Nature v Nurture

Hi Cathie

I was not being competetive - more like curious. I did not know if age had anything to do with recovery speed. Perhaps it is more to do with one's general fitness.

Thanks for the feeback Julie. From my experience it lookslike you were fast tracked - which is excellent. 

I was delighted to read that all restrictions were lifted after just 6 weeks. That is amazing!!

You have given me hope.

and me 6wks is awesome

People knocking into me is one of my biggest fears at the moment. I have declined invitations to busy events/venues in the past couple of weeks. Even at the store, careless people can be dangerous. A woman walked past me a couple of days ago and her heavy shopping basket swung right into my op spot. I yelled in pain. She didn't even turn around...

I had one barge me at a pedestrian crossing, even though I was on sticks.

Like you, I yelled at her, she just went on her way too.

All the people that have crashed into me are women is a hurry to go somewhere. Don't know why, but it's always women.

Some women are seriously arrogant and rude. I always dl my best to be polite and scoot around people carefully if there on sticks or if there old and unabld to walk quickly and so on. I dont see the need to be rude

Ah, thankfully not all women are rude, I also had many letting me go past when I was in London with my wife. 

People in my neighbourhood are generally considerate; it's "cripple central" around here sometimes. Example: went to the store this morning. It's only a short walk from home. I encountered just six people on the way. Here's the rundown:

Woman, 50ish: mobility scooter

Man, 80s: walking frame

Girl, late teens/early 20s: knee scooter

Woman, late 60ish: cane

Two people - one young, one elderly - with very pronounced penguin limps 

and, Me: crutches

 

Urg i so cant deal woth london. Went once and i wont be rushing back. Its lke 10x faster there than it is here, and not to mention expensive

I keep pointing this out. But the way people refer to limps is a bit cruel. We arent penguins and it its not our fault we limp.

It may sound like im over reacting but its a sensitive subject to some people. Just saying thats all 😁

I'd describe my own "walk" as a penguin limp so it never occurred to me that other people might not like it. However, in the interests of not offending in future, I am deleting my forum account. 

I didnt mean for you to do that i was jjst saying you didnt have to use the word penguin now you have made me look like a bad person...

Sadly, I have to work there, so have no choice.  After over 10 years, I am used to it now, but still hate the commute, and resent the time I take to get to/from work.

Sure is expensive, my wife couldn't get over the prices in the restaurant we went to after the show.

But I did get around OK, no problems getting a seat on the tube, and even though the stations and streets were very crowded around Piccadilly Circus, people were very 'aware' of me and even stood aside to let me pass easily.  So score some good points for London there.

Graham - 🚀💃

You are right there Sarah, how would they like us to refer to some aspect of them in that sort of way?  

What are you referring to just so i know im on the same wave length as you haha

referring to their use of word penguin, how would they like us to call then 'baldy', or say they looked 'as bald as a coot' .... or something like that.

Thought so.

I wasnt trying to be rude but its not really reassuring to be walking around thinking that people are going to be referring to you as a penguin.

Some people are self concious enough as it is about their limp, just as i am due to the fact of being bullied and laughed at about it for years.

It was easy enough to just say 'i saw two people with a limp' without having to use the words cripple or penguin.

But i never wanted him to delete his account. That makes me really upset