Life can be a Pain

It will be great to have a shower and wash your hair again - I had to go for days when I had my toe nail taken off and before that when I had my last arthroscopy on my knee - I could shower but I had to wrap my knee in plastic stuck down with tape

I'm glad you didn't have to have it stitched again and they just used steri-strips - and it's good that you see the doctor on Monday

It must be ages since you had a shower - as you said - we miss things we never think about when stuff like your skin surgery happen

We have had some hot weather in Melbourne yeah - how have you been coping with this with your arms bandaged straight - not fun at all I bet

Dec

@utopia@Former-Member@outlander@Bunniekins

I am feeling so much better today - I am not thinking about my procedure much atm - I will manage to do an excellent job of freaking out when I get to the hospital next Tuesday

And my daughter is picking me up on her way to work - she has cleared it with her boss that she might be a bit late - her work is not far from the hospital I am going to - and she is driving me home as well

I was just overwhelmed with too much happening and now life feels back under control - I wasn't depressed or even anxious I think - I was just feeling the weight of the world and it helped a lot to post my bothers hered - and yes - I do use my thread as a kind of journal Lapses - so I can look back at the past few days and feel how tense I was -

It's really hot in Melbourne today and I have a man in my backyard putting a new door onto my shed and she has been here since 8.15am and it's nearly noon - so yes - I will be glad when he is through so I can have a shower and wash my hair -

I hope everyone is having the best Wednesday possible - knowing we all get varying degrees of pressure on our brains and hearts

Dec

Hi @Owlunar, so glad you feel a bit better & more settled with things today 👍😀. Not an easy path you're on 💜 Hugzz.

All the very best with your arthroscopy tomorrow. Hope its an easy repair job and you recover quickly.

We all here will be thinking of you "holding you in the light" so to speak (in my prayers).

You'll be fine, I just know it ☺ 💜💜💜

Thank youfor making my point @utopia, you're too kind, I do find journalling very therapeutic. Hope you're ok in yourself. I'm done apologising 💮

Thanks @Former-Member .... will go take a look .... 🤗💕

Hi @Former-Member

Those are beautiful pics - thanks so much

Actually I am having my arthroscopy next Tuesday - and my daughter has Wednesdays off so we can spend a little time together after she brings me home from hospital

I really must have had this whole thing on my mind and it's such a relief - and I have a bit of tidying up to do at home because I have let things go a lot lately - and all I need to do is to move the clutter out of the way and ditch some stuff as I go

My shed door looks great and I can lock it now - when they fix the roof I will be able to use it to store garden stuff and not have it get wet and ruined

Life seems to be made up of getting stuff fixed and like de-cluttering it makes up a lot of our lives

So the knee gets fixed next week and I will be glad to get that done but I am sure I will get pretty edgy about it before I get there

Dec