A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

meme30

Winchelsea:- Hope you are feeling ok, Angina can be frightening to experience.

PIC:- There is nothing worse than lying in bed feeling useless/pathetic/a burden. It is very isolating, and it's all too easy to feel you are sinking both mentally and physically. My physio always says just push yourself to the pain, don't try to push past it. Bad back pain has always meant 'baby steps' to me. Little victories, however mundane are achievements. Being able to do basic care for your self becomes a beacon to aim for. The unaided trip to the loo becomes an adventure in ingenuity! Knickers,and socks become hurdles to be got around if you can't get over them. I am not saying 'Go Commando' but the image is making me laugh! :rotfl: Well, you could roll on the floor laughing if you could get down there!:D
It may be that your back injury has 'inflamed' the muscles and soft tissue around it. An anti-inflammatory gel rubbed in will help a lot, even a basic massage will ease some of the problem. Hope it eases, I know how awful it is.

BYATT:- Just been reading about your DD's doctor. he seems to have been an amazing man with an extraordinary awareness of his patients and their individual needs. In all the years I worked in Hospitals I met many fantastic doctors who were very dedicated to their patients and their work. I only ever met one who struck me like your doctor. He was a very quiet unassuming man who looked more like a vet than a doctor. He was a consultant for children who had cancer. Through all the distress and despair he met every day, he provided a massive amount of support to the children and their parents. His presence on the ward alone calmed everyone, staff and families. Such people are very few and far between.

meme30

Prepareathome:-Not caught up on the posts yet, but had to say I actually got out and put up first fruit cage - in fact its so big and my back garden is so tiny I had to leave out one of the posts in the sides as it would have been to long. Its 19C outside and I was happily working in pjs - tee-shirt top and thin cotton bottoms until I heard a couple of wolf whistles and discovered a couple of workmen working on the roof of the house round the corner whose back garden mine meets at bottom, so had to scuttle in and put on some underwear, mind you I know its sexist but don't have do a girl good ( well an old crone of 55) to be wolf whistled by men younger than her sons......just had a shower and then got to do a bit of shopping then hopefully get out into garden again.

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Bu88er sexism! It's made me feel good never mind you! It's a long time since anyone has wolf whistled me, but I remember how good it felt! :rotfl:

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mardatha

I love buzzards, they are mini eagles and magic. I used to help train hawks for a falconry centre when my son was at home and we had a couple of buzzards in that time, one was a bad tempered sod called Christine (son named her after his big sister who he said had the same temper ) and the other was Baldrick. My fav is the awesome Peregrine falcon.. and second best is the wee kestrel. A kestrel is 10" of pure solid attitude - they sit on the fist, stick their wee chests out and GLARE lol. Always remind me of my old maths teacher who looked at me the same way

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Morning toughies - A small message to anyone out there who thinks they are being a nuisance and making a fuss [EMAIL="-DON@T"]-[/EMAIL]DON'T BE SO DAFT - If you cant say it to us and get a little bit of support to help you through the dark times who can you say it to. This bunch of people have all been in similar situations at some point and know how hard life can be sometimes so just to be able to share your feelings at that point must help! We have wide shoulders friends, and are happy to share the burdens when the need is there BECAUSE WE CARE!!!!!!!!!! Lyn x

prepareathome

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Bu88er sexism! It's made me feel good never mind you! It's a long time since anyone has wolf whistled me, but I remember how good it felt! :rotfl:[/QUOTE]

I reckon they both must desperately need glasses - I mean a 55 year old woman in non matching pjs and black trainers on her feet, not exactly a sex object by the open minded guy, but did give me a lift - reminded me I was a woman if you know what I mean......

