"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >, "biig" >
> wrote:
>
>> "Dan Abel" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > In article >, "biig" >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> > MarieD wrote:
>> >
>> >> >> Is there anyone who lives where it snows all winter and actually
>> >> >> likes
>> >> >> it? I feel that I would be thrilled all winter long but everyone
>> >> >> tells
>> >> >> me
>> >> >> I'd be sick of it.
>> >
>> >> > Most people I know around here like snow, so long as it comes in
>> >> > small
>> >> > amounts. It's pretty. It makes winter bright and cheerful. If you
>> >> > take
>> >> > up
>> >> > skiing, downhill or cross country, you look forward to it. The trick
>> >> > to
>> >> > coping with winter is to take up winter activites.
>> >>
>> >> Snow is for the young, not arthritic diabetic senior citizens. I
>> >> used
>> >> to
>> >> like winter, but I also used to have four sons living at home....
>> >> Sharon
>> >
>> > Hah!!! I just posted about my uncle in this thread. He is 82,
>> > seriously diabetic (on the needle twice a day) and goes skiing twice a
>> > week, at least. He loves the snow.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dan Abel
>> > Petaluma, California USA
>> >
>>
>> I envy seniors who are able to get around like that. Alas, I have a
>> bad
>> set of knees and walk very carefully with a cane, especially in this
>> weather. Not being able to be more active also makes managing diabetes
>> more
>> challenging. I used to do many miles a day on a stationary bike, but
>> even
>> that is a challenge nowadays. I have to find other ways to burn
>> sugar.....Sharon
>
> SWIM!
>
> Seriously.
>
> It's easy on the joints and very pleasant, and if you really work at it,
> it will make you work up a good sweat.
>
> Both my Ortho' MD and the Chiropractor highly recommended it.
> I also do quite a bit of weight lifting now using machines.
>
> Our local City Activity center has both the weight room and the pool (as
> well as a 1/8th mile INDOOR "track") and only charges $80.00 per year
> for city residents. $160.00 per year for anyone outside the city limits.
>
> It's awesome. :-)
> --
> Peace! Om
>
Thanks for the suggestion. A nearby town has a pool and does have swims
for seniors. I'll have to look into it and see if I can afford it. I'm on
a fixed income and don't have much to spare.....Sharon