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Of health and mobility

Back in December 2024 I mentioned a  friend’s medical issues .  Just a year older than I am, she was living alone when she had a medical situation that landed her in the hospital, then in a rehab facility.  I don’t think I mentioned it, but our friend never went home, she went from rehab to assisted living.  Right now she’s back in rehab, she took a fall and broke her arm. She’s going to sell her house in a few months, there’s no point in keeping it when she’s physically unable to live in it,  Drew’s sister is still in a rehab.  She was supposed to be released to an assisted living facility, but she developed another medical issue. Wasn’t it just a few years ago we were dealing with these issues for our elderly parents? Go back a few years and you’ll see my posts about Drew, his sister and his elderly uncle.  I’ve reached an age where they automatically give me the “senior discount”.   When my grandmother was my age, she was an old woman — not jus...