07-01-2020, 03:44 AM
My understanding is that a person who "recovers" from polio will then live with the remaining involved musculature working at close to 100% capacity. At some point those muscles fatigue, and then function declines. The muscles cannot be strengthened - - they were already working at maximum capacity for many years. Scheduled rests, and adjustment of activities and routines can help prolong function and independence. Post-polio syndrome is especially brutal for those persons who had pulmonary involvement.
Bless your mother; she is very tough to achieve all she has.
I was a huge believer in innoculations / vaccinations esp after working at a vet clinic during the parvovirus outbreak in the very late '70s, and seeing so many dogs vomit/shit blood until they died (bleach still smells like perfume to me). HOWEVER during the mid 2000s the info coming out did not always add up; new flu vaccines had to be taken in the spring, etc. Sadly, I do not trust our profit-based health care system so much anymore.
Bless your mother; she is very tough to achieve all she has.
I was a huge believer in innoculations / vaccinations esp after working at a vet clinic during the parvovirus outbreak in the very late '70s, and seeing so many dogs vomit/shit blood until they died (bleach still smells like perfume to me). HOWEVER during the mid 2000s the info coming out did not always add up; new flu vaccines had to be taken in the spring, etc. Sadly, I do not trust our profit-based health care system so much anymore.