Well that's me off my bike for a while

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Maybe that was why my Dr prescribed oral morphine yesterday. Mind you in haven't yet got it but...

Guess it's day 9 or 10. I am getting the hang of walking to the bathroom with 1 left leg I can't rely on to hold me and 1 right leg that won't hold me! Thankfully I have now gone 3 days without a fall, it think.

My husband is hoping to help me down the stairs tomorrow (they are not a regular staircase and were not built by someone who knew what the conventions were like the middle of the step always being wide enough for a foot to go on it completely). If you stand at the bottom of them, there is a complete 180 degree left turn (with no spare space involved) followed by a 90 degree right hand turn. Sadly the height of the steps is also not even and one or two of them are not big enough to plant your backside on them. This is pretty much the main reason I am stuck upstairs, that and the fact it still can't bear any vertical weight on my spine and the nerve running through my right leg is murder!

If i make it downstairs my parents have brought over my step fathers crutches to help with the balance issues so that I can potter around.

Shall keep smiling, tis better than tears.

 

[Scoosh]

Shall keep smiling, tis better than tears.

Back on the bike soon, then ?

Keep at it - you're inspiring all (and perhaps embarrassing some ) of us !

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Back on the bike soon, then ?

Keep at it - you're inspiring all (and perhaps embarrassing some ) of us !

I think i might have to take smaller steps first, like walking or learning to balance on 2 legs again before cycling unless you know anyone with a recumbent trike spare for a while?

Can't see how I can possibly be inspiring anyone at the moment though

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

<rant mode on> I hate family sometimes. What is it with them? You do everything you can for them, including letting them live with for for several months after he separated from his wife, never asked for anything in the way in a contribution even for food (Though he did have to pay for his own alcohol) and I don't mean financial contribution, housekeeping, gardening, cleaning anything like or even cooking, fuel for the car we insured him to drive.... Put up with years of his pointless and endless phone calls when he is bored at work (he's a courier in London), put up with his wanting to find our real father and everything else that goes with me being the eldest... And when i ask if he is coming round to see me after the match tomorrow (he regularly drives from London to Stoke to watch their matches) I get the ' I'm seeing grandad before the match ' (fair enough, he's 92 and probably not going to live much longer) and then continues with ' and I want to be home before my wife goes to bed '. He knows what wrong, he knows the issues, his wife had been there as well... And proceeds to tell me he probably won't see me before Christmas or the New Year... Can I post him his present?

I don't live that far away from there... It would add perhaps 2 hours to his journey max to drive over, see me and set of home again.

Can't he see his wife in the morning? Yet again as he does every morning and evening? Is it too much to ask?

Sorry, seemed better out than in. Even my parents have managed to get over to see me once,b which given they were on holiday until Saturday and I've usually support them is quite an achievement.

</rant mode off>

 

[ColinJ]

Blimey ... yes, post him his present - an empty envelope, without a stamp on it!

I was just told of a man who found out that his elderly mum had been rushed into hospital. He and his wife did not go to visit her 'because when we phoned the hospital, they said no visitors'. When told that, the old woman's friends didn't go either. A call to the hospital later in the day revealed that the son and daughter-in-law had never contacted the hospital - hospital staff had been desperately trying to contact next-of-kin. Of course visitors would have been allowed, but it was too late now ... sorry, the woman had just died - alone!

 

[Scoosh]

Can I post him his present?

Nope - you are clearly too infirm to take it to the post office - if he wants it, he can come and collect it ... or do without.

... and if he doesn't come, there are plenty of people who would be very glad of it (whatever it is).

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Good morning, @SatNavSaysStraightOn . Hang in there, and I hope this day's not too boring for you.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Well I am now back in bed with the wheat pack on my right thigh, but I managed it. Getting downstairs was definitely on the interesting side and I think is going to need supervisor for quite some time to come. Getting my husband to hold me around the waist rather than under my armpits took some convincing, not helped by the fact I am ticklish . I managed to walk very slowly with the aid of the crutches to the gate and back thought it was beginning to hurt badly by the we reached the house. Don't know why but going back up the stairs was more difficult than down! And the nerve running down my leg is cold with pain, not hot. Just another 40 mins and I can have some more painkillers.

http://app.strava.com/activities/219438420

 

[Stonechat]

Well I am now back in bed with the wheat pack on my right thigh, but I managed it. Getting downstairs was definitely on the interesting side and I think is going to need supervisor for quite some time to come. Getting my husband to hold me around the waist rather than under my armpits took some convincing, not helped by the fact I am ticklish . I managed to walk very slowly with the aid of the crutches to the gate and back thought it was beginning to hurt badly by the we reached the house. Don't know why but going back up the stairs was more difficult than down! And the nerve running down my leg is cold with pain, not hot. Just another 40 mins and I can have some more painkillers.

http://app.strava.com/activities/219438420

It's character building - I think!

 

[ColinJ]

It's character building - I think!

I think she did the character-building years ago!

Character-maintenance maybe?

 

[fossyant]

Get in you, putting it on Strava !!!

How you feeling now ? Family can be a royal pain, but you can't pick them unfortunately.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Get in you, putting it on Strava !!!

How you feeling now ? Family can be a royal pain, but you can't pick them unfortunately.

I thought if it recorded it, it would give the incentive to keep at it each day and slowly see some progress, like being fast enough for Strava to actually think I am moving!

It's character building - I think!

I think she did the character-building years ago!

Character-maintenance maybe?

Oh yep, I definitely have enough character... Really don't need any more. Social skills possibility, ok definitely, but not any more character

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Well done @SatNavSaysStraightOn (or 'Emma') .

 

[fossyant]

Stick it on strava - its a goal setter.

 

[cosmicbike]

Stick it on strava - its a goal setter.

+1 for that. Works for me and I've had to re-learn walking 4 times in the past 18 months.
Stick at it @SatNavSaysStraightOn , just go at a pace which is comfortable