Shirley, Age 77
I just found this website. I am 77 and had just retired from my second career last June (child care) and had my right knee replaced in mid-September. I am realizing the importance of keeping fit. I plan on joining a gym this week so I don’t lose what I worked so hard to gain during outpatient physical therapy. I live in the Pacific Northwest and I don’t enjoy walking in the rain, a gym makes sense.
I do miss working and am pondering what to do next. Since my surgery, I am getting around with a cane, but still use a walker if outdoors on uneven terrain. Reading is something I enjoy very much, however, I’m ready (almost) to become more active. Any advice would be welcome. Since the age of 15, I have worked, worked, worked – now what? I am blessed with supportive friends, but they are married and I have been divorced 40 years. My only child, a son in his mid-forties, just moved to AZ … so now what’s next?