Depression

Oh, for flip's sake Mishap that's awful. We all know these things happen but it's a pig when it happens to someone who is suffering as you are! Shall we send the grans in to sort em out!

Oh! What a ... What ja said. Did they give you any idea when it might be done?

Oh Mishap! What a b*gg*r

Just had a call from the hospital - echocardiogram cancelled as too many staff off sick! I have pointed out that I have a clinic appt on 18th and they do need this result before then in order to know how to proceed. Sigh.

Good luck Mishap

Good luck at the hospital today, Mishap. Looking back, you've had quite a time of it and I hope you're starting to recover. It takes a while to get used to learning that your body has changed yet again and is taking that bit longer to settle down after surgery.

When I last had an ECG, the nurse reassured me everything was fine for 'someone of my age!' I can't tell you how much that cheered me up....hmmm !

Hope all goes well today Mishap.

I think I been trying to do too much over the last few days, knee is grumbling (note to Mrs. P it's the knee that is grumpy, not me)
Still got cold/flu symptoms, not sure whether I really have a cold coming on or it is still the withdrawal from codeine.

All Xmas shopping done - just need postie to do her bit now, then I can finish all the wrapping, never been so far ahead.

Mishap How are you today? Glad to hear that you enjoyed your tea with friends, nothing nicer than a chat.
Hope the echocardiograph is normal and you have a few more 'better' days.
Keep chatting to us ((hugs))

I'm so glad you had a lovely day of normality yesterday Mishap. I hoped it's buoyed you up for today's tests and the results are good.

So pleased you had a lovely visit Mishap and hope all is well tomorrow.

Thank you for your encouragement. It feels like a big step for me at the moment.

Tomorrow I have a more usual outing! - echoardiogram. Hopefully all will be normal.

So pleased to hear you enjoyed your afternoon Mishap and I'm sure your friends were equally happy to have you back

So glad you enjoyed your friends' company Mishap, good friends are worth their weight in gold, aren't they?
I hope this marks a little step on your road to recovery

Tea with our friends was lovely - just sitting by the fire chatting. How wonderful it was to go out and no-one stuck electrodes on me or wanted to listen to my heart or get me to do exercises. This is the first normal outing I have had for weeks and it has been a tonic - tiring, but a tonic.

Thank you for olive and bio oil suggestion. I'll look into that.

I have a sheepskin on its way to put in the bed.

You will enjoy going out to tea and having a natter Mishap. It will do you good. Have a for me.

I hope going out for tea with friends lifts your spirits a bit Mishap and hopefully a feeling of a bit of a breakthrough getting back to normal life. it's a horrible feeling being on automatic pilot and just putting one foot in front of the other but sometimes getting out is good medicine.

If you think the skin butter isn't working, just use olive oil or bio oil, gently massaged into the area.

It is a sad fact Anya and for that reason, I now write a new card list every year.

Sorry to hear that feeling is on you again Mishap

I'm finding it hard writing Christmas cards as so many friends and relatives have passed away this year. Sometimes they have to be crossed off the list altogether or there is just one of the couple to send to.

This morning I still have that sinking sensation that someone has switched off my Life Force button - it is very disturbing and I guess hard for anyone who has not experienced it to understand. Everything is such an effort - and this is so far removed from how I normally function that it is very hard to endure.

I am using a skin butter that my DD bought me from Neals Yard to try and alleviate the pressure areas. The skin is intact, but there is redness.

I am going to tea with friends this afternoon and feel as if I could happily stay at home - but I will go, as I have to get back into normal life, even though it feels a huge effort.

My OH has already offered to rub the sore bits with cream - I will not say whether the offer was accepted!

I'm glad you've had a better day today Mishap. Coconut oil is also a very good moisturiser and skin softener and smells rather nice too. Perhaps you could enlist your nearest and dearest to gently massage your more inaccessible sore pressure points? (I mean like your shoulders!) It may help you relax and sleep better too.

Gloomy Esther!!! Where did that come from? I meant gloomy weather. Don't know anyone called Esther gloomy or not

Mishap don't be so hard on yourself. Things will get better, just keep remembering that. This gloomy Esther doesn't help. Hope you get a better night tonight. ((Huggs))

Yesterday was a very bad day for me - they seem to pop up from nowhere. Your kind messages and support were much appreciated.

I think I set myself too high a goal - the event at the pub had been organised by a friend and a lot was hanging on it for her. When I started to feel a bit low, I got very worried that I would burst into tears and spoil her event. I had been very weepy all day and just could not trust myself to be OK. But I had set it as a target and it made me even more depressed when I "failed."

I have sent off for some things to help prevent pressure sores - to go on heels and also under my bum. Thank you for your links and suggestions. I was so uncomfortable last night that I did not get to sleep till 3.30am. I will try some different ideas tonight and hope that things might go a bit better.

I am a bit better today and have to hang on to the fact that there are good days. I have done some quilting and had a chat with some friends and family. It is such a slow job and such a difficult thing to deal with.

Great to hear it - hope you feel better soon.