THR The Cappuccino Kid - the story so far
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Week 5 update. Well, I feel better than I did five weeks ago so that's something. My pain is negligible and well controlled but I'm still not happy with my range of movement - from either hip.
I've shared my concerns with the physio but she has told me that there's not an awful lot I can do until I am weight bearing. I see my surgeon next Tuesday so with luck I'll get the go ahead then. I still can't drive as it's my clutch leg that's been done.
I've started researching my family tree to combat the boredom - it's already interesting.
I've stepped away from googling every slight twinge or ache as I am reminded of Montmorency's reading of a medical dictionary in Jerome K Jerome's Three Men in a Boat ....
I sat for awhile, frozen with horror; and then, in the listlessness of despair, I again turned over the pages. I came to typhoid fever – read the symptoms – discovered that I had typhoid fever, must have had it for months without knowing it – wondered what else I had got; turned up St. Vitus’s Dance – found, as I expected, that I had that too, – began to get interested in my case, and determined to sift it to the bottom, and so started alphabetically – read up ague, and learnt that I was sickening for it, and that the acute stage would commence in about another fortnight. Bright’s disease, I was relieved to find, I had only in a modified form, and, so far as that was concerned, I might live for years. Cholera I had, with severe complications; and diphtheria I seemed to have been born with. I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid’s knee.
I've shared my concerns with the physio but she has told me that there's not an awful lot I can do until I am weight bearing. I see my surgeon next Tuesday so with luck I'll get the go ahead then. I still can't drive as it's my clutch leg that's been done.
I've started researching my family tree to combat the boredom - it's already interesting.
I've stepped away from googling every slight twinge or ache as I am reminded of Montmorency's reading of a medical dictionary in Jerome K Jerome's Three Men in a Boat ....
I sat for awhile, frozen with horror; and then, in the listlessness of despair, I again turned over the pages. I came to typhoid fever – read the symptoms – discovered that I had typhoid fever, must have had it for months without knowing it – wondered what else I had got; turned up St. Vitus’s Dance – found, as I expected, that I had that too, – began to get interested in my case, and determined to sift it to the bottom, and so started alphabetically – read up ague, and learnt that I was sickening for it, and that the acute stage would commence in about another fortnight. Bright’s disease, I was relieved to find, I had only in a modified form, and, so far as that was concerned, I might live for years. Cholera I had, with severe complications; and diphtheria I seemed to have been born with. I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid’s knee.
lisanewmc
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Think my hubby has read that very same book! Lol.
Won't be long - hang on in there.
Won't be long - hang on in there.
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:hysterical: You are something Cap! Now I feel really silly...I've done the same thing all summer long...
Hard to believe I'm still alive :th_heehee:...
Hard to believe I'm still alive :th_heehee:...
forbesy
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I've started researching my family tree to combat the boredom - it's already interesting.
Got that done for the wife's christmas a couple of years back and she absolutely loved it, cost me an arm and a leg but it was well worth it just to see the look on her face.
Did you do your trace on the computer Cappy if so who with. Did yer ancestors run a curry hoose. :th_heehee:
Hopefully not to long before you are up and runnin Cappy and things are back to normal.
Got that done for the wife's christmas a couple of years back and she absolutely loved it, cost me an arm and a leg but it was well worth it just to see the look on her face.
Did you do your trace on the computer Cappy if so who with. Did yer ancestors run a curry hoose. :th_heehee:
Hopefully not to long before you are up and runnin Cappy and things are back to normal.
staffsknot
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I seem to remember that Jerome.K. Jerome's book prescribed a 5 mile walk. Not always the best idea for somebody just emerging from a major piece of surgery. I used to be an English teacher and I was amazed at the laughter that the book produced when it was read aloud to teenagers, even if it was a bit of a period piece.
A bit more seriously, though. I have a relation who is a GP. She says a growing hazard in the consulting room is the appearance of the worried well. They have all been googling away and decide to be checked out by the doctor when there is absolutely nothing wrong with them.
