👯‍♀️ 👯‍♀️ Hips and knees Part 5 👯‍♀️ 👯‍♀️

Morning everyone, just back from a walk and legs now feel like lead. I had an op two weeks ago so didn’t walk before Christmas or after the op. 11,500 steps which us about 3.5 miles ish. It was a lovely start to the day but us back to grey and miserable now.
Glad to be home, not doing much more today apart from the hairdresser is coming.

Glad your car can be repaired Charleygirl.

Let’s give Active a third try …..

silver lining may I remind you we are catapulting to our usual place.

Yes, going south. Twas forever thus.

And we are ….
Drum roll…. Numero uno 🇺🇳

Not anymore! Maybe this may fleetingly be on that spot, but I give up and will continue to do what I always do: scroll to the bottom and work my way up.

2 weeks after your op and you walked 3.5 miles! That's amazing Silverlining

I walked about 50yards and was ready to sit down.

That's good about the car Charleygirl .
You are quite right about the responsibility being given to the receptionist answering the phone.

When DH was seriously ill I had to
wail and cry to get to see a doctor.
Although once you had pushed past those border guards, his GP was brilliant.
Unfortunately she has retired.

I was at my sewing class today. I'm making pyjamas reckoning I'll spend a long time in them. 😂😆

Oh goodness, silverlining, Charleygirl, I’m definitely in the same 2% as you two. If I didn’t know better by now, I’d say we were sharing the same surgery, it’s just awful. To be fair, I think it’s the admin, rather than the medical staff. It was so much better when we had a small ramshackle surgery which wasn’t fit for purpose with no parking. A move to a brand new state-of-the-art purpose built medical centre and everything falls to pieces. Fairly OK when we had eConsult but that has stopped & not been replaced, one all purpose telephone line, no other means of contact apart from snail mail - it’s all so one way …

Grammaretto I can’t walk anything like 3.5 miles & my op was just over 11 weeks ago, don’t despair. I am doing more & more around the house without a stick but still can’t stand on operated leg alone for more than about 5 seconds. Wouldn’t dream of walking outside without it. The stairs are still hard going, too.

Grammaretto Please do not stand on the operated leg alone. If it gives way, you will be a heap on the floor.

Around Christmas, I had been visiting the surgery three times a week to have my dressings changed, and the GP saw my legs twice over three weeks. She then started to do an am surgery from home. I am in a position to describe my wounds but not everybody is. Covid has a lot to answer for because the rot started then.

Most of the appointments at my Doctors surgery are with a paramedic who works at the surgery. I didn’t find her especially helpful unfortunately.
grammargran my limit for walking is about half a mile and I ache afterwards! I’m gradually starting to go upstairs normally, clinging to the bannister rail for dear life! I can come down normally now. Like you, I’m not using crutches in the house much now, and I can get out to the garage without them too.
We’re making progress and will get there in the end!

11,500 steps which us about 3.5 miles ish.

According to all the step counters I’ve ever used, that’s more like almost 5 miles, silverlining. Unless you take very small steps 😆

I’ve done 11,000 today (actually, the horse did most of them) and my watch says that’s 4.75 miles.

No wonder your legs feel a bit tired..

I shoukd have explained, my operation 2 weeks ago was on my jaw….
My hip hop was 2.75 years ago. Hence 3.5 miles, I know I can do better and I will. Not just yet but Later!

Ps Maizie. I am short so probably do small steps.
Well done to you and your horse. Hope you enjoyed your day out.

Pps Am still waiting for promised callback last Thursday from my hopeless surgery. It will be a week tomorrow.
Unacceptable.

Bingo, we appear at no.1 on Active .
Blink and you will miss it.

Charleygirl and Silverlining, how do you “bump” into pole position? Just curious, I have an enquiring mind ….

Silverlining you just have to keep ringing them!
The surgery have obviously forgotten you so need a gentle reminder. frequently

Grammargran you have to write 3 consecutive posts. Or might be 4. That’s the only way we get on Active for folk to see our thread and know we are here.
We slip down the list very quickly though so then we have to begin again with three consecutive posts.
It’s exhausting

We have reported this many times over the 3 years we have been going but nothing changes.

I often wonder if other long term threads have the same problem.

And we are number 4 !

Silverlining, you as an individual or anyone? I’ll keep rabbiting on!

We’ve got 648 posts, we’re miles ahead in that respect!

Rabbit rabbit rabbit!