Friday, June 24, 2022

 Friday, June 24, 2022

     I had a good night’s sleep last night; I was pain-free. I got scared when sciatica hit. I still had in mind the PT’s warning that there was something about my body that meant I wouldn’t be happy with the hip replacement. I got a little more information from one of my PTs at the last visit. It has something to do with my muscles. I hope to get more detailed information from her on my next visit. 

 My leg felt much better. I could get to and back from the bathroom without the walker. My leg wasn’t fully functional, but I could keep my weight on the left leg and didn’t have to overcompensate with the right. That’s what I was looking for.

 I made sure I had completed two rounds of the lying down exercise before I got up for the day. I would complete the third before I went to sleep for the night.

  My friend Jean called. She had a little family drama in her life. She shares her joys and sorrows with me. Love it. B does that too. There are others too, Judy and Paulette. Scott is pretty good too. The ‘kids’ in my life make me sad. They call to ‘check on me.” It makes me feel like a machine they are responsible for. There’s always an agenda. It was probably a combination of being in a parental role and just plain old. Other people their age don’t relate to me that way. Maybe the parental role thing dominates. I believe I viewed my mother as a human being when she lived with me. I wonder if it was to her satisfaction. I can imagine the kids in my life thinking I don’t have a life anymore. They don‘t read my updates. I suspect my complaints about kids are common.

 Once I posted my daily blog on the public site, it was time for a two-hour nap. One of the reasons I got so tired was my failing eyesight. It was scary. So much of my life is dependent on reading and writing.

   Judy called. They would drop by the food she promised the other day and forgot to deliver. I asked if she could use all the Hersey kisses and nuggets I had misordered. They were without almonds. Won’t eat them unless they have almonds. Besides preferring the taste, at least half the calories from any nugget were from almonds, not the sugar. Much better for me.

   Paulette called about half an hour after Paulette had been here to drop off the food and pick up the chocolate. She ate one of the nuggets. They had almonds in them. I thought I had seen the word nougat on the foil. They must have been nuggets. My eyes were getting bad. I often make incorrect guesses because I can’t see the letters clearly.   

     I took a second nap for the day. Jean, my Hanai sister, called as I was waking up. We shared our healing progress. We both had operations: she had back surgery, and I had a total hip replacement. Hers was much more serious than mine, with a much longer healing curve. Today, I was twenty-two days out from the surgery and felt I could start using the walking stick instead of the walker. The leg wasn’t 100%, but it was strong enough to support me, so I didn’t shift my weight to my right leg in compensation. I planned to get back and forth between the two support systems. When I felt my leg muscles were too tired, I switched back to the walker.

   In the evening, I tried several videos without satisfaction. They were either irredeemably silly or they had nasty people in them. I found Unforgotten. I had started watching it and forgotten. It was satisfying.