My legs hurt when I walk. The aspirin seems to help. My legs are weak. My left leg has arthritis around the knee also.

I am sorry you have arthritis.
I have it in my knees, hips and neck.
My neck is a mess right now. painful with range of motion stretches.
hope yours settles down.
bizi

I don't see how you can do all that you can do with your conditions. I can only walk two blocks and then I have to rest for five or ten minutes. when I get down on the floor to feed the cats I need to use my hands to place them on the floor to get myself up. I sometimes have to roll off the bed to get myself off of it and use my hands to get myself up. I don't know if physical therapy is helping.

Bobby,

Sorry to hear about those difficulties. Keep moving when you can.
Movement is helping you even when it might not feel like it.



M

thanks. even my balance is off. I have gotten worse since the stroke. sometimes I have to try three times to weigh myself and I can't stand in one place for long.

my balance is off too. I can hardly stand on one foot to put my pants on.
I am supposed to do balance exercises but don't do them.
bizi

what exercises are you supposed to do?

kind of like tia chi.
You should use your walker to do this, read thru the entire message/post before starting.


I go to my bed room closet with bifold doors open so I can hold on to the knobs to help me get into a balanced state. hold on to the knobs/ walker arms, and slowly lift one leg up off the floor and try to balance with out touching the knobs/walker arms., they are there to regain your balance if needed then just restart counting. Try to balance on one foot ( not holding) for 30 seconds.
I start off at 5 seconds. Do them early in the day when You have better concentration. Do both legs. start raising it slowly up a small amount then gradually raise your leg a little higher until you can raise it so that your thigh is parallel to the ground. This alone could take a long time to do.
These exercises take time and consistency...some days will be better than other days.
with practice and concentration you will improve your timing.
When you can work up to 30 seconds then try this closing your eyes. These are hard to do.

But you can safely do them using your walker as a balance. You can start by gently resting your hands on the walker while getting your balance.
I need to start using/doing them again.
I hope these directions are clear. Let me know.
This is something simple but very hard to do at first.
You really have to concentrate.
Try doing them morning and night.
When I was doing them it took me a month to get to 20 seconds. I stopped doing them and now I am back down to 5 seconds.
Bizi

thanks. I am a bit confused. at first do you hold onto the walker?