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POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE DOES IT HELP RECOVERY

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Soobeedoo
Soobeedoo

I would like to throw this into the mix.

i went back to work today at 6 weeks TKR . I was really scared as my boss has low tolerance for anyone not working on full throttle. I have to stand up most of the day. I have come home hardly able to bend my knee and back pain but I so enjoyed being amongst people again

with no complications my knee is perfect it's everything surrounding it needs to mend.

i have been feeling really sorry for myself and I am wondering if that's done more harm than good. 

Do you think it's ok to push yourself just a bit further than you think. Obviously not being silly.

i wonder if we really do need so much rest.

I empathise with those who have had complications.

what do you think

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  • betty07083
    betty07083 Soobeedoo

    Posted

    Everyone is different of course, but I think being out & about & among people is good therapy!

    Regarding attitude- when I was going to physical therapy, along the back wall in huge letters, it said "attitude is everything!". It even said it on the shirts they wore.

    As far as lots of rest, again everyone is different. Some require more than others. All I know is when I feel as if I have hit a wall, I have to lie down as I literally can't function!

    Good for you going back to work. It sounds like it has already lifted your spirits smile

    Betty

    • Soobeedoo
      Soobeedoo betty07083

      Posted

      Thanks Betty . That's what got me thinking. I could have cried and duvet dived half way through the afternoon but I pushed through and just about got through. I didn't know if this was a good thing as I did get thru and felt a big better for it. 
  • fran54306
    fran54306 Soobeedoo

    Posted

    I think he has a damned cheek expecting you back at work Soobeedoo at this stage,oh I am so angry I could burst!! You are utterly amazing I would never have thought that possible,you rest as much as you can my dear,and I really hope that your boss appreciates what an amzing worker you are. Now PLEASE take care of yourself you have done so much and been through so much. See, now I am going to worry about you, oh I wish I had your boss here I would give him such a tongue lashing!!!
    • Soobeedoo
      Soobeedoo fran54306

      Posted

      That's fighting talk Fran LOL

      he disappeared off home as he had a houseful of guests. Two people rang in sick.

      on the other hand he has been good to me paying me full wages for two major operations

    • fran54306
      fran54306 Soobeedoo

      Posted

      Ok I have calmed down now smile Its just that you have been through such a lot and I dont allways think people who havent lived thru this appreciate how painful it can be. So he should jolly well pay you!!  Im guessing your not from the UK?? Oh just ignore my rant Soobeedoo Im ex social work and doesnt take much for me to get on my high horse smile It is good to feel normal again,getting me own knickers on was an achievement last month smile
    • jean95756
      jean95756 fran54306

      Posted

      Getting your knickers on made me smile Fran 

      i've been knicker less around the house it's easier ...but not outside in this weather lol I could have got frostbite 

    • Soobeedoo
      Soobeedoo jean95756

      Posted

      HahahAhaha love it. Frozen the movie could gave a whole new story linelol
    • fran54306
      fran54306 Soobeedoo

      Posted

      Well that was a major assumtion on my part! The trouble with me Soobeedoo is I worked far too long on the public sector and read far too many union policies than was good for me,if our employers put a toe wrong we jumped on them! Maybe that why they struggle with finances now smile You keep smiling but pleez take it easy,I flinched when I read your profile about getting knocked by the car on your knee! OUCH!
  • jean95756
    jean95756 Soobeedoo

    Posted

    Hi

    well done on your first day back at work  I had a positive attitude to this op  and I thought I would sail through it.

    i had the usual bad time in the first few weeks then things settled down 

    since then I have developed really bad Sciatica

    and when I've walked any distance I get home and my knee is bruised again.

     And that's me who had a really positive attitude.

    sometimes things go wrong and the odd op doesn't quite go as planned 

    take care and once again 

    well done 

    Jean 

    • betty07083
      betty07083 jean95756

      Posted

      It's certainly easier said than done at times, to maintain a good attitude, isn't it Jean?

      Keep smiling through the tears, ha

    • Soobeedoo
      Soobeedoo jean95756

      Posted

      Ahh that's rough and tough. I think you have a positivity in you that's got you through. But it must have felt like you were beeping beaten down. 

      I hope it gets better better for you

    • jean95756
      jean95756 betty07083

      Posted

      I do Betty ....

      we all have to keep going whether things are right with the knee or not.

      And I'm really glad it's Winter here and I don't have to show my fat bruised. knee ....lol.... not as though I do anyway at my age.

       

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