SHOPPING WITH ARTHRITIS

My old friend Arthritis showed up last weekend and took advantage of my right knee.   By Sunday afternoon I was confined to my chair in pain.    Celia's old walker came in handy in helping me get around the house.   I was able to relieve some of the discomfort with a knee brace, some liquid turmeric and a Tylenol pill from a bottle that had expired sometime in 2024.   Hopefully that does not give me autism according to latest from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.   Luckily, I made a pot of beans and rice a few days before Arthritis arrived.   By Monday night the beans and rice were gone and the need to go grocery shopping was high on my list of things to do, along with a few other things that should have been done long ago.   This morning I managed to drive into Roseburg to shop at Sherm's Thunderbird Market, the most popular grocery store in the county, especially for us older folks.   I was able to use a shopping cart in the parking lot as a walker to make into the store and proceed to wander aimlessly, since I forgot to make a list, again.    Being a work day most of the people in the store were old retired people like myself and I suspect some of the older men had the same problem as they were staying close to their shopping carts and moving slowly.   After checking out and paying $62 for two bags of food I made it back home feeling good about this great accomplishment.