Although I think these stories are to be considered “PRIVATE,” the fact is that age brings a certain loss of privacy.
THE MIGHTY LEAP AND GRAB
Story #1 began with Dor’s BigFoot.
Due to a lack of exercise maybe, or the fact that I toted around an extra 4 or 5 pounds of knee high boot for many months, getting up and down in the bathroom became a challenge.
If you are brave, please Picture This:
We could not mount railings in our bathrooms because we have stand-alone thrones.
Therefore, I was forced to make a mighty leap forward to grab a door knob and then hoist to get up. Fortunately the doorknobs held and maybe you could consider mighty leaps as good exercise, but the very idea inspired a a search for a remedy.
Our local Virginia plumber solved the whole thing!
“Everybody’s got ‘em now,” said he. “They are the right height even for the young but very helpful for the aging too, and a whole lot of folks are replacing the old 14inchers with 16inchers.”
And so we did just that.
I almost wrote a blog post about it because it was our excitement for the year – waiting to try on “right height toilets.”
There, I have actually said the not-so-private word at last – TOILETS!
Comfort level toilets are wondrous things and if you haven’t got one, I highly recommend going for it!
TO SLEEP OR NOT TO SLEEP
Story #2 is my upcoming Sleep Test.
I am a wreck preparing for an “in-lab sleepover” at our local hospital. That is where they test you to see if you stop breathing too much during the night.
Evidently I am under suspicion for “sleep apnea” even though I do not snore, have no problem falling asleep and no problem sleeping 7 to 8 hours a night.
It’s supposedly a private room with its own bathroom but I understand I will be observed all night via a little camera at the nurse’s station. And if I have to “go” I must holler out and wait for an attendant to come and unhook all the electrodes and wires.
I am packing for this overnight stay as if taking a trip to Australia! Bringing my own pillow, a book, my Kindle reader, several types of sleepwear, cookies maybe, and more.
I do hope they have a Right Height Toilet though!
Virginia Views 