My battle with ageing

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    </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="a565">But I hardly ever get out of my chair in this house. I used to go swimming regularly with my previous PAs, but my current PA doesn’t swim. But I make lots of excuses for avoiding exercise anyway. My wife is a member of a local gym — but none of the equipment there, [and in probably every gym in the country], is accessible for me to use.</p><p id="05e1">My health has rapidly deteriorated since being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes about ten years ago. I’m 61 but my body feels sometimes like I’m 81. I’ve had lots of health issues in the last couple of years concerning my kidney and bladder, but they have considerably improved. I’ve lost quite a bit of weight, but not through dieting or moving! Now and again I get severe chest pain, it feels like sharp stabbing — but i’ve had my heart checked several times and thankfully that’s okay. So it’s probably something like acid reflux or a food

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intolerance. Anyway after severe chest pain two nights ago [and very brief pangs twice yesterday] I’ve decided to literally get on my arse and move about more. I can’t ‘bunny hop’ like I used to; the bottom of my spine is fused ~ as I found out three years ago during a kidney operation, when one of the country’s top anaesthetists in a hospital in London tried to get an epidural needle in my spine [as a back-up to the cannula he put in my neck]. After loads of agonising attempts he got an x-ray done whilst I was unconscious during the operation and saw that there were no gaps in my lower spinal discs! Anyway I’ve decided to seriously get healthier and get exercising. I intend to walk around the house daily.Today I walked a full circle, around ‘the block’ twice — starting in the kitchen, then dining room, living room, utility area then back again to the kitchen. The distance is approx. 61 feet — or 20.3333 yards or 18.5928 meters. As you can see, by the end of the second lap I was totally f___d.I am seriously out of shape.But I’m hoping to improve daily and build up the laps and my speed. I’ll let you know how I get on.If you like my writing why not become a member? please sign up via the link below. I get paid a tiny commission for each one :)<a href="https://medium.com/@kevindonnellon/membership">https://medium.com/@kevindonnellon/membership</a>Visit my website kevindonnellon.com</article></body>

I used to be very active, but now it’s a struggle

photo by Brad Krefman, House Beautiful magazine online

I haven’t exercised properly in years. In my previous home, a large flat, I used to get around on the floor on my arse doing a sort of sideways hop. I used to move quite fast. In my younger years I was super healthy, rarely ill [barring the occasional kidney stone] and in my parents house my bedroom was on the first floor — but there is no way that I can climb stairs now. My arms could hold my own body weight and I could climb onto chairs etc, as this video shows:

But I hardly ever get out of my chair in this house. I used to go swimming regularly with my previous PAs, but my current PA doesn’t swim. But I make lots of excuses for avoiding exercise anyway. My wife is a member of a local gym — but none of the equipment there, [and in probably every gym in the country], is accessible for me to use.

My health has rapidly deteriorated since being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes about ten years ago. I’m 61 but my body feels sometimes like I’m 81. I’ve had lots of health issues in the last couple of years concerning my kidney and bladder, but they have considerably improved. I’ve lost quite a bit of weight, but not through dieting or moving! Now and again I get severe chest pain, it feels like sharp stabbing — but i’ve had my heart checked several times and thankfully that’s okay. So it’s probably something like acid reflux or a food intolerance. Anyway after severe chest pain two nights ago [and very brief pangs twice yesterday] I’ve decided to literally get on my arse and move about more. I can’t ‘bunny hop’ like I used to; the bottom of my spine is fused ~ as I found out three years ago during a kidney operation, when one of the country’s top anaesthetists in a hospital in London tried to get an epidural needle in my spine [as a back-up to the cannula he put in my neck]. After loads of agonising attempts he got an x-ray done whilst I was unconscious during the operation and saw that there were no gaps in my lower spinal discs! Anyway I’ve decided to seriously get healthier and get exercising. I intend to walk around the house daily.

Today I walked a full circle, around ‘the block’ twice — starting in the kitchen, then dining room, living room, utility area then back again to the kitchen. The distance is approx. 61 feet — or 20.3333 yards or 18.5928 meters. As you can see, by the end of the second lap I was totally f___d.

I am seriously out of shape.

But I’m hoping to improve daily and build up the laps and my speed. I’ll let you know how I get on.

If you like my writing why not become a member? please sign up via the link below. I get paid a tiny commission for each one :)

Visit my website kevindonnellon.com