Life can be a Pain

Hello @Owlunar

have you tried a magnesium soak with Epsom salts , I put some in my small square bathtub and soak in it helps sometimes with my aches and pains xx

@Former-Member darling NellBell you sent me a pic this morning but I can't find it .... can you resend it again please? xxxx

of course @Bunniekins

Ah @Shaz51

Soaking in the bath sounds like such a good idea - I love a bubble bath - I love to soak in the water - but

But but but

Sometimes I have trouble getting out of the bath - it's rather deep and my knee had surgery a few years ago - sometimes I have had to empty the bath and then get out - with my knee the way it is now I might find myself setting off my emergency alarm and having young men coming into the house - paramedics - to get me out of the bath but I will be cold and naked and not really in the mood to enjoy the moment and make the most of it and invent new jokes

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh - no - no -

I had a wide shallow bath in my hotel room in Sydney - aw - that was wonderful - I really enjoyed that - the water kept running in really hot when I wanted more and I was laying there having a really decadent time like Cleopatra in her bath of milk - only I had scented water

This is my long way of saying what a wonderful idea - and I am sitting her thinking about it - aw - that would be soooooooooo good

But I don't want the paramedics here at any time - let alone when I am starkers

Dec

Hi @Former-Member and @Bunniekins

Welcome to the aches and pains thread - it's really good to have you here

I love that Happ-Pea pic too

Dec

Hi @Former-Member@Bunniekins@Shaz51@Former-Member@utopia@outlander

There are times when I really wonder about the system that is supposed to be helping me - the idea on my care plan is that I can continue to live on my own here with as little stress as possible - and

And ------- I really wonder what that means

So with all this happening with my knee and I am so tired - I got a letter last night and I had to think about it for a while and it is to let me know that I am accepted for the Federal Aged Care Package and I am in a queue so I don't know anything about what issues are bothering me and would bother anyone I think

How long will I have to wait? Will I be covered after the package I have now ends?

Will I receive the degree of care I have been having up until now?

How much will this cost me?

Okay - so I can check this out on-line which I haven't done yet - and I also have to make a phone call about this - and I am sure that someone had a brilliant idea to federalize this system but I don't know if it will be any easier

One of the hard things though is that I am described as being socially isolated with chronic pain in my spine mostly - but also my shoulders and my right knee and that I have reactive depression from past trauma and grief issues - all of which is true - I am wondering about the "giddy turns" - I have had them when I go to a shopping centre alone but always after a death in the family -

And so on - socially isolated though - I am wondering a lot about that because this is how I choose to be - after years I have figured out why I stopped going to church - and this is not something I want to talk about really - and I did go and play cards with the local Sen Citz at the time and they got onto an argument about something and then aggressively asked me what I thought - and I told them I only came to play cards and never went back - maybe I don't give people enough of a chance but really - I am okay alone

Twice since I have been using my crutches again I have been shoved from behind in the supermarket - this is not pleasant - this women snapped at me that they were in a hurry and if I felt so inclined I might think I don't have the right to be there - but I do and I resent not having eyes in the back of my head

So you might get an idea that I am upset about this - and yes - I am - I choose to be alone because the circumstances are fine for me - and I don't like it when things in my life get outside my control and that's how I feel right now

Rant over

Dec

yes lots of unanswered questions @Owlunar, as the time gets closer , hope you get a clearer picture soon and remember to write your questions down on paper , so you can have your say xx

for me my biggest question is "WHEN" , I just have to wait and see what the specialists and the gp says

I love to have a long bathtub but won`t fit