But now I wonder if the pain I've experienced for so many years, pain I experience from standing or sitting for more than brief periods, pain that has kept me from enjoying travel, theatre and concerts, and gatherings with friends with friends and family and other enjoyments I had looked forward to in retirement, might not be a blessing in disguise during this terrible time of COVID-19.
For now the whole world it seems, or at least the United States, is similarly admonished to avoid such activities for fear of infection with COVID-19. But I have something more: I have the pain to remind me "Don't do that!"
And I have something to offer others as well. I've become something of an expert in negotiating what remnants survive of my formerly active life as seen in these pages. And I'm grateful that through my blogs I can now offer what I've learned to help others. An example of this is my shopping advice which I copied from this blog and posted in my COVID-19 blog.
https://joanscovid19blog.blogspot.com/2020/05/food-shopping-in-age-of-covid-19.html
Eventually, and hopefully, others will resume their normal, pre-COVID-19 lives, their travel and their other activities, free of pain and concern.
I'll still be here; most likely in pain with every upright activity. My eyesight may now be threatened by this drug as well (I am still learning about this), and I do not see a safe way off this horrific drug. But for now I hope I can help others!
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