Do have to go back to work soon? I retired a year ago and am thinking that it would be nice have a job to do. I do not sit well.
We just have to figure out another way to enjoy the summer. I am feeling well enough at 3 week post op that I am missing being control of my daily activities.
I no longer tear up in the morning when I see the crutches at the end of my bed. I do sigh and hope I have the strength to hoist me around all day.
I am going to ask a friend with a pontoon boat for a ride. I should be able to crutch on the dock and into their boat. We have a fishing boat and I will not be in that until next Spring.
I do miss a cold summer beer and decided that I am going to have any alcohol until I can stand on two feet.
My husband is mourning the loss of his summer too. I keep telling him to ask a friend to do something. With his cognitive impairments he relies on me for his social interactions and I do not have the strength to do manage that now. He still golfs on Wednesday and I have been encouraging him to go more days.
It has been so dry here that the crutches work well on grass and I have been able to walk around to our back patio. The steps scare me and I try to avoid them at all costs. Reading on the patio and being outside was nice.
Since it is my left leg, getting in and out of the passenger seat is easy. I have never been one to go for a ride just to go for one, but this past week I have enjoyed just seeing something different than the inside of the house.
I have being doing a mental inventory of restaurants that do not have steps and have handicap accommodations. We finally have insta cart and door dash in our area, but I want to get out for a bit.
I have figured out how to make the bed by hopping around it. I only make it when I am too squirrelly to sit still.
For my mental health, I started cleaning the kitchen yesterday. I had my husband help with things I could not do. Which was hard because kitchen cleaning was always his chore. Last time our house was really cleaned was June 20th before our company came. We have yet to find a cleaning service and the in home care aides do the bare minimum. We live in an area where the cleaning services are independent woman who are aging out or are cleaning cottages and primary homes of their clients this time of year. Care.com had two persons and I did not want to give my credit card number without knowing if those persons would work out.
The in home care provider is coming for an extra hour on Wednesday and I am hoping she will finally swifter the floors.
Our laundry is in the basement and my husband is now responsible for all laundry. Yesterday, he could not remember how to change the cycles and start the washer. I had him take a picture of the dials and then I could show him. I am pretty sure he forgot the detergent. I have no idea what the laundry room or basement look like. I suggested that we go to the laundromat and you thought I had asked to go to the moon.
By my ramblings, you can tell the post op mental fog is gone and now the reality of my limitations has set in.
On a side note: I asked my PT why I have a metal taste in my mouth and she said it was because the trauma to my body set off my metal fillings and it is possible the mercury is leaching into my system. Who knew???
Hang in and remember this only temporary.