Help after husband hospital stay

Richie-from-the-Boro

whodathunkit wrote: »

If you don't have room for a separate tumble dryer, a washer/dryer's a good option.

- we used to have that arrangement when I was but~a~lad, here's a pic of my sister using the washer ....................



- and to this day we are still saving up for the drier ..............

Cuckooclock

Oh I used to love helping with the mangle, we also used to go to the wash at the baths, where there were huge heated rollers to put the sheet through.

Banisters are out for me just don't have any!!

SandraScarlett

Indie_Kid wrote: »

We put them over the bannister.

I live in a bungalow!


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KxMx

A dining room table? We've got a £10 Wilko airer (which is fab by the way), it's easily tall enough to drape a single sheet over the top, any tall airer would do the job.

Mum has been known to drape her double sheets over the top of the kitchen door in the winter and they dry fine.

margaretclare

I agree about MilkandMore. We normally have doorstep milk, have done for years, and they have an extensive range of other things that they can include. You can order from them online.

Also, online grocery shopping is an absolute godsend. Tesco deliverymen will bring the shopping through to the kitchen and put it on the table.

About hanging out washing - I like to do this in good weather, but it's not crucial. We put it on an airer in the kitchen for much of the year. Neither of us is any longer capable of running down the garden to fetch it in a sudden shower!

A baked potato with grated cheese and/or baked beans is one of the simplest and most nutritious meals you can have. Add a bit of salad and you've almost got your five-a-day. And how much effort is there in eating an orange or an apple to follow?

Cuckooclock

Its is not about effort I know how to eat properly I was born with renal failure so probably know more than most what to do. I have spoken to my medical team & they were horrified, there are all sort of reasons I cannot eat ready made meals or even at times fresh fruit & veg, I have trouble with pottasium levels too.

To eat potatoes when it is high they have to be boiled from cold the water poured away boiled again then you can do what you like. Veg have to be double boiled too, fresh fruit is a no no. I wasn't going to bring any of this up, but a renal diet is not just low sodium, my transplanted kidney is not at its best & I need to protect it carefully.

I would find it really hard to get a sheet on a door, or even reach up for an airer, I am recovering from Temprol Artritis/GCA (Nothing to do with arthritis Google it is frightening) so have to take things easy.

None of this was mentioned in the report SocIal services sent out me, I sounded as if I had a bit of problem, but nothing much
Thank you to everyone who gave me advise & even a little sympathy, for those who didn't understand why I couldn't cope with getting on with it, please don't judge this is a hidden illness & on 45mg of steroids a day I even look healthy, even though I feel lousy I try as hard as I can to have a good life with my family. My husband is recovering from the pneumonia now I just need to make him rest as much as I can.

I didn't ask for money, I knew that wouldn't be on I asked for help & advise, no wonder people get bitter. But I am too grateful for my life & family so I am not going down that route.

KxMx

The Wilko airer I mentioned is smaller than me, and I am 5"6. Several inches under my chin at the highest point so there is no reaching up.

Any decent retailer will have the measurements on the product information pages.

I also have joint problems myself so I do understand where you are coming from about putting a sheet on a door, but the airer is not a big obstacle, I may have given you the wrong impressions about how tall it is It replaced a very old one we had which had lost at least one top layer if not two by the time it came to live with us lol.

SandraScarlett

This thread is another fine example of MSE at its best. There have been many great suggestions to help the OP, as well as those to help me with arthritis and laundry.


A huge thank you to everyone who has posted with such helpful advice. :T


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Parva

SandraScarlett wrote: »

I'm not used to cooking for one, and can't stand ready meals, so I cook several chicken and salmon portions at once, and then individually freeze them.

Ah Sandra, thank you for at least showing me that others suffer as I do with regards to cooking. How I long for that big Sunday dinner, how I miss my spag bols and chile con carne's. Been there and done it with the microwave meals, they're alright for a short while but then you crave that Sunday dinner that you can no longer do as it's incredibly uneconomical for a 1 person meal, not to mention the trouble getting all of the ingredients for it.

I get by with various simple microwave / oven meals but having a true Sunday dinner with real Yorkshire puddings and whatnot, it's just a non-starter for 1 person. The idea of creating more than 1 portion and freezing it, been there and done that and it's just not the same.

I don't think there's any solution to this and I'm not looking for one, it's just something I never planned for on top of the disablement and it makes me a little sad as it's something I really do miss. Sure, I can go to Wetherspoons and get a Sunday lunch but it's never the same.

Anyway, apologies for the whining.

KxMx

Well, it would be alot of work but how about making a big yorkshire pudding (I never make individual ones) and fill it with gravy, grilled chicken breast and veg? All manageable for a one person meal. Even a small dish of roast potatoes wouldn't be too hard.

Flour, water, milk, an egg, few potatoes, veg, gravy, a chicken breast, not overly expensive. Not economical I give you that but worth it surely?

It won't taste the same but you can re-heat the next day or use in bubble and squeak. At least if you're needing to do that you've had one fresh

There is also no reason why you can't cook you spag bol or chile and then freeze into microwaveable single portion tubs. Yes it is a microwave meal but at least it's a home made one. There are many who do meals this way for all sorts of reasons.