PIC I have found audio-books are my saviour on the whole when lying in bed to exhausted or pain to bad to do anything, I do have a kindle and use a small easel as a holder for it on my over bed table but sometimes even sitting up is to much and its to heavy to hold so I lie and listen to audio-books. I buy one a month from both audible and emusic and I am a member of listening books an private library for those who are disabled or have on-going health problems. Unfortunately their charges are going up and up even though they are a charity - full membership last July was £45 but in saying that I can download two audio-books a week, can steam books and can get two audio-books on cd that they send out to you and when they are received back ( they pay the postage) you then get the next two on your list. So its still not bad. I know when they put it up last year they did mention if you had a problem paying it all in one go to contact them for payment options.

Usually I can take my mind off the pain and lose myself in the story, to me they are as essential as food.

In my previous house we always had flocks and I mean flocks of starlings sitting on the roof and back garden, never found out why they loved the place so much, we didn't and only lived there 18 months. Now we see them at the local shopping centre they love the car park and the roof but don't really see many in our garden, but we do have magpies, sparrows, blue tits, robins and collared dove as nearly permanent residents - they all nest in the trees and hedges in the gardens there are a few others but names escape me at the moment and then we have odd visitors, including some birds of prey, a hawk and something else, can only presume they were blown off course.

Hugs and Love to all

westcoastscot

I decided to take a year off work as a rest (numerous reasons) I have had over a year and it looks like I won't be able to go back as I can't even get to the end of the drive

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Try not to worry too much PIC, it does get better, and the MRI will be able to show exactly what has happened. I take meds periodically, although I took them everyday for a while, but they were "designer" anti-inflammatories, non-steroid based, and one they're tailored to what is actually happening with your back they make a huge difference! Still takes me 3+ hours to get going, and i'm very stiff later in the day, but I so appreciate that window over most days when I can get quite a bit done, including going to work.

Edited to add I have put on weight, as am much less active now, but it is beginning to stablise, and whilst I don't plan to diet I am trying to make good choices to slowly get it down. tbh I'm so grateful to have moved on from the intense pain that I now see it as a small price to pay (most days!!)

Mar your wee bird sounds like my chickens!!! talk about attitude!!

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GreyQueen

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I'm on broadband! Yippee! Just set it up and did most of it myself but a luvverly feller at the tech support took over my pooter to adjust my email program. I can't tell you how pleased I am, weight off my mind.

Haven't got any news and haven't been up-to-date on the thread so just saying a big "hi" and sending ((hugs)) to anyone who'd like one.

Righty, need a cuppa to steady the post-wibble tremours and then I shall whizz around the web at BB speed...........:D

ETA OMG it's fantastic! I am running around on sites with pictures of tiny houses and it's all sooooo FAST! Gone from 45 kbps to 100mbps!!! Yayyyy!!!

Pitlanepiglet

Hugs to all who need them, it never fails to amaze me the trouble and trauma that people deal with.

I had a good shopping result today that I feel I have to share! I went to our local farm shop to get some leeks to dehydrate and they had packs of butter (proper nice, local butter - the stuff I can't normally afford to buy!) at buy one get one free - so £1.55 for two packs of butter, it's relatively short dated but perfect for bunging in the freezer - I bought 14 packs! I was tempted to buy more but I'd had half of what was on the shelf and thought it was selfish to take more - the nice lady on the checkout then said they had more out the back and I was very tempted (still am!) to go back for more!

So leeks are in the dehydrator, just need to get my bum in gear and do some batch cooking.

Hope everyone is doing OK, there are daffs in flower in our garden so I think spring MUST be here- hurrah! :j

Bobbykins

PLP - you are right about Spring. :T:T

I looked out of my bedroom window this morning and noticed that the crocuses (croci?) are out in my border. How absolutely lovely to see drifts of purple and white with the odd little spot of yellow - a real lift to the spirit after the dark winter days. Just what we need in these times to spur us on, don't you think?

It is a newly planted border and I put 200 bulbs in it last November (bought in Aldi on offer, I hasten to add). I am really looking forward to seeing the rest come up - the daffs are in bud already