I wish I had done more walking while I still could. For the last few years my feet have hurt so much and for even longer my neck has hurt so much that I feel I have to sit down every few hundred yards.
I have been using CBD oil for a couple of months now, and it really seems to help. I began to get excruciating pains in my hand and foot (both left) even when I was sitting down in a chair, but they seem to have stopped. Just as well, as I couldn't put up with that without the opiates that everyone else seems to be getting addicted to. Ironically I loved those sort of drugs up until I began to actually need them, but went right off them overnight.
The whisky called Johnnie Walker was named after a gentleman of leisure who made it his business to walk every street of London before he died - or before he could no longer walk. The label shows a strapping man in top hat and britches, silver-topped cane in hand, striding along a Regency street with a determined smile on his face.
As a child this image would deeply impress me every Christmas when the contents of the drinks cabinet were put out on a tray, but when I grew up and began drinking I understood that there were far fewer streets in 1820s London when Johnnie Walker did The Knowledge.
This being the 21st century, there is now a Jane Walker flying along the pavement with the caption, 'Keep Walking America'. I notice she isn't smiling.
Women are so much more athletic these days, and they drink whisky. I blame Gentleman Jack.
I have a lot of pain in my left foot (mainly from arthritis and old stress fractures) and have found that giving my foot a deep tissue massage really helps.
ReplyDeleteAlso I changed all my shoes so that I have good arch support ( Alegria and Vionic, I think I shall buy Hotter shoes as well).
Good for you.
DeleteI'm on Jan's path, no pun intended, with respect to taking care of foot issues. I've graduated to fancy, supportive shoe ware. It isn't sexy, but it's helpful. CBD with a dash of THC thrown in for good measure seems to help as well.
ReplyDeleteI always have some THC in stock, but seldom use it.
DeleteI don't know anything about CBD but if it helps then that is good. I am not a walker nor a whiskey drinker. I often wear flight socks just to keep awake.
ReplyDeleteI often wear a testicle clamp to keep awake.
DeleteAt the risk of jinxing myself, I’m pretty good at walking ...... 10 miles is not much of a problem. Going up steep hills is sometimes a bit hard going. CBD seems to help many a problem. My grandmother loved a drop of whiskey and she lived way into her nineties! I’m not keen on whiskey .... I drank a bit too much of it once and was a bit ill !!!!!! XXXX
ReplyDeleteThat's because you put an e in your whisky.
DeleteIt’s the Irish in me !!! XXXX
DeleteOn a limited budget I'm using Hemp oil on food..not as good as CBD but still effective against physical creaks. Keep on moving, even if slower than you'd wish.
ReplyDeleteI am obliged to move slower than I wish. It isn't a matter of choice.
DeletePls see my explanation of the mystery blade in your earlier post.
ReplyDeleteSeen and replied to thank you.
DeleteWe've just started on Gentleman Jack this weekend! She has quite the determined stride. And nice to see a lady marching over hill & dale without the need for athleisure wear and water bottle!
ReplyDeleteGood point! They don't make lesbians like that any more.
DeleteAs we don't own a car walking is still a big part of my life.
ReplyDeleteMerle..........
I bet you feel all the better for it too.
DeleteNo one has touched on The Knowledge. Such a shame. My sister has The Knowledge, though not of London.If she drives a route once, it's fixed. I call her Maphead. I call her because an old, familiar route is under re-consruction. "Oh, yes," she says. Turn on so and so street, blablabla.
ReplyDeleteI wondered if The Knowledge had a deeper, mystical meaning to London familiars, but, then, why would you reference Uber?
Ah, I often wondered who the American woman giving me directions out of my satnav was. Obviously your sister.
ReplyDeleteWhat Uber is doing to London taxi drivers is a real shame. A bunch of techies in Silicon Valley are paying unskilled drivers peanuts to drive their own cars around London and causing real problems for our beloved cabbies. Sometimes I hate globalisation, but right now many people cannot afford not to use Uber. I always try to use black cabs in London and pay the price. I wonder how long I will be able to afford it.
If anyone does not know about The Knowledge, it is the knowledge of all London Streets which is learned by heart by trainee cabbies who spend a year and a half riding around the city with maps strapped to their scooters in all weathers and for no pay.
DeleteThey then take a strict exam to test their knowledge and if they pass they are allowed to buy a government controlled licence for about £30,000 and begin taking fares. It is a job for life.
An Uber driver (poor sods) relies on satnav and the company who designed the app for their meagre living.
... and... black cabs cost about £150,000 each to buy outright.
DeleteHave your seen a podiatrist about your feet? I did, was prescribed some shoe inserts. It made a world of difference for mi.
ReplyDeleteI am ashamed to say that I do not see medical professionals about anything. Whatever arrives first and stays will carry me away.
DeleteSee a Podiatrist Tom - I urge you. I find walking very difficult because of arthritis - but you sound to me as though you really need help.
ReplyDeleteI tried that but when it eventually came time for my appointment I found myself surrounded by children. I had booked in to a paediatric clinic by mistake. I'm not going through that again. So embarrassing. I have size 12 feet. There were children there smaller than my feet.
DeleteHahaš¤£ ....... that made me laugh ! XXXX
DeleteSo, did the doctor see you, then?
DeleteNope.
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