Oh Bizi I wish it were better news, you need to heal and be better. Sending hugs and thoughts, wish there was something I could do or say.
Love you dearly
di

oh geez Bizi i did not remember you have carpal tunnel sndrome too, or maybe i didn't know... i wish you did not have so much to deal with.

good job getting organized! it can help to feel less overwhelmed with things and then you will have more satisfaction to as you feel more able to keep up.

(((hugs)))

~ waves ~

I feel so stupid!
it has taken me this long to figure out that my collar bone is attached to my shoulder blade....and not even close to my humerus...
why did they not order an mri of my shoulder????
saw mitzie today....my tdoc...she said if I was unhappy with my doc get another opinion....I just don't know...I feel frustrated...
she told me to learn how to do nothing...
how the hello do you do that?

jeff says I need to find a new hobby....
I have no life....
I have not painted in a long time.....
i over did it today, cooking up a new recipe...that is what i have been doing, shop in the afternoons and cook up a storm for dinner.
which includes lots of chopping of fresh veggies etc.

the ortho said there is a fragment, i saw it, don't know where it is exactly...could cause me problems and require surgery to remove....
sigh
i hate all of this...i have no patience in this healing process...
i need to rest and I can not....we usually watch an episode of lost in the evening and that is the most rest that I get during the day. I even got up early today...not a good sign. wanted to get started on my range of motion exercises...that the doctor did not tell me to do but my therapist friend did. I trust her more....
sigh
Our cat harriet had surgery today and was not well enough to come home yet, still bleeding some so we pick her up tomorrow morning.
my face is a mess, sorry wrong thread....
anyway.
I am a mess.
and I am about to start drinking again!!!!!!!!
bizi

Dear Bizi,
You can call your insurance company tomorrow to ask about the second opinion.

You can call your pdoc tomorrow to get temporary meds (2 weeks???. . . . ) that will help you relax.


Do you have a chair that you like? You can listen to music, listen to audio books, read books, . . . watch movies?

This is a really dumb question ---- are you allowed to walk? Can you take gentle walks in your neighborhood or let someone drive you somewhere to walk?

You can buy pre-chopped vegetables. Keep meals simple. Pay extra for convenience --- like prechopped veggies, nice cuts of meat or fish that do not need much preparation. . . .

There is a fragment. You probably should get your instructions from the mdoc. Call the office in the a.m. to ask if you can do range of motion exercises.

You can learn enough (enough) patience to get through this.

We understand that you cannot type responses to us. We can post to you and hope that you are getting better each day.

It's going to be all right. In the big picture, this is a very short amount of time to do nothing. Soon you can be busy again. Right now take it easy as best as you can.

M.

thank you mari,
I over did it today and my shoulder feels worse...
I am not using good judgement.
I was trying to create a nice new meal to acchomplish something....
I have a feeling that this healing process is going to take a very long time.
thank you for writing to me.
I created a check list to keep me on tract and I use it all the time to reorient me to the day of the week too.
I am now afraid to dothe light rom exercises...maybe that is why i hurt more now....no i think that i over did it making dinner.
we pick harriet up from the vets tomorrow morning, my friend is going with me.
I woke up at 4;30 this morning in pain and then got up at 7;30 which is unusual for me. I have to get up early tomorrow.
I hope you are alright.
thank you for being here with me.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Dear Bizi,
I am sorry that you are in pain.

That's good that Harriet is coming home and that your friend will go with you.


Make this your job for now and take it seriously.
Go into healing mode. Treat yourself as nicely as you would treat someone else who needed to go into healing mode.
Think of this as aggressive rest. Focus on rest and taking things easy. That is your job right now --- to take things very easy. You can do that.
The more rest you give yourself, the better and faster you will experience overall healing.

Cook something for dinner that is very simple: A nice piece of fish or meat with some precut veggies. Buy yourself several kinds of nuts (cooked, raw, . . . whole almonds, sliced almonds, pecans, . . . .) so that you can get calories while doing very limited cooking preparation.)


Bizi

thank you mari, I actually sat and read a bit last night. I am picking up harriet from the vets today with a friend as she is too heavy for me to carry even though my right arm is fine heavy weights pull at my shoulder so have to limit what I carry in that arm. so today will be a trip to the good will to buy some blouces that button in front...these 3 are not cutting it that I have right now.
I will try to take a nap today...or at least lay down. I slept well last night!!!!!yeah!!!!
that is good!!!!
goals for today rest, check book reconciliation, good will. something simple for dinner. we already have pork chops thawed and need to be eaten and left overs from last night, but those will be there for tomorrow night.
going to eat at the health food store with a girl friend I hope.
bizi

harriet is home now, and she ate some soft cat food, she is laying resting.
she gets anti biotics and pain meds twice a day. jeff has to give them to her....because of my arm...sigh

I am going to call my pdoc tomorrow and ask for more meds. I am a mess.
it is like I am in a fog....can't remember things...that is why I write them down so I can refer back to them. We have a guest coming in from out of town and he is staying with us....not good timing. mardi gras is late this year so it will be warm, might rain though. I have to get up early tomorrow 7am to be ready by 8 am to take jeff to get his car worked on his timing belt and other maintenance done.
I am headed for bed, sling is off and feels good....but am very stiff. really hard taking a shower tonight....sigh
bizi
edited to say that I got my chores done but did not rest. it takes me forever to do things...
I think hubby is getting impatient with me....
how can I work with my brain this screwed up?
i have stopped dieting I almost had a beer but drank an oduls...yuck.

Dear Bizi,

I'm sorry to hear you talk about being a mess. I hope that the pdoc helps.

Have a little talk with your husband. He will be ok once you explain again to him what you need.
Do you have any teenagers in the neighborhood who would come over for a few hours and help with a few things -- like putting things in the dishwasher or whatever you need done? If not teenagers, pay an adult to come over two hours a day for the next week or so.
It is important that you feel supported.

Stop doing chores. It is important for you to aggressively slow down.

This is really sukky. Call the guest to let him know that you will be resting the whole time he is here. Inform him that he will be helping out around the house because you are on very limited activity rules right now. Keep the sling on -- it will serve as a reminder to you and everyone else that you are healing right now.

Feel better.


I'm so exhausted and overwhelmed -- if something in here does not sound right, I apologize.

M.