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…………………..cannot sit still for more than 5 minutes, has to be doing something. Cleaning, dusting, hoovering, washing, ironing, if all that fails she gets out the laptop, her huge jigsaws or puzzle books, or drags me out for a walk. She is also a born organiser and was telling the male nurse how to do his job. I just sat back and let the mayhem commence, I’m used to it.
Sometimes she scares the crap out of me… All is ready, family all informed, house clean, pots washed, dried and put away. Can’t see anything out of place. Wish me luck, I have the task now of trying to keep her in the routine they give her.
That sounds so like mine, they could be twins.?? If I’m looking for something that came last week, she tells me she’s either washed it, painted it, or thrown it away!!
One reason that she’s put off going under the knife for her back and her hips is the 3 month “take it easy” recovery time afterwards. One of her favourite sayings is ” There’ll be enough time to take it easy when I’m dead!!”
When she had her cataracts done, the three week “No housework, no bending down, no quick movements” rule was pergatory for her ( and me ) and went against every fibre of her being, so multiply that by four and one of us would end up dead, and I’ve a feeling that might be me!!
Her chosen path instead of the ops was to lose almost 4 stone in 2 years, enrol in the gym and do one exercise every day out of Aqua-Fit aerobics, Yoga, Pilates, gym work, Tai Chi…….stop smoking, plus take a walk down by the beach whenever possible.
I always remember when I was in hospital after my car crash. I’d had the “easy” repair done on my right leg on admission, but the left needed a special piece of equipment to insert the rod down inside the bone, from knee to ankle. It was problematic getting hold of the equipment, so that meant I was “Nil by mouth” from the night before, no breakfast while they waited to see if it had arrived, then cancel the op till another day………rinse and repeat every few days!! , When she came in to visit me that lunch time, I was sitting in bed, wrapped in an old, greyed, aertex blanket, hair dirty, beard straggly, feeling really sorry for myself. She went shopping and bought me a brightly coloured track suit ( I could only wear the top at first, ) took me down to the bathroom for a hair wash, beard trim and tidy and took me back to the ward. My sister turned up to visit me and commented how well I looked, whereupon the wife told her she should have seen me 2 hours before.
Long story short, we don’t know how lucky we are, even if it doesn’t ever feel that way!! Look after her, Bob and wish her all the best for her recovery.
EDIT – You may not see anything out of place, but be aware that she most definitely will.??
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