Tonight is a cold night and my other hip is hurting. I was able to do shopping today.
Went to the bank and to fabric stores. My foot hurt a little today enough to just be pain.
I did have a very good sleep last night. I layed down in the bed got comfort and lights out. I sleep the whole night.
When i got home from shopping I took a nap and another one after dinner. I might have trouble sleeping because of the second nap.
With storm moving in I will be careful while driving. I do have something this weekend so we will see. I was just thinking about where I was a year ago.
Crying a lot, woundering if I would every be able to accept the pain.
Will this last surgrey work or will it be worse. I found this sight after I had one knee and hip done and in tons of trouble. My life was taking pills almost every four hours and not in pain control.
Not walking very good or driving. I had my complete hip done in September and still not doing good. I was so lonely because my friends I guess decided that since I couldn't walk I was not longer invited to go with them.
I no longer wanted to do sewing because I had lot all interest. Now I am in the process of taking classes and doing the sewing room for my sewing machine.
I felt so defeated. I was in depression and felt like the world was coming down on me. Slowly I started journeling and found that other had problems too. With the surport of the experts at this site and the friends that I made her I found my depression slowly lifting and finding hope again.
Even laughter was in my life. I was getting to know a couple of people who became dear friends and no doublt will be friends for the rest of my life.
I was able to get my last complete knee done and found that I had so little trouble compared to the other one.
I still am having pain but not half as bad as before. I am also driving again in a new car. My van gave out and I couldn't keep it on the road with all the problem. In the process I found eating a chore and lost lots of weight which is staying off so far. I had to go thru my closet and got ride of all the fat clothes. Feeling so much better to be without the weight. Now is I get lonely I come to my computer and come to this site and write or check up on my friends from all around the world.
Before this my computer was a true love hate retationship. I was afraid if I write anything people would think I was out there. There are times I have trouble spelling and here I find its ok. Always had trouble with spelling but I find that I am getting better at spelling. Now I do find that I need to find some dreams because all the dreams went away when I found I was in so much pain I couldn't do anything but cry. I was even able to take a trip and found traveling in a plane was like before my joints starting hurting easy as could be. Now I have hope of returning to a new life. pain free. I hope this helps some of the people that come to this site just to read. I found that when you are in pain, the way you look at the world is so sad and really out of focus. Now that I can walk without the aid of cane or walker I don't feel like eveyone is looking at me. I also find that I can
. Finding people that know what pain is and be able to share that helps you handle the pain. Sharing is also wonderful. I have gotten more back then I could every give. I hope that you decide to join so your questions can be solved and you find that you can come here and talk about how diffucult your day was and that others have the same way. This is a community that wants to support each other in the process of getting a new joints which leads to a new life. One without pain and new friends as a bonus. WoW. Isn't that great.
I do hope everyone takes care and is careful with this cold weather. Take care.
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