Day 26, and I'll never win Patient Of The Year Award. Ever since the pain levels in my ankle went from zomgwtfbbq!!1! down to manageable, I have had a problem with the concept of taking it easy, i.e., I fail to see why it should mean 'sit on your arse all day'. I just cannot sit still, I want to go out, do things, or else I'll go completely mad.
In a quest for new books to read, I took the bus into town this afternoon. Spent about an hour browsing the shelves in my favourite bookshop (standing room only, no comfy seats). The ankle started playing up after 10 minutes or so. In the end, I cut my visit short, selected only three books and went home to a pile of laundry which I've just hung out to dry. I've done the cooking, the hoovering and the ironing; I wanted to do the windows as well, but...I'm pooped. And the ankle's started to hurt some more.
This has not gone the way I planned it. I thought that after the initial two weeks of enforced rest, I'd be able to have some quality time off work before I had to go back there. Seems I was wrong.
Still, three more weeks to go and then the cast gets removed! That is something to look forward to, I suppose.
In a quest for new books to read, I took the bus into town this afternoon. Spent about an hour browsing the shelves in my favourite bookshop (standing room only, no comfy seats). The ankle started playing up after 10 minutes or so. In the end, I cut my visit short, selected only three books and went home to a pile of laundry which I've just hung out to dry. I've done the cooking, the hoovering and the ironing; I wanted to do the windows as well, but...I'm pooped. And the ankle's started to hurt some more.
This has not gone the way I planned it. I thought that after the initial two weeks of enforced rest, I'd be able to have some quality time off work before I had to go back there. Seems I was wrong.
Still, three more weeks to go and then the cast gets removed! That is something to look forward to, I suppose.
- Current Mood:
cranky
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- 6 Aug 2020, 01:54That must have been so hard, on both of you! Now she can settle in and you can relax.
I feel your pain - it took me weeks to clean Frank's room. - 8 Jul 2020, 12:16It must be a relief to have seen her sitting and chatting.
I wish you well with the house clearing. I'm not sure if this is helpful - but it took my sister and I at least one full day a week for a… - 8 Jul 2020, 09:11Oh my goodness! I can just feel that horrible sinking in the pit of the stomach when you realised and there was nothing you could do about it.
- 8 Jul 2020, 01:03I'm glad the move went so well. It sounds like it might be a great place for her.
- 7 Jul 2020, 01:17I'm glad things turned out okay! (Other than the rhubarb.)
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This is an icon for how you feel - not how you make me feel!
And the icon is most appropriate! ;-)
You are the most active person in a cast I've known.