I've already got a plastic patio chair in the shower and I also have a safety bath mat. Thing is, I can't stand a hot shower. Raises my blood pressure and gives me palpitations.

Rainsbowzz, I've already put in for my shower chair. For me, it will be better because I can lower it so I can reach my feet. Right now, I have to wait to get out of the shower and sit in a lower chair to reach them! LOL

It's just hell getting old, I guess. It even hurts to sit in my power chair for very long. I've got some foam that I'm going to cut a cushion out of. Maybe it will help me in the chair.

Sky, it's not so much the muscles as it is the bones. My knees pop and I can feel the bones scraping against each other. My left ankle swells to twice it's size during the day. The same with the bones there. When I sit too long, my hip joints and the two vertebrae that are deteriorating just ACHE!! The only muscle that hurts is right below my right shoulder when I lift my arm a certain way. Then my arm just drops and I drop whatever I have in my hand.

I had been going to the pool to do some light exercising and walking around in the water. Not sure if that was helping or making it worse. But now, they've put up new rules and you can't go into the pool with cut offs or T-shirts. I have to buy me some swim suit material and make me some shorts and a tank top. A regular swim suit is out of the question!

Just realized that now that Jerry is out of the hospital, the pain has returned. I don't remember hurting at all from the time he called from the ER.

Angie, yes, I've taken Naprosin in the past. I have an appt with my Dr on the 25th. Thanks for reminding me! I had totally forgotten about it!! I'll talk to her about it as well as some physical therapy or something along that order. This pain is NOT fun!

Amber is learning to pick up some of the stuff that I drop. It started as a joke, but she's picking up on it. Weird! Now, if I could teach Caesar the cat to walk on my back, we'd have something there! Fat chance!

I'm just falling apart!!