After my little rant (see below) I’m back onto the main subject now… the dodgy hips.
Since my last hip related entry my poor joints have been through a fair bit; a panto performance at Uni (very silly and lots of fun) for which I chose, not very sensibly to be one of the dancers. Of course wonky hips are so well suited to an 80’s style dance complete with leg warmers! Then there was walking round town doing Christmas shopping – walking seems to pose my hips considerable problems. Then a coupla days relaxing with family, followed by a bracing walk one afternoon. The terrain was flat, only rabbit holes provided any contours, but still the right hip groaned after about half an hour…. HURUMPH! Then a couple of days later the laminate flooring job was in hand, my boyfriend and I worked like trojans to get the rooms done, which we have suceeded at, but my hips paid the price for couple of days. I walked like a 90 year old in need of a hip replacement and a zimmer frame after sitting for any more than 10 minutes. Well at least I know I really do need the op… which is looming ever closer. Still no date yet, but fingers crossed for the beginning of April.
I have the potential to be the worst patient in the world ever… both at hospital and at home. I get bored very easily, specially left all day in my own company. Today has been a fine example of this, with the exception of some bank staff (see the entry below for a very long winded explaination) I haven’t really spoken to anyone today, and feel all the grumpier for it. My man is a teacher and therefore spends an in-ordinate amount of time doing work at home (yes really to all those who think it’s a 9-3 job). Imagine what it’ll be like when I struggle to make it out of the house for more than a hobble down the road to give me a change in scenery. My other half and family all work full time… what the heck am I going to do? I think I’ll be calling up the speaking clock just to hear another voice, maybe I’ll even strike up a conversation with it to keep me sane. Oh dear, I need to enlist friends and family on a telephoning rota to keep us all sane!
