I can’t cope

@Captain24 hope you're home now and resting soundly! Glad you made it through okay and hope the pain meds are helping 🤞

Do you have some entertainment or gentle crafty stuff to do whilst you're in recovery?

It sounds like your GP is right about the actions, but just not about a viable timeline? Maybe you can pass on that you are working on a plan with your other supports or something like that. You can always ask to just focus on physical health stuff with the GP and leave mental health stuff to your psych and pdoc?

Yeah I'm definitely doing okay hun, enjoying the cold weather setting in - it's finally time to break out the hoodies!! 😉😋

I’m really sore @tyme. But I’m really glad dad felt comfortable enough to drive all the way home. Now I can have a smoke and sleep in my own bed.

I haven’t been to church since Christmas. I don’t think k he realises that you just go and leave after the service. There is no fellowship. It’s catholic.

Im about to just sit on the lounge.

How are you?

We not long got home @Jynx. The stack of pain meds they gave me have worn off. They couldn’t give me anymore as my blood pressure was dropping. I still feel really woozy though.

Im so glad dad drove all the way home though. At least I have my own bed.

Yeah I have heaps that I can do. All sorts of different stuff. We’ll see how I go. I have nothing to do though. I just need a couple of things from the supermarket tomorrow that mums going to get. My house is all clean so there is nothing that needs doing. I’ve set myself up to do nothing.

He is definitely right but just further down the track. I’ll meet him halfway by tryinh to shower everyday. He has to be a base for mental health check-ins. They are all checking on me. Constantly!

I have a hoodie on now! I thought we would stay in the town that I had surgery in and it’s going for a low of 3 degrees and a top of 11 tomorrow. I’m glad we got out!

Im glad you are ok. The weather would be exciting you. I’m dreading it though. Is all good in you life?

I've just been worried about you. I can only imagine how sore you must be feeling. It's probably just going to be even more sore up to the 3rd day post op. I hope you can rest up @Captain24

I'm glad you are in your own space.

It must've been stressful for you to have to wait so long for the op. I'm sorry I wasn't around when you were waiting.

Blergh..... life.

Things are plodding along here. Nothing much to report. The kids are cute. I lost my crap at my BIL last week... I just need to take a chill pill and go gentle. He's been more careful lately.

Thank you for caring @tyme. I really

appreciate it. I wasn’t allowed my phone while I was sitting in there waiting anyway.

I did it all calmly and even joke around with everyone. Maybe my new antidepressants are kicking in? I don’t know?

Im going to be sore for a few days. They scraped all the walls of my uterus!! I have no plans to do anything and mum and dad will come and check on me tomorrow.

im glad you are plodding along. Are you still writing your lists? As for your BIL it must be hard for all of you and you can only take so much before you snap. At least he is trying though.

NO phones in the waiting room??? What the? That's like going to send everyone into cold turkey withdrawal!!! And there is @Captain24 , joking around like the real Cap??

Argh... my lists have blown outta proportion... so much so that my lists have exploded! I don't even know where to start with the lists because I've got THAT much to do.

Arghhh.... I've finished the last lists which has been good.

I know right!!! I had to watch some stupid game show and the ladies voice was really annoying, it was overstimulating me! @tyme I felt the most normal I have felt in a very very long time. The surgeon even said I was funny. I don’t think I am but a lot of people have told me that. It was actually nice.

Thats when it’s scaring. Seeing so much. What I do then is break it down into tasks that go together. Or break it down into the quicker tasks first as it gets more of you list quickly and it doesn’t seem as daunting.

At least you got the last ones finished and that is done.

So glad you get to be in your safe, cosy bed tonight instead of hospital @Captain24 😊

Oh love that! Set up to do nothing, perfect for giving your body ample time to rest and heal. Hopefully lots of snoozles and cuddles from the pups 😉

Meeting halfway sounds like a good way to show that you are willing to put in the work, but also doing it on your own terms. No one else is the expert in what pace to set for your journey!

Oh wow that's colder than down here! Low of 9 tonight (though apparently 'feels like 6' cos of all the rain - hasn't stopped all day!) so I may finally break out my oil heaters. But still got a day that's 27 next week so can't put my pedestal fans away just yet! Hahaha, typical 😂

Yeah it's soup-making weather!! I know it's definitely not your fav though haha. Hope you get a few more warm days before winter sets in.

Yeah tbh not much exciting happening atm. Just crafting, cooking, cleaning, kitty cats - business as usual 😋

Oh me too. Or a motel room with my dad! He snores really badly and doesn’t go to bed until late @Jynx

After all the complications from last time (well the medical ones) I wanted to do my best to heal properly this time. It may not change it but at least I can try. The mental side is going to be harder though. At least I can be prepared and watch for the signs.

Definitely lots of sleeping and snuggles.

I think so. I know I need to try but there is only so far that I can go. I’m not mentally well enough to push to hard or I’ll go backwards. I’ve got a rocky path ahead.

There was a big storm that can through. There were trees on the road (that had been moved) and everything. Lots of leaves and little branches all over the road. That place I came from is a really cold place. It snows there. The weather here is supposed to be to reach 16 tomorrow but as of Sunday it goes to the mid to high 20’s. That’s not warm enough though. It’s a hard time of year with the weather, really cold and a little warmer.

Nah.. definitely not! I do have the odd cup of soup or I’ll make up a packet of Dutch curry and rice soup but that’s it!

What crafting have you been doing?

I'm so, so glad to hear it @Captain24 - your healing is important, so I'm glad you're gonna take it slower and more mindfully this time! No climbing into trucks till you're sure you're ready, right? 😉

I think for now it's very okay to just focus on your health, your basics, and taking really small baby steps hey.

Maybe you could think about taking a trip somewhere warmer towards the end of winter - give you something to look forward to, like heading to a beach somewhere....super far north 😅

I actually don't know if rearranging my decor truly counts as crafting now I think about it... but it seems creative, right? You been doing some crafting or got some set up for your healing period?