BURSITIS

For a few days I had bursitis behind my knee, very painful, but with rest it has eased a lot. I have had it before, all part of the ehlers danlos hypermobility experience I think, never a dull moment! I was visiting my cousins at the weekend, and we were all pulling our thumbs down to the wrist, one point for each wrist on the beighton scale. Then my cousin Susan said she could wrap her legs around her neck when she was younger, and we began to compare notes,  as I used to be able to do that too. They could remember me doing the splits, though when I was invited to perform this particular trick I declined because at the age of 56 that is now beyond me! Clive asked how I knew I could do these things, and why on earth did I try them in the first place?! Frankly I don`t have an answer to that, I suppose just because I could! I have always been a fidget and can never keep still, but perhaps it was a bit extreme to wrap my legs around my shoulders! Maybe it was in gym class at school, I honestly can`t remember. I know I discovered I could do splits in gym class at the age of 5, I certainly did not know I had the ability before then! I do now wish that I had not gone to such extremes, though how much it would have helped, and whether my joints would still be in the same state they are nowadays is anybodies guess. I often see people in their 70`s and 80`s walking briskly past me, when I am struggling to walk and leaning heavily on my stick, and think to myself why is life so unfair? Not that I wish any harm to those people, I just wish I could walk as quickly and without pain.