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Feeling Feeble.

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Sewsilver Wed 15-Jul-15 07:31:18

Good luck with your tooth Falconbird. I know what you mean about feeling very alone when widowed and having health problems. I have hurt my back heaving boxes about since I moved back into my house 3 weeks ago. On Sunday evening I went up to bed, my back seized up and I was stuck on the floor of the half landing for two hours. I was in agony, couldn't reach a phone and realised that the chain was on the front door so even if I had summonsed a friend with a key they couldn't get in. Eventually I crawled up the remaining stairs and slept on the bedroom floor. It has made me realise how vulnerable I am without DH. I'm now carrying the phone about the house in case. Good for you deciding to go to the dentist by yourself.

soontobe Wed 15-Jul-15 07:29:03

Having a tooth out is quite a big deal.
I would want company. Nothing feeble about it if you ask me.

Falconbird Wed 15-Jul-15 07:15:26

I've coped with a lot since I was widowed 3 years ago including selling my house and living on my own in rented accommodation - but I'm having a wobbly about having a tooth out. The thing is my OH would have come with me, waited outside, been sympathetic etc., made a cup of tea when we got home. I feel really feeble about this. A friend offered to come with me but I want to do it on my own. I felt really daft when an 85 year old friend said she had gone on her own, ordered a taxi etc., after an extraction.