Cherry takes the reins

XSpender

Sorry to hear about your arm Cherry. Hope you are not in too much pain and DH is looking after you well x

Cherryfudge

DH is doing a super job looking after me thanks! And yes, sick pay is pretty good for I think 6 months - though I should be back at work long before that.

We have rain today...

Cherryfudge

Nothing to report in the way of spending today. Still waiting for a date to repair my arm... We have avoided these thunderstorms and flooding and the weather is still beautiful. I've spent quite a lot of time looking into restoring old dolls' houses but not spent anything on it yet. I did buy an ebook but that was from a gift voucher so it doesn't quite count.

Hope you ae all having a good BH weekend?

parsniphead

Oh cherry. Sorry to read about your arm. I hope it's not too painful and you get your op asap.

I love dolls houses. I used to want to shrink to live in mine which was stupid because I would have just been living in a house. It would be a lovely project to focus on.

NoOneAround

Hello Cherry
Just had a quick catch up being offline for a while and ...OH dear - sorry about your arm, Hope the op date comes through quickly. Last thing you needed. Hope that means you can slow down and take the foot off the pedal for a bit - enforced rest! Wishing you a full and speedy recovery.
Love the dolls house project! I bought one for DD many years ago - we were meant to do it up beautifully only we never got round to much for than a basic paint over. We still have it and we have been talking about doing it up together I had a friend who did one for herself (she only had a son, no daughter) and it was beautiful, she made clay fruit bowls with fruit in them, all painted up beautifully , everything down to the minutest detail.... its one of my ambitions to do the same for/with DD.
NOA
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Cherryfudge

Nothing terribly exciting today: we went to a car boot sale and didn't buy anything, then DH got some groceries and we went home for lunch. My foot is playing up (I heard a crack last night and was all prepared for a delayed break as happened to my mum once, but this morning it's just tender, no extra bruising) so I've added a bandage. The arm is behaving very nicely. We had a call from the hospital to say I'm on the list for an upper limb specialist and they may be able to fit me in tomorrow... or not.

DS and I are trying to work out if upper limb specialists do humeruses (humeri?) and femurs, or simply arms.

The hardest thing is... washing my hair. Thankfully it can go a few days and next time it's due the arm should be secured.

I'm thinking of doing a re-run of the old joke about playing the piano but only if the surgeon is the jokey type and I happen to remember. 'Doctor, will I be able to drive once my cast comes off?' (Insert qualified positive comment from doctor). Me: 'That's great, I've never been able to drive before!'

Spending-wise, I have followed TOPM's precedent and ordered a lap tray (hers is a desk). Should make meal times easier for the next few weeks.

DH is doing the shopping for now so there won't be much housekeeping showing up for a while: it can go in my spreadsheet as £40 a week which is my official share as I'm intending to keep eating.

Spends:
household £10.97

MS stuff:
bought nothing at the car boot sale
cheap tinned tomatoes and jar of peppers from discount shop
Nine coins in my purse so nothing for the 10th coin savings!

parsniphead

Just go for the joke anyway. :rotfl:

Fingers crossed you get your op tomorrow. Will be thinking about you.

Cherryfudge

Home safe, well and patched up! Super staff team, and I don't think I've ever had so many specialist people making time for me in one morning - 2 surgeons, an unknown number of doctors and nurses, 2 physios, an OT, a pharmacist, the lady who makes coffee, the lady who cleans, a volunteer cheerer-upper and some students.

I'm feeling a bit tremulous from the anaesthetic still so I'll be off to bed soon. Pain relief is very good so no qualms there so far.

I can't help thinking what a 'co-incidence' it was that this happened after the early shifts that I find so tiring, and only a day after DH and I had been discussing giving up some work hours.

HairyHandofDartmoor

I'm glad your op went well Cherry. Make sure you get plenty of rest.

NoOneAround

Ditto HHOD,
NOA
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