I’m feeling very old… (A poem)

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I'm feeling very old as I'm puffing up the hill

I've gone and caught a bug and the cough is with me still

I'm walking with a stick because my right knee's bung

There's nothing like a stick to feel no longer young

I'll still go out for walks, but seem to tire quick

My Parkies' not to blame it's just that I've been sick

The UK trip is grand I really can't complain

But I could do without this ever present pain

Pain meds they are my friend I take throughout the day

Despite my wonky knee, at home I will not stay

I'll keep on keeping on, despite my many ills

I'll just ensure I'm taking all my many pills

Yes, I'm feeling very old, my knee still gives a twinge

I try to push on through and try hard not to winge

There's lots still I can do, I reassure myself

I can't just stay at home, left upon a shelf

My Parkies is behaving, not causing any trouble

It's really just as well, my knee seems to cause double

So here I am today our trip is halfway through

There's still a lot of things we both want to do

So whether it is Parkies or my misbehaving knee 

We won't let either hinder what we do and see

I may not be as active and able as I hoped

But given all my issues in proud of how I've coped

(C) Susan Marie Waight May 2023

Published by kiwipommysue

I am a retired Social Worker having retired in May 2024. I had been a Social Worker for over 20 years and for the sake of my health and wellbeing I chose to retire early. I have some literary projects underway and am enjoying the freedom of no longer working. Working on my projects at my own pace and enjoying my new hobby of lawn bowls is a wonderful thing. No regrets and a new kind of busy in retirement is wonderful.

8 thoughts on “I’m feeling very old… (A poem)”

  3. Hi, love your wee poem.
    Do you sleep okay at nights?
    How are you coping with lots of different beds?
    When my hwp was diagnoised “we” were reviewed by the PD educator nurse.
    She asked about our lifestyle etc..her comment after that was “prepare slowly for change…🙄”
    She explained that over time, routine would be our friend, we thought “not us..lol”
    Now though, we wake and rise at the same time everyday.
    Meds are taken at exact times (have alarms for reminders)
    Meals (especialy containing protein are eaten no quicker than 30 mins after meds.
    Execise is very important and this varies, but usually in two main blocks…morning and evening…
    This routine recommended to us sounds so boring, but it allows us to be up and about and be active.
    Downside is because of the need for taking meds and food at exact times and
    having good sleep and good gut health, we find it to hard on others to travel or stay in friends and families homes.
    Now we limit ourselves to “meeting up” with other’s and remaining very independent.
    Loving your wee stories of your trip and how you manage, thanks again for sharing…

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    1. Thank you for sharing an insight into your lives too. I am lucky in that I don’t currently seem to have to be too tied to precise times for my meds. I haven’t been told to change anything in the way of when to eat protein, so I am pretty much eating normally. As to sleeping, I have been a bad sleeper all my life. I often wake up about 3am and get up and read for a while and get back to bed and go back to sleep. With my knee injury I haven’t been able to go to the gym for months and done of the home exercises are also not possible due to the pain with my knee. I am hoping to get back to the gym when we get home. I am not good about doing vocal exercises which is a bit bad, so there are things I need to change.

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  4. Love your wee poem. It resonates with most of us. Will you get your knee sorted when you get home? Glad you’re still getting out there and exploring.
    When I was diagnosed with Parkinsons, we bought a camper trailer. We have travelled to many great places in this great country and have more to go.

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