29-10-2019, 04:54 PM
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Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Sorry guys I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say.....
I was replying mainly to Floydy and Surfermom's inquiry about surgery to my bunion.
There is not the slightest possibility that I will ever give up running...
Surfermom said that her friend had surgery on her bunion and was now continuing to run into her fifties....My answer to that was thus:-
(1) Recovery of a fifty year old would be faster and more efficient than in a (almost) seventy year old.
(2) Bunion operations have a long recovery time.....especially in a seventy year old with previous heart problems. Returning to running from such a procedure in later life would be doubtful at best, nigh impossible at worst. Bear in mind I was in my fifties when I had my heart attack, and recovery was swift.
(3) An examination of my toe joint by a doctor or x-ray has not been done, Yet, therefore it could be any one of three things....Bunion - Gout (history of high levels of uric acid) Arthritis, or other....
(4) Under normal conditions and after suffering with an enlarged big toe joint for over twenty years. It is possible, and probable, that this present bout of inflammation and pain will subside without the need for surgery.
(5) It is inconceivable to me that I shall never be able to run at some level....
(6) Therefore finding alternatives to running are just preposterous and have never entered my head....
(7) When fifty year old athletes reach seventy, they might look at life from a totally different perspective......
(8) Surfermon and Floydy, you are two of my bestest friends on this forum and I hope you accept what I have just wrote in the spirit in which it was intended.....Tongue in cheek, and I appreciate your support and advice....