Just a vent about mopping :)
 

Yep, there is just so much we can look at over and over before we have to take action and then pay the price for doing what we know will make us feel even worse.

Glad you have a clean floor (for the moment).

Every day I get so annoyed at the condition of my house and the lack of "housekeeping" but I keep hoping there will be some moments that I can tackle one minor item at some point in time.

Even if I had the funds for having someone come in to clean (at least just once, not on a regular basis), I would be too embarrassed right now for anyone to see my mess.

Hopeless

Ouch, Debi.

I feel your pain on that one !

Hi Debi, I know what you mean...I think we have all done that from time to time. My stupid moves usually involve gardening. As much as I love it, it really takes a toll. Well, at least your son is helpful most of the time. Feel better.
Diandra

Hi Debi
 

Yep I sure understand paying the piper for activities. I plan ahead. This past week I had to mulch a side yard, so... there I was covered in mulch sitting on my butt, I think my neighbors think I am nuts!. Standing to do it is impossible. I find that my hind end comes in handy. Even with floors, I sit on my butt and wash by hand. I guess we find ways to do what must be done. Have a good night Debi. ginnie

I vacuum and mop from my wheelchair. I used to pay someone to clean but I had to do it again after they left (I have white floors that need to be mopped a certain way). In the end I decided to terminate their services and I just do it myself. I just do a room a day. I find my lounge the hardest room because it's the largest and I have to move the lounge chairs by pushing them out of the way with my electric wheelchair....it's good for some things :D

2 days later i did my bathroom floor with my feet
 

Hi Debi
 

Hi on this nice sunday. I do have help and a way to get up off the floor, or from in the garden. It works! My son is an OPT, and told me how to do it. I carry a small STABLE foot stool. My arms are strong enough, to push up on it, and I have no issue with getting back on my feet. I find that my back side is an important part of me being able to do some of the chores I need to do. If you go to an OPT, they can help you figure out a way. Can you walk a bit? Keep in touch. ginnie:hug:

Beautiful sunny day but a little on the cool side :)
 

Hi Debi,

Yep, explaining "nerve" pain is very difficult. How does one explain numbness and pain simultaneously when they seem to be contradictory to each other. It is frustrating to even attempt an explanation to anyone that has not personally experienced it.

The good thing is the people here on NT DO understand. We know how you can have nerves that do not work (properly) yet send painful signals. I have NO feeling in my leg except PAIN.

The stool idea for getting up sounds good but I can't get "down" without hurting myself in the process. Getting up is not possible without something to pull myself up.

I don't describe my problem as numbness any more. I call it altered sensation. When the Neuro sticks pins in I can't really feel anything other than a pressure sensation (so I can feel it, it's not numb) but if I stand on the smallest speck of gravel in my socks it feels like I've stood on a nine inch nail. When I broke my toe, I didn't know I'd broken it until I mentioned to my Neuro that I'd bumped my toe and it's been really itchy since then. Apparently pain can be perceived as an itch with Neuro conditions.

I looked it up and it's called allodynia (or something like that).

Different meanings to various terms make me crazy sometimes.

When I get asked if I have "tingling" my answer is NO. I have electrical shocks. Tingling to me is like the pins and needles feeling you get when something like your foot goes to sleep because the circulation was cut off. A very different feeling than when my nerves are mis-firing and I feel like body parts have been plugged into an electrical outlet.

I find communicating "pain" is a very difficult and confusing matter to both the patient and the physician.

Good morning !
 

That's an interesting question. Medicine is, and has always been, a sellers' market—there are more patients than there are doctors to adequately serve them.

shortage of doctors

This suggests that they certainly don't need us (as patients) and that a strong motive for wanting us is increasing their income. More complicated cases mean more doctor visits, more testing, more treatments, etc. A doctor once confessed to me that he wasn't concerned about losing his job because of the money his (kind of/particular) patients brought in to the entity he worked for.

OTOH, as "Doctor Rob" wrote (paraphrased and oversimplified) in his Letter to Patients With Chronic Disease, some doctors want patients that they can help rather than those they cannot.

This isn't to say that doctors don't care, or are totally mercenary, but the economics & prestige cannot be denied.

In searching highest paying professions, careers in healthcare invariably dominate every list (aside from CEOs).

I cannot imagine a doctor responding to the question, "Do you want me as a patient?" with, "Yes, but only for the money," but sadly, that may be the reality of the situation for some.

I've always advocated an interview as part of the vetting process for selecting a new doctor—I do it myself—and many articles are available on that very subject.

interviewing a new doctor

I think the question is a good one, but may not even be necessary depending on how other answers/things go in the interview(?) :Dunno:

Doc

When my old GP retired and I was looking for a new one I looked up the Medical Registration Board for any previous complaints and or conditions of practice.

When I first went to my current GP, I told him I was interviewing him because I needed a GP with specific interests and ethics. He appeared to be a bit confused at my forthrightness but he answered my questions. I had some reservations but overall his answers were just what I was looking for. Importantly, he agreed to be my advocate in the event that I was unable to speak for myself. He is a devout Muslim and I thought that might conflict with some of my wishes but so far we have had a meeting of the minds and I think we have developed a mutual respect.

Now, I just have to find a Neuro with the ability to string two words together and the personality to communicate those two words and I'll be ahead of the game.

Thanks Dr Smith :)