I am finding the time between waking and sleeping goes so slow. After awhile watching tv becomes tedious. The inability to do simple tasks is becoming annoying. Any suggestions would be appreciated
Isabelle, before you know it this will all be over. I had my right hip done last August and it feels like I've had my new hip forever - what a gift surgery is!!!!
I'm 6l and my recovery was uneventful, except for the usual sleepless nights, heel burning. Yes, it was a slow recovery and I took extra time to do everything, didn't drive until l2 weeks, didn't get rid of toilet riser until l2 weeks and was at l2 weeks still going up and down the stairs two feet together. I did do my exercises twice a day which gave some purpose to my day....I read, watched TV, phoned people, puttered around the house as I got stronger, but maybe I'm just relaxed by nature or perhaps 3 years ago when I both bunions done I could not shower/drive or go out for 8 weeks, so that kinda prepared me for this surgery.
I'm anxiously waiting to get my left hip done and then you will see a little more action out of me for sure...I'm dying to go on a trip, any trip, anywhere with anyone, it has been so long since I've been able to walk more than twenty feet pain free.
Keep up the good work and before you know it this will be all behind you and you will have so many good things to look forward to
Patricia (Toronto)
Thanks Patricia, I too have to have my left hip done and looking forward to a more normal life. I am 4 weeks post op and still find that I am sore and the new joint feels so foreign. I think I will try to do some needlework or knitting. The weather is becoming warmer here in western Canada so being able to go outside and sit in the garden will be welcome. Also it makes for easier walking with the walker since I live in a small house there is not much room to move around. I guess I am a bit impatient and will need to learn to deal with that.
Hello Isabelle I also got fed,up with the tv so I got some jigsaw puzzels from ebay and now am hooked on them but it passed the time as I don like knitting much
Hi Isabelle
Greetings from Devon in UK.
For me I slept a lot....began slo walks in the garden turning into longer ones.
Yes as said here we all heal at different rates....but gentle pushing and then rest seemed to work for me. And Scrabble!
Western Canada sounds exotic....can you plan some snowy walks in the Winter when you are wonderfully recovered?
Good luck!
Mic
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Hi isabelle
I can't remember a time in my life when I have been so immobile! I do exercises and walk daily but don't seem to have the energy to do the things I had planned to do. I think if we could bend down I could be more help in the house but whenever my husband asks if I have everything to hand and he pops out I promptly drop my grabber or crutch! I hate night time and hope I can sleep differently soon as I am coming up to 5weeks post op.
however it would appear that by reading on this forum there is a light at the end of the tunnel but we have to be patient. Something which I struggle with. I suppose I struggle with this as I am 64 enjoying my retirement and don't want to waste anymore time!
so I feel for you and hope we may in a few months look back on this as a distant memory. Hilary
I am fortunate to be in a job that you know is going well, when you are bored. When the job is going wrong you are rushed off your feet and actually in danger. So a boring day at work is a great day and you learn to look forward to it!
There must be things you can do that you have never had the time for before and have put off. It doesn't need to make money, be fun or even entertaining to others; sometimes there is luxury in having the time for yourself.
Write a book. Your memories from a different age; it needs only be entertaining for you and does not need to be a commercial venture!
Collect stamps/coins and then re-order them in a specific way, by size/date/country. Or write to people you have not spoken to for ages. Not email or text, but an actual written letter for them to open.
Arrange flowers, re-order your books on the shelf.
Learn to paint, anything from an orange on the table to a maple leaf out of the window. Sketch, pencil or charcoal.
Jigsaws, soduka, crosswords.
Pot up some herbs or grow peppers on the windowsill. Feed the birds and watch who comes each day.
Use a Kindle or tablet to discover books that you would not normally try to read, thriller, true life, period drama.
Even book your summer holiday as something to look forward to.
Write or read some poetry!
Some of the jobs/hobbies you may not be able to do right now, but you can plan them for the near future or prepare for them.
Take pleasure in your free time and look forward to watching the World go by through your window. There are few times when we are quiet and have time to ourselves. Make it a plus point in your life and enjoy the moment.
I have spent a week worrying if I could get Wembley tickets for my team Aston Villa when they play Liverpool on this Sunday in the FA Cup semi-final. Tickets are scarce and expensive for the famous Wembley visit; then this morning my son tells me he doesn't want to go because he has a special rugby event that morning. Problem solved, I'll now watch it on my PC via BT Sport !!!!
Problems sort themselves out and everything works out in the end, as the film says, if the problem isn't sorted...it just isn't the end yet !
Take care, keep us all informed.
Its strange how time drags when you cannot do all the normal things, but when the magic 6 weeks are up, you suddenly realise how quickly it all went. I read a lot, so was quite happy to watch my DVDs and read a book, in between getting up and having a little walk round, doing the exercises and having a snooze. Christmas came round during my 6 weeks, so that was a diversion and making shopping lists for hubby to get. The greatest virtue is patience and doing as you are told! Small things like making a cup of coffee and carrying it using just one crutch felt like winning an Oscar! Hope the time goes more quickly as you get a bit more mobile.
For me this whole total hip recovery has been like dejevu. I was in the same situation last year, laid up 12 weeks with a fractured femur. I could just watch so much tv or read, try and do simple house chores so in order to try and keep from going crazy I took up needlepoint, built a personal family website anything to occupy my brain. I sort of looked at my time off from work like a 3month holiday. Not much one can do but sit back and heal.
Excellent words of advice and hope for the future!
Do you play scrabble on line? Want a game?
Sally
I'm the same had great plans to watch dvds, knit, read etc but just don't have the same concentration, can only sit for short periods before I get
restless then have a walk, do my exercises but it'll get easier. I love
when I get visitors it break the monotony. Have patience! X
Hi Mark
Some time is spent worrying about my Sunderland and if they can stay up...I.imagine the same with you and Aston Villa!
There are 3 worse teams so fingers crossed for our reCov ery and our football teams!
Bestest
Mic
thanks everyone for your kind words and support
hi isabelle, i empathise completely, i am an avid reader and bought real books and dowloaded loads but could not concentrate at all and did not read any, however some of my students bought me a bumper book of wordsearches and i found them so difficult (!) that i could concentrate and completed several - i also reached an incredibly high level on candy crush!!!!