It sure has been a rough two days. I haven't gotten any sleep. The couch is so uncomfortable and I can't turn or move at all on it. I tried the recliner last night but that was worse. Then when I tried to get up it was so hard and I heard my elbow crack. I sure don't need another broken bone.
One good piece of news though! My Aunt Bev is giving me Ken's lift chair!! He doesn't like that one and wants a different one. What a Godsend that is going to be. Just to be able to get off something without all the pressure on my hands and arms wil be so great! I've been wanting a lift chair for ages but couldn't afford one. Thank you so much Aunt Bev and Ken!! Now all I have to do is find two guys to go pick it up for me. I'm asking my brother, Jim first. Am waiting for an answer from Patty. (His wife) I sent her an e-mail this morning.
The next thing I'm going to do today is call someone about getting a hospital bed. If I can get one through Medicare it would be great. I could lift the head part up and raise the bed and get off of it so easy. No more struggling to get off a bed. It's the sitting up part that is the hardest and if it's not high enough I have to push so hard with my hands to get off. My shoulders and hands are so weak from all the years of pushing up from things. I never complained all my life living with this stuff, but now I'm getting to the point where I can't do it any more.
This morning is the first time I've felt like giving up in a very long time. I feel like crying and have to get out of this mood. It will as the day passes I hope.
My air conditioner is giving me grief also. It's a portable and the water is supposed to disapate but mine is not and the resevoir is getting filled and knocks the power off till I empty it. The trouble with emptying it is the drain plug is right near the floor. I can't get a pan under it to catch it. I have been trying to let a cookie pan catch it then I empty that. but have you ever tried to lift a cookie sheet full of water? I am spilling more onto the rug than I am getting it dumped into a pail. And I can't bend over like that any more. Now I think if I had a little wooded stand to set the unit on then I could put something under it to catch the water without having to struggle so much. Right now it's running but as soon as it fills up the unit will shut down again. And these are the hottest days we've had. Now you know why I feel like crying.
My daughter is coming over either today or tomorrow to help me move furniture around in my bedroom. It's a good time to move my computer desk and dresser, when there's no bed in here.
I have had a wicked back ache since taking the air mattress down and getting that air conditioner out. The pain is unbearable on my left side.
Got to run. I'll finish this later.
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