My kids are constantly telling myself and others I should get outside & walk more.
I have systemic arthritis & periodically every bone & joint in my body feels appreciate someone is hitting myself and others with a hammer.
It is so painful that the only thing making myself and others know better is a warm shower & snuggling under an electric blanket. When my furnace died, my child wanted myself and others to stay with her for a while. It was so frosty in her apartment that I could barely walk. She tried to tell myself and others I would never get moderate if I didn’t get up & get my blood circulating. She didn’t have a clue what I was going through. I took her with myself and others the next time I went to the rheumatologist. I mentioned to him how much it hurt to walk, & how the frosty makes it that much more difficult. My child made mention that she suggested i walk more & get my blood circulating & the medical professional gave her an weird look. He said he hoped she never got arthritis appreciate I had. He showed her my feet & said that was what made walking difficult. The type of arthritis I had caused the muscles to seize when I got cold. It was already strenuous to walk, but nearly impossible when it was too frosty in the house. All the walking in the world wouldn’t get myself and others warm, but only cause more pain. My child never said another disparaging word about myself and others being under a blanket all day. I remembered being her age & not having arthritis, & I prayed every night that she would never get arthritis.