Badminton

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(nablopomo 3) A friend from UVic asked "would you like to go play badminton"? This is not something that I'd ever considered doing, really, but I'm always up for a lark, so I agreed. We went to a drop-in session yesterday afternoon and it was GREAT fun. The irony is that my friend had to stop after one game because her neck was hurting, and I enjoyed it so much that I stayed for three. I was very tired afterwards but I feel okay today. This may become a regular thing, who knows! (I still haven't looked in my hip owner's manual to see if badminton is on the approved list; indeed I have a sneaking suspicion that it may not be...) Strangely, my hips and shoulders are pretty much okay, but my back is sore.

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Thanks. Actually, what you probably don't know (because it happened more than two years ago) is that I had a hip replacement because of severe arthritis. There are certain activities that I'm really not supposed to do, because of risk of damaging it. I have arthritis in the other hip too, so that will also be a factor...
So far, so good, however :)

[pdlloyd.livejournal.com]

Oh, my. No, I didn't know you weren't dealing with the original equipment. So, definitely, you should follow the instruction from your doctor. Did they give you a user's manual? (I'm being slightly facetious, but only slightly, since as a technical writer I'm a great believer in user's manuals.)

I hope that all continues to go well for you and I'm very glad that you were able to enjoy yourself so thoroughly in such a physical way. You must really treasure that ability, given the circumstances.

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Yes, indeed. I never cease to be grateful that I can walk at all, and actually I'm able to do much more than that. When I mentioned my "hip owner's manual" I _wasn't_ in fact being facetious - I've got one!

[pdlloyd.livejournal.com]

I hope it's not wrong for me to admit that the technical writer part of me is very gratified to know you have a "hip owner's manual," even though I am sad that you need one.