Have you ever noticed how much that you do with your elbows without even realizing it? I have the past couple of weeks. Several years ago I injured my elbow and the bursa swelled up huge. (The bursa is kind of a gel sack that cushions your elbow and helps thing move without bones scraping together.) Well anyway, mine has swollen up again and it really hurts. I went into the doctor and he drained it for me and it was ok for several days but here it goes again. Whine, whine, whine. Anyway, I have found out that I lean on my elbows a lot. I also use them to roll over in bed. They help you scratch your nose, eat and put on makeup. I even use them to hold my purse and hold a drink when eating on the run. Crazy huh?! So if you see me walking around with an ace bandage wrapped around my right elbow, you now know why. If you ask me about it, I will tell you it's an old football injury, just to see your reaction.And so the lesson for today is: "Don't take your elbows for granted!!! Especially when they work well and don't hurt."
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As I read this I realized I was using my elbows right then, I hope your elbow feels better soon! It is such a useful appendage that I don't know what I would do without mine! Hugging people would really be a funny thing to watch if we didn't have elbows!
Good advice - one of the many million things we take forgranted.
Sure is hard to everyone out of the way when one of them is all swollen like that. What a pickle!
hey you still there? no new blog lately?? bummer.
Well, thanks for the info on the elbow. i hope yours is better by now! oh, maybe that is why no new blogs.
Love ya cousin!
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