Today, I’m into the recovery stage after 13 days of a head and chest cold. I woke up breathing through my nose. It’s hard to find words to describe how good it feels to move into breathing that is only slightly impaired – and I realize how much I have learned to enjoy the body’s recovery from injuries and diseases. There are still the swollen sinuses, the lungs are still marginal, but the beginnings of recovery are there.
It has been a good year for recovery – the knee replacement has returned walking to my pleasures. Along with that, the drugs for the surgery and the mild opioid pain pills gave the stomach time to recover – and for the first time in several years, the pain of GERD is gone.
One of the good things about becoming elderly is how much enjoyment there is when strength and abilities return. The problem is that losing those strengths and abilities is also part of the aging process.
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