OS ways and Poor Health

snoozer

That's brilliant caronc.

We had a lovely day today, drove over to Richmond and had a gentle wander around the town, lunched while it hailed madly and then the sun came out again. I feel much less sore tonight and the sun is one of the best os tonics I know.

westcoastscot

Hi Everyone, been sending positive thoughts but not really posting these days. This year is proving tough, and I've reached a new low by trying to have a few very gentle days away. I was fine for the first two, but really struggled the next couple - finally gave in on day five and came home. Feels like my life is narrowing again :-(
Sorry to come back just to moan, but I feel like you're the only ones who might understand. IRL I have to try and appear positive - and i'm back to work on Monday, need to work on my attitude for then!!!
WCS

caronc

snoozer wrote: »

That's brilliant caronc.

We had a lovely day today, drove over to Richmond and had a gentle wander around the town, lunched while it hailed madly and then the sun came out again. I feel much less sore tonight and the sun is one of the best os tonics I know.

Thanks - Richmond is such a beautiful town. I used to live in York and loved the whole area:D

westcoastscot wrote: »

Hi Everyone, been sending positive thoughts but not really posting these days. This year is proving tough, and I've reached a new low by trying to have a few very gentle days away. I was fine for the first two, but really struggled the next couple - finally gave in on day five and came home. Feels like my life is narrowing again :-(
Sorry to come back just to moan, but I feel like you're the only ones who might understand. IRL I have to try and appear positive - and i'm back to work on Monday, need to work on my attitude for then!!!
WCS

I know what you mean about life narrowing but take a positive that the first two were ok:) maybe next time a shorter break would work better for you

snoozer

I have a question - do you have a routine for each day or take it as it comes?

I know most of us will have a medication routine but I'm talking about more than that. Do you get up at the same time every day and then go to bed at the same time or not and does it make a difference to the amount of stuff you get done in a day?

Confession, I would, in theory like a routine, but in practice it doesn't seem to work. I bumble around doing jobs as and when I think they need doing. I try not to let one area become overwhelming and am mostly successful, I can tidy and clean most rooms in the house in under 30 minutes (15 minutes for some), but I just can't bring myself to follow a flylady programme. I tell myself I would be happier if I could,but truthfully would I? My mother was, not to put too fine a point on it, a bit of a slob and I was brought up in a very messy house which was very unhygeinic. It took me a long time to overcome the same tendencies in myself and I think I have for the most part, but I still can't bring myself to do things to a regular timetable.

How do others do it?

LameWolf

Caronc is in my thoughts today; hope her vestibular therapy isn't too unpleasant.

snoozer wrote: »

I have a question - do you have a routine for each day or take it as it comes?

A bit of both, Snoozer. I have a little list (they never will be missed) - sorry, channeling Gilbert & Sullivan there, lol - and try to stick to doing set things at set times; deffo get up same time every day, otherwise it wrecks my body clock.
Mornings are bath, brekkie, WiiFit if I can manage it, and do my emails.
Afternoons are more strenuous stuff - household chores, gardening etc, because my joints are better than in the mornings.
But if I feel too rough to do something that's been scheduled, I just say "stuff it, the world won't end, leave it for now".
Bedtimes are my downfall; I'm naturally nocturnal, and always have good intentions of hitting the sack before midnight, but somehow it just doesn't happen - that's the downside of being a video gamer!
Obviously when I have dogs staying, I need to keep their routine as close to what they are used to as possible, so I adapt to their needs - though if they have a really early first walk of the day, Mr LW and I throw on yesterday's clothes, see to the dog walk, and then run the bath when we get back!

CRANKY40

I do a bit of both Snoozer. Some stuff has to be done at the same time most days because the house troll is still at school, so get up time, breakfast, evening meal, bath time - they all tend to be standard. I do a wash on Saturday mornings for all of the school uniform and anything else that's hanging around. Ironing is done on a Sunday afternoon to make sure the house troll is presentable for school on Mondays.

For the rest - I have a "to do" list as long as my arm. Depending on how I feel I can do a couple of small jobs, one big item, or as yesterday.....absolutely nowt (although I did make some fairy cakes).

