Knee Frustrations and Other Thoughts
May. 15th, 2005 11:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wirralbagpussFeeling frustrated at the moment! I am just fed up with my knee taking so long to recover ! I am sure my last knee op reecovery time was a lot quicker than this. I know the ACL reconstruction was a bigger operation than i first assumed, but even so! My main concern is with the back of my knee. I cannot lift my knee behind my back and lift the foot with my hand. It really hurts to do that. Walking is also a problem. It is still not right, i cant walk a long distance as i get fatigued, or rather my knee does. Short distances are ok.
I went to my GP on Friday . God i hate going to see him. I owe Dr P a great debt for looking after my Mother so well in her last week and for comming round when my father and I were at each others throat during that horrid time. And i see Dr P out of respect as a result of that. But like my Mother, i dont "like" Dr P as he cannot relate to people very well. For example i walked into his surgery on Friday and before i even sat down he said what can i do for you, in a way that was a bit intimidating. I am sure he did not mean it like that, but that was how it came across. Anyway i briefly explained about the knee op and that i had difficulty in getting around and explained it was the back of my knee that was cause for concern (ie not being able to get in and out of the bath properly etc) I asked him if he could help me out. He said what do you mean so i said i had diffuclty in getting to work, tried it on Thursday and found it hard. he stared at me so i said could he give me another week off work? I advised that i DID want to go back to work and that i had an appointment with the knee doctor on Weds anyway. Dr P did not even examine the knee and just wrote out another sick note for a week! Like it was writing a blank cheque !!
I just found the whole thing very uncomfortable and i *know* what my Mother meant when years ago she said to me that she did not like him either !! I am unhappy at having to take another week off work. God, i am tempted just to go into work tomorrow and rip up the sick note!
I dunno, maybe another week off will make the difference, i have to admit i felt a slight improvement in walking today when i went to get a newspaper. I know i most certaintly overdid the walking last Monday when i walked along the prom, perhaps that contributed to the knee fatigue last week. i honestly dont know. But i do hate being off work sick like this and even worse i hate not having my mobility! I am missing the shops !! ;)
I know i cant go abroad in June on my hols (missing Italy loads !) but i had hoped to maybe go to Jersey or somewhere like that, or even Cornwall, but i am not sure now if i will even be fit enough to do that in June. I do have leave booked for September for a week. Oh and i am itching to go down to London for a long weekend in July. I want to go to the Proms! Last time i went was in 1989. Maybe i can combine the visit to London with a visit to the theatre as well! Quite fancy seeing the Rat Pack in action. Oh how i love the West End. Seen lots of musicals, ie Howard Keel in Oaklahoma! David Essex and Elaine Pagie in Evita, the original Jesus Christ Superstar, amongst others. One of the most dazzling musicals i have seen has to be Miss Saigon ! Oh and also Crazy For You which was a wonderful introduction to Gershwin. (cant get enough of the Gershwin Brothers now!).
Sigh ! I just feel a bit low today. Not feeling sorry for myself, that's not it, i think it is more frustration and the lack of normal mobility that is getting to me. Fe Fi Fo Fum ! :(
I went to my GP on Friday . God i hate going to see him. I owe Dr P a great debt for looking after my Mother so well in her last week and for comming round when my father and I were at each others throat during that horrid time. And i see Dr P out of respect as a result of that. But like my Mother, i dont "like" Dr P as he cannot relate to people very well. For example i walked into his surgery on Friday and before i even sat down he said what can i do for you, in a way that was a bit intimidating. I am sure he did not mean it like that, but that was how it came across. Anyway i briefly explained about the knee op and that i had difficulty in getting around and explained it was the back of my knee that was cause for concern (ie not being able to get in and out of the bath properly etc) I asked him if he could help me out. He said what do you mean so i said i had diffuclty in getting to work, tried it on Thursday and found it hard. he stared at me so i said could he give me another week off work? I advised that i DID want to go back to work and that i had an appointment with the knee doctor on Weds anyway. Dr P did not even examine the knee and just wrote out another sick note for a week! Like it was writing a blank cheque !!
I just found the whole thing very uncomfortable and i *know* what my Mother meant when years ago she said to me that she did not like him either !! I am unhappy at having to take another week off work. God, i am tempted just to go into work tomorrow and rip up the sick note!
I dunno, maybe another week off will make the difference, i have to admit i felt a slight improvement in walking today when i went to get a newspaper. I know i most certaintly overdid the walking last Monday when i walked along the prom, perhaps that contributed to the knee fatigue last week. i honestly dont know. But i do hate being off work sick like this and even worse i hate not having my mobility! I am missing the shops !! ;)
I know i cant go abroad in June on my hols (missing Italy loads !) but i had hoped to maybe go to Jersey or somewhere like that, or even Cornwall, but i am not sure now if i will even be fit enough to do that in June. I do have leave booked for September for a week. Oh and i am itching to go down to London for a long weekend in July. I want to go to the Proms! Last time i went was in 1989. Maybe i can combine the visit to London with a visit to the theatre as well! Quite fancy seeing the Rat Pack in action. Oh how i love the West End. Seen lots of musicals, ie Howard Keel in Oaklahoma! David Essex and Elaine Pagie in Evita, the original Jesus Christ Superstar, amongst others. One of the most dazzling musicals i have seen has to be Miss Saigon ! Oh and also Crazy For You which was a wonderful introduction to Gershwin. (cant get enough of the Gershwin Brothers now!).
Sigh ! I just feel a bit low today. Not feeling sorry for myself, that's not it, i think it is more frustration and the lack of normal mobility that is getting to me. Fe Fi Fo Fum ! :(
