Well thank you and my empathies as well.

This is a banner year for me,
I have recieved the most wonderful gift of the adult tricycle.
so this will be my year of regaining a means to become independent again after so long.

You have my shared experience of having once led a very active life.
(I had been an elite athlete rated person at the gym I went to ,
and from my martial arts training and kobudo teaching classes that I was responsible for)

I have always indulged in good hard manual labor (gardening yard tree care etc pruning, moving trees) or workouts,be it swimming or martial arts work outs, or dancing etc)(all my life)
and loved being physically strong, with incredible endurance,
yet looking like the woman that I am, and helping other women in my field to see that working out , and martial arts did not mean they had to give up being most feminine to compete in these areas.

It has been a most hard thing in my life to have lost that physical
ability for so many years, I know I am most lucky to be where I am at now, even though it took well over a decade to get to this point, when before , the outlook looked like i would probably die,
and or/ never be able to walk or talk again.

If you are in this boat.. of being house bound, i would urge you greatly to consider getting Full specturm light bulbs.
they are extremely cheap and will help you keep a good natural
light benefit going, since the body needs the natural rays of sunlight to producce vitamin D.

also I would suggest you check out the extremely easy and cheap
way to grow you own lush green sprout garden indoors,
with extremely litte care need and cost.
you will save bundles of money, get fresh green vitamins to eat
and feel more independent growign your own food.

for about 15 $ you can start up , and with in 5-7 days be eating fresh green young broccoli plants,
(i am not at all equating bean seed that you buy commercialy in a store with growuing your own sprouts, ...)
you will be eating a small young green livign plant !

to read on what i am doing, goto this link, and look in
Qi (chi) Pig
blog
for the messages a/ growing your own sprouts and
b/ full spectrum lighing

in each message i give click on links to where I got my stuff from ..direct links to the orders page.
to save you browse time.

if you are interested in these things clike here on ALL MY BLOGS
and I wish you the best.

I am growing Mung beans, since they help draw heavy metals out
and broccoli seed, alfalfa seed, red Daikon radish seed, red clover, black in shell sunflowers and willbe getting whole peas for sprouting and mustard and red lentils as well.

the larger seeds, you just soak for a day in a jar first to help soften the shell so they can sprout better.
be sure and mist your plants several time a day.
You can get cheaper broccoli seed from the company i linked to , to buy trays from.

umm you will be eating for about 15 -50 cents a day !!
dig it ! save you tons of grocery money !

all my best keep me updated and i also suggest you talk to Owee
on the vit C forum :he has been eating like this forwell over a generation of time 8)
Ami Joi Benton