He will celebrate his 94th birthday in November. At her age, singer Yvetta Simonová still abounds in energy that many, even ten years younger, could envy. Although she herself jokingly claims that she has nothing to do here anymore, on the other hand, she is fighting old age with all her might. And the hip surgery that underwent in 2020makes it slightly more complicated for her.
Several things help Yvette with her positive energy and good mood. One of them is constant contact with people, on which she depends. The singer admits that she never knew how to be alone. The years she had to spend in isolation and home treatment had the biggest impact on her psyche.
“The main thing that keeps me in shape is when I can walk among people. I can’t stand without an audience. If I’m healthy, I can exercise and work, that’s my happiness, that’s my life, which always revolves around singing. What more could you wish for? After all, everything runs at its own pace and it cannot be influenced or slowed down,” Simonová confided to the magazine Aha! for women.
Challenging holidays
During the summer holidays, there is a performance in the theater here and there, or a small concert, but most of the events are in other seasons, and Yvetta spends a lot of time alone at home. In addition, doctors advise her not to leave the house too much in hot weather, where it is relatively cool.
Loneliness was so difficult for Simonová that she finally decided to solve it in a very original way. In addition, she killed two birds with one stone. She decided to spend the summer in a rehabilitation center, where she moves and helps her body, and also has company.
In the center, Simonová mainly practiced group rehabilitation in the pool, which helped her body a lot. Not only because of the hip surgery she underwent some time ago, but also because of her old age, the singer has to keep in shape. And exercising in water is one of the best ways.
Visiting a friend
Her longtime friend Josef Zíma also arrived at the rehabilitation center for Yvetta. It was he who confided in the interview how the singer is doing. “We went to visit her, it’s the third time she’s been there. They put it together fantastically. When you consider she’ll be 94 on November 4, she’s fantastic,” he said.
“The way she keeps herself, she looks beautiful, and she thinks very well. It is admirable. She was happy to see us,” added Zíma, who mentioned that Simonová regularly goes to the center to rehabilitate after hip surgery. She herself cannot praise the care of the workers here.
“Everybody leaves there as a young woman. I thought it wouldn’t be bad to walk like I was in my thirties. But then I reduced it. You have to want a lot, so I want to look like a twentysomething,” she laughed.
In conclusion, she recalled how the bizarre injury happened to her, and added that next time she hangs the sheet, she will be careful not to get tangled in it again and fall.
Source: Magazine Aha! for women, Aha!, lightning
Author: Šárka Cvrkalová
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