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hi all,
at 6 weeks, I have to decide in the day how much I think I can do, as excersise is important combined with leg up and ice. Then all the different family and friends visit which whilst taking meds and only getting roughly 3 hors broken sleep at night and 1 hour (if time) in the day.
i am frustrated watching my husband do the " man pegging washing tequinique on the line" - lol . And I am beginning to see all the other parts of the house that need cleaning, along with slowly trying to pick up a little bit of food shopping.
it is so easy to do "too much".
I Want my life back, and everybody sees my brave smile and thinks now I have been signed off at 6 weeks, I am able to be nana, mother, daughter ,sister, friend, colleague, oh and a wife and cleaner.
i had thought I would take this time out of work to catch up on the little jobs to save my boredom ( I wish)
i know now what will be said ( look after the leg first) , but it is so hard, as at 58 I have led a busy active life with many family and work commitments.
i just wondered how everyone else is coping with housework at what stage are you hoovering, pegging out washing cleaning, changing beds and all those jobs that expect you to manoeuvre on your knees!!
oh well got that lot off my chest!!!!
just feeling sorry for myself today after a bad night - did too much yesterday !!!!!!!
sue xx
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mandy35295 susan27029
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susan27029 mandy35295
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it so helps to moan to someone who understands.
thank the Lord for this forum.
Sue x
mandy35295
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shirley67411 susan27029
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susan27029 shirley67411
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im usually someone who says, time more important that chores, and family and sunshine first, but I think it's because the simple task of quickly picking up and carrying things from room to room without even thinking about it, is now such a task. I hate housework at the best of times 😭.
i just needed a moan, well I've kicked myself up the behind, and I promise to have a positive day.
wishing everybody "good days"
sue x
shirley67411 susan27029
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louise07185 susan27029
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im 13 weeks post op TKR. Dust and dirt!
for the six months prior to op we awaited builders to extend our house and add a family room and porch! The very day I had the op they started, you don't tell builders you can't cant start otherwise another six months go by. So on discharge I came home to mess and more mess. This went on for eight weeks plus. We had 11 workmen in the house at one time and with the cutting through bricks more mess. After lunch I used to sit in armchair heating on curtains closed a sleep for hour or two builders were amazed that I could. So dust and dirt were not a problem for me. At end of build they cleaned up and hoovered left all in relatively good order. Now hubby painting he has had to clean as part of preparation could not have worked out any better!
susan27029 louise07185
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how good is that,
nothing like getting 2 jobs done at once!
i feel so much better when I'm resting and the washing machine is working - lol
happy days 😀
sue x
pam1313 susan27029
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I had really bad day yesterday, seemed to cry at drop of a hat and have just surfaced after a sleepless night - does anyone else out there suffer from hot flushes from taking medication, that's another annoyance! Don't worry about getting things off your chest on this forum - some of the posts on here have brightened dull days (and nights) for me!
Right........am off to tackle that shower cubicle - happy days!
susan27029 pam1313
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just so nice to connect , but don't envy you the shower cleaning, still apprehensive getting in for a shower - lol
sue xx
sharon52158 pam1313
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martinarvelo pam1313
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sharon52158 martinarvelo
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gill77343 susan27029
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im only 15 days post op and already things are getting me down, like the housework etc.
im also 58 years young and up to now I have been very active, so I can completely understand where you are coming from.
i know it is very difficult for us to sit back and let loved ones help you albeit they don't do it your way, but I've come to the conclusion that the dust and everything else can wait, we are all on the road to our recovery and it just takes time, I'm getting into a bed every day where the bed is not made and are having to try and adjust the sheets and duvet when I'm in bed, that's a laugh in itself, but my hubby is working hard and then he has to come home and just do the basics, so I do appreciate everything he does, it just frustrates me because I cannot do it, so keep smiling, keep your pecker up and just try and take each day as it comes and let tomorrow take care of itself.xx take care Sue xx you do have friends on the forum xx
susan27029 gill77343
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one good thing about having a moan on here, I really appreciate hubby, likewise he has his work to do also, and at least I have got rid of my frustrations on here and he is so relieved that this forum has become my private therapy - which costs nothing - lol 😀😭😀😂😀😟😀.
sue x
louise07185 susan27029
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also so right about having a laugh when reading other people's experiences of this operation, it is better than a bottle of wine!
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