Today I was feeling ok -ish physically (the mental side is totally another thing just now and I do miss Mr Cranky for talking stuff through with when I'm wound up like this but hey ho, life is what it is...) so I did the front garden. It's about 1.5 metres square so easy enough to cut the grass (apart from today which was it's first cut after winter) but it has borders and they needed weeding. I'll be lucky if I can walk tomorrow. While I'm on a roll, it's not raining and I'm fairly sure I'm at the maximum that everything can hurt, I'm going to hoover the inside of the car and give it a quick wipe with baby wipes.

The trouble is my head is bubbling over with stuff that needs to be done - the rest of me just can't keep up. The rest of the list goes something like :- take the kitchen blinds down, wash them in the bath and clean the inside of the windows, strip my bed wash bedding and make bed, strip the house trolls bed, wash bedding and make bed, hoover upstairs, hoover downstairs (not as urgent), the back garden (going to take a few goes, it's big and it also has borders that need weeding), weed the bit of garden where my raspberries and blackberries are going, clean the garden furniture (it's a bit grotty after winter), scrub the patio again (a bit mucky after winter but I've done it once already and it looks better), post my dad's football papers to him tomorrow, sort out all the stuff in the car boot so I can actually use it again (it's full of sailing stuff and I fished out a pair of shoes last week that I wore to a wedding in August and left in the boot when I changed to comfy shoes), oh and clean the toilet, sew up the jelly baby that I've knitted for a friend and stuff it, get said friend's easter parcel ready to send to him, make the house troll's friend a pink knitted jelly baby, do my piano practice (yes my hands hurt enough already but what the hell), book the cats in for their vaccinations.....and so on........ It'll all get done in the end

caronc

Evening all

Well "big girl" pants were well and truly hoisted and spare pair were not needed:D

That said it has been a very long day away at 10.30 and not home until 4.30, mainly because I had to wait 3 hours for patient transport home so I'm completely done

The tests weren't anything I hadn't had before so got by with a bit of retching;) However, I'm feeling a bit demoralised, I had expected today to move things to the next stage and it hasn't. When I saw the specialist at the beginning of Feb I was given a simple rehab exercise to do which I have been doing faithfully and increasing the amount of as instructed, however my test results show no improvement in my vestibular function so they can't move on.:( Upshot is I've to keep going with these until I see the specialist again at the very end of June which seems a long time to be stuck where I am. I know I was told it was a long and slow process but tbh I hadn't expected it to be as long and slow...... On the positive my results aren't any worse so at least things aren't deterioating:)

Snoozer - Yes I have a routine I call it "ground hog" day:cool:Up between 6 & 7, feed and see to pooch, make cuppa head back to bed do first lot of physio & rehab. Get up around 8.30 have further cuppa a see if steady enough to have shower. Shower/pottle about/have something to eat - do 2nd physio/rehab, rest/sleep for a couple of hours, rewind and repeat throughout the day. As you can imagine I want a bit more than this.....

CRANKY40

Aww Caron, what a disappointment although as you say at least it's not worse. I was wondering earlier how you were getting on today....

caronc

CRANKY40 wrote: »

Aww Caron, what a disappointment although as you say at least it's not worse. I was wondering earlier how you were getting on today....

Thanks as they say "it is what it is".....I'm sure a night's sleep and a bit of reflection will help me get my mojo back that and the large glass of red currently being consumed LOL

katkin

Caronc that sounds like a long, tough day and I'm so sorry you came away feeling disappointed. You have so much hope in these things it's hard when it doesn't work out quite like you'd hoped. But you may feel differently tomrrow and there is hope in the treatment as things haven't got worse. That in itself is a positive.

I've been the same thinking that this medicine or therapy will cure me and getting so disappointed when it won't baby steps all the way..

As for routine - well I'm rubbish at it :rotfl: I hate routine and by nature like change, novelty, newness and difference. I even have several routes and often deviations of those to drive to work! Routine has been recommended to me and I'm encouraged to stick with it, but I don't find it easy. I manage just about all the sensible things in life that I need to do to get by, and do that but boy do I find it gruelling and boring

Glad I got that off my chest!