I regard myself as being very well. It's just that my hip has been interfered with. The fact is that I am well above averagely well for my age, in spite of the hip. For me it's a point of pride to not show up in the doctor's office any more than strictly necessary.
Unfortunately this sometimes spills over into not getting attention when it is really needed. Aint life tricky?
All the best, Alan
A bit more seriously, though. I have a relation who is a GP. She says a growing hazard in the consulting room is the appearance of the worried well. They have all been googling away and decide to be checked out by the doctor when there is absolutely nothing wrong with them.
I regard myself as being very well. It's just that my hip has been interfered with. The fact is that I am well above averagely well for my age, in spite of the hip. For me it's a point of pride to not show up in the doctor's office any more than strictly necessary.
Unfortunately this sometimes spills over into not getting attention when it is really needed. Aint life tricky?
All the best, Alan
Cappy
What a brilliant quotation. I'd not heard it before.
Its me!!
I agree googling every little ache and pain leads us up the garden path.
You seen to be progressing really well. Not long now until your'e performing the full monty as promised! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!
What a brilliant quotation. I'd not heard it before.
Its me!!
I agree googling every little ache and pain leads us up the garden path.
You seen to be progressing really well. Not long now until your'e performing the full monty as promised! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!
Phillygirl
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Thanks for the great laugh.:hysterical::hysterical: I hope your ROM improves. I hope you are up and about unassisted in no time.
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Got that done for the wife's christmas a couple of years back and she absolutely loved it, cost me an arm and a leg but it was well worth it just to see the look on her face.
Did you do your trace on the computer Cappy if so who with. Did yer ancestors run a curry hoose. :th_heehee:
Hopefully not to long before you are up and runnin Cappy and things are back to normal.
I'm using an ancestory website - it's a tenner a month for membership. I'm also using the Scottish Genealogy site for copied of birth, marriage and death certificates. Yesterday I found the war grave of my great uncle Bertie; killed in France in WW1 at the age of 21. I wonder if any families were not affected - I doubt it.
Unfortunately I have not yet found any curry house owners, publicans or intestate millionaires - but I will keep looking.
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Hi Alan,
I agree - I did the book at school 30+ years ago and I still remember it. 40% book, 60% our teacher who was marvellous.
I quite believe it. How many people managed to turn a cold into avian flu? Lots! Like you I was a stranger to the GP surgery until this year - I honestly think I have seen my GP more this year than the previous 10!
It can backfire though - I ignored a sore stomach until my appendix burst and I had a lovely case of peritonitis. The ignorance of youth!
I agree - I did the book at school 30+ years ago and I still remember it. 40% book, 60% our teacher who was marvellous.
I quite believe it. How many people managed to turn a cold into avian flu? Lots! Like you I was a stranger to the GP surgery until this year - I honestly think I have seen my GP more this year than the previous 10!
It can backfire though - I ignored a sore stomach until my appendix burst and I had a lovely case of peritonitis. The ignorance of youth!
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Thanks Dave - be careful what you wish for
Not long for you now too.I'm going to start making a concerted effort to lose some lard. I reckon that I'm probably about 50 pounds overweight and about half of that has been since my surgery last April. No exercise and too much rubbish food.
So, my full monty would be likely to bear (bare :biggrin
too much of a resemblance to Barbapapa who will be my avatar for the next wee while.
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5 more belly jabs !!
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You're too funny! Congrats on approaching the long awaited end to the belly jabs!
I go for my 6 week post-op on monday - i can't wait! I haven't even been to pt yet! They only wanted me to do the few bed exercises they showed me in the hospital. I am jumping at the bit to get this show on the road! I hope your dr visit is filled with good news :biggrin:
I go for my 6 week post-op on monday - i can't wait! I haven't even been to pt yet! They only wanted me to do the few bed exercises they showed me in the hospital. I am jumping at the bit to get this show on the road! I hope your dr visit is filled with good news :biggrin:
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Hi Cappy,
Have been off site for a while recently - taken over 4 weeks for a bad cold to disappear & am now back to 'normal' hours at work Ha ha! Normal should be 80 hrs per month but this month I'm up to 109 already!! So haven't felt like doing much posting really. :cry4:
Have been having a chuckle at your antics since you got home - laughter is definitely the best medicine!
