The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

A quick good morning.
The physio came to see MrsD yesterday. A good visit.
She was told so many conflicting doom and gloom things in hospital and this guy kicked many of them into touch.
eg she was told that any undue movement could rapidly worsen the condition. She was on 'egg shells'.
This guy had her raising legs, lying down while raising her back, even on all fours for some exercises.
Tiny things to most of us but the look of relief and new belief on her face was priceless.
Today he wants he walking up and down 3 or 4 steps.
Onwards and upwards

 

[Tenkaykev]

A quick good morning.
The physio came to see MrsD yesterday. A good visit.
She was told so many conflicting doom and gloom things in hospital and this guy kicked many of them into touch.
eg she was told that any undue movement could rapidly worsen the condition. She was on 'egg shells'.
This guy had her raising legs, lying down while raising her back, even on all fours for some exercises.
Tiny things to most of us but the look of relief and new belief on her face was priceless.
Today he wants he walking up and down 3 or 4 steps.
Onwards and upwards

Oh that’s such great news Dave!
so happy to hear it👍

 

[Dave7]

I made a lamb curry yesterday.....from spices etc as against a jar of paste (although some of them are very tasty).
This is roughly based on a Jalfreizi but with a bit of "oops, not got any of that so I will throw a bit of this in".
Left it to marinate overnight and its now in the slow cooker.
There are some good chefs on here so you may know what I mean here........it smells nice BUT as though there is something missing.
Come 1600 I will taste it and decide. Its often just some mango chutney or a pinch of sugar.

 

[Dave7]

Oh that’s such great news Dave!
so happy to hear it👍

Thanks Kev.....must admit I am chuffed.
There was me, MrsD, our son and the physio while he explained, when I threw in "oh good, does that mean we can have sex"?
MrsDs face was a picture.

 

[PaulSB]

A quick good morning.
The physio came to see MrsD yesterday. A good visit.
She was told so many conflicting doom and gloom things in hospital and this guy kicked many of them into touch.
eg she was told that any undue movement could rapidly worsen the condition. She was on 'egg shells'.
This guy had her raising legs, lying down while raising her back, even on all fours for some exercises.
Tiny things to most of us but the look of relief and new belief on her face was priceless.
Today he wants he walking up and down 3 or 4 steps.
Onwards and upwards

My experience is finding the right person is the task, the one who understands what you want to achieve. After my heart attack I eventually found a physio who after my 59th comment on cycling said, somewhat tetchily I thought, "If I can't get you back to where you were before the heart attack then I've failed" - shut me up for good!! After my brain haemorrhage I was in the depths of despair, one day I met a very senior neuro nurse who advised "Mental and physical health are equally important. Do whatever you want but listen to your body" - this was a couple of weeks after the consultant told me to limit cycling to a gentle, flat 20 - that's 20 minutes not miles!!!

As you say Dave onwards and upwards. Sounds like you may have found the man who understands and will get Mrs D moving ahead. Good luck to Mrs D

 

[PaulSB]

Hmmm ...........(Good) Morning. Not sure if good is the word. After 4-5 glorious mornings we have the forecast rain, wind and 5C. Awful night's sleep and feel groggy. On the plus side I did plan today as housework and chores day. So it looks like ironing first, housework, general chores and perhaps an ALDI run and maybe even a visit to the tip. Even more on the plus side I feel motivated, my mojo seems to be returning and I want to do stuff - even mundane stuff.

Garage clear out is complete, cleaned and painted. Junk (sorry, stuff we are keeping till it will no longer come in useful) organised and put away. Other junk carefully sorted into plastic, metal, old paint etc ready for a trip to the council tip.

Got shot of my bike box and bag to club members. Excellent. The bag went to a guy who makes everyone smile. Any offer from a member for free stuff or for sale he's likely to snap up. Said items end up on eBay or offered for sale many months later........................he thinks no one notices but we all have a good natured laugh.

Time to get the ironing board out and find a Netflix film..................

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
Abit of a cloudy start to the day here, but not so cold.

All the usual stuff to do. Domestics, dog walking, tea drinking

I will be having mussels in white wine and cream sauce for dinner, with some crusty bread

Stay safe everyone.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

Doctors this morning.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I have risen!

Doctors this morning.

All the best Drago 👍🤞

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning everybody

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Yes! It was pretty unusual to encounter 3 of them in 15 minutes though...

You've had more in 15 minutes than I've had all year.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
I was sipping my coffee while catching up on the thread and noticed that the coffee mug I’m drinking out of is one that Mrs Tenkaykev was given by Poole Hospital NHS Trust to celebrate the Millennium 😮
During my shed tidying yesterday I found a Charles and Di Wedding commemorative Coin on a dusty shelf, I think everyone was issued with one ?
Take care folks

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Getting a few things sorted this morning, ready for our getaway next week. Rang the first site yesterday, just to confirm all is OK.
We will be having a week just outside of Mevagissey, then a week near Lands End followed by a week near Padstow on the way back.
Can't wait!

 

[Mo1959]

Drizzly walk done. I go past a field that has 2 large areas of water that have gathered and never really disappear unless we have an exceptionally long, dry spell.......doesn't happen much up here! There is already quite a bit of wildlife enjoys it and someone has recently put a couple of platforms in so hope the swans might nest on one this year. The swans and geese were near the road this morning so grabbed a quick snap.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. A dry start here. Not quite as cold as it has been but a tad windy.

Good news Dave about Mrs D, not about the sex.

Stay safw folks.