21. What is My Favourite Body Part ?

Can I choose my least favourite?

Me hanging out the washing before playing netball. I was 36 and had 4 kids.

My least favourite — that’s easy. My toes. I was supposed to have them broken and reset when I was a child but I would have to take 6 weeks off sport and swimming! I couldn’t do it. I was told they’d be a problem when I got older. Well, here I am older — what happened to all the years?

I can tell you what happened to my toes. They kept on curling more and more under. I’m now walking on my toenails. I’m supposed to be walking to strengthen my new knees but my feet just can’t manage to keep up the pace. I have to have a tenectomy — a simple procedure where the tendons on the tops of my toes are cut and my toes are then put in a splint for 4 weeks.

My terrible toes

That was easy… now to think of my favourite part. That used to be my legs. I had long shapely legs (see top photo). Now they are not pretty. Apart from the scars on my knees, they are wrinkly and misshapen. They’re still quite long but the knee replacements have taken a little off the length.

The only parts of me that haven’t deteriorated beyond all recognition are my breasts. I think they’re pretty good considering my age and having fed four…