Don't forget to wave bye-bye to your last syringe, you'll probably never see their like again!
I know what you mean about the 1st hip not being right just yet - I was just the same (2 THRs in 5 months) but once you start doing physio the improvement in both hips will come on in leaps & bounds.
Hopefully you can get the OK to start driving again at your 6 week check up - its like being let out of prison, not that I know what that's like - being a good girl etc!! :th_heehee: You'll soon be out & about again.
I bet the Genealogy sites make a fortune from people in recovery from ops - have done mine too! Also spent a fortune on novels, autobiographies, crossword books, sudoku books, puzzle books etc etc etc etc etc!! Have a huge pile of books to pass on to friends/neighbours/charity shops.
Funny though I couldn't get into watching DVDs although I thought I would except for watching the boxed set of Downton Abbey in one afternoon - absolute bliss! So glad its back on the telly!
Hubby's just pulled into the drive & I haven't even started dinner yet - must go! :DOH:
Have been off site for a while recently - taken over 4 weeks for a bad cold to disappear & am now back to 'normal' hours at work Ha ha! Normal should be 80 hrs per month but this month I'm up to 109 already!! So haven't felt like doing much posting really. :cry4:
Have been having a chuckle at your antics since you got home - laughter is definitely the best medicine!
Don't forget to wave bye-bye to your last syringe, you'll probably never see their like again!
I know what you mean about the 1st hip not being right just yet - I was just the same (2 THRs in 5 months) but once you start doing physio the improvement in both hips will come on in leaps & bounds.
Hopefully you can get the OK to start driving again at your 6 week check up - its like being let out of prison, not that I know what that's like - being a good girl etc!! :th_heehee: You'll soon be out & about again.
I bet the Genealogy sites make a fortune from people in recovery from ops - have done mine too! Also spent a fortune on novels, autobiographies, crossword books, sudoku books, puzzle books etc etc etc etc etc!! Have a huge pile of books to pass on to friends/neighbours/charity shops.
Funny though I couldn't get into watching DVDs although I thought I would except for watching the boxed set of Downton Abbey in one afternoon - absolute bliss! So glad its back on the telly!
Hubby's just pulled into the drive & I haven't even started dinner yet - must go! :DOH:
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Yay Cappy those belly jabs are disappearing fast now. Loved the Jerome K Jerome quote, could have been written for me! I've had to stop googling symptoms as I'm driving myself potty!!
Have decided to catch up with all the CSI reruns that I missed - I can scare myself witless about going out instead! Thank you Sky. How am I going to be able to bear to go back to work with so much viewing available?!
Have decided to catch up with all the CSI reruns that I missed - I can scare myself witless about going out instead! Thank you Sky. How am I going to be able to bear to go back to work with so much viewing available?!
Josephine
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Trust me, after six months or a year, you'd be begging to go back to work! Why do you think I'm still working at 70?
Only so much Judge Judy a person can take! :hysterical:
Only so much Judge Judy a person can take! :hysterical:
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I must admit that by the time I got back to work last time I was climbing the walls. That was week 9. I'm trying to avoid the TV this time around as it is too much of a time suck.
That said, I'm now spending my time on family tree research - the day vanishes!
That said, I'm now spending my time on family tree research - the day vanishes!
beesquare
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I do only watch 1 episode per day guv! Have been very busy making jam for the past week as my neighbour has masses of crab apples. I promise myself I'll do it every year but somehow never find time when I'm at work so this has been quite a novelty. Only 2 weeks till I'm back at work.
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