Well, it has been quite a ride these past weeks. Where to begin?
Mom's issues are not cancer related, but more issues that come with being 90 years old. Although she says that she wants me to come over more often to pay her bills and keep her house in order because tomorrow may be the last day for her, she is very healthy and can go on living to 120, if she so chooses. Her spirit is good. She is being realistic, but a little too fatalistic in my opinion. I tell her to stop thinking that way as she has another (this will be 8) great-grandchild coming in two weeks and the family wants her there for group pictures. She laughed at that.
Bob, my boyfriend, is healed! His broken ribs do not hurt as much and he is back to being his old self again. Although we love to play golf, go walking and hiking, we don't because of me and my injured knee.
I've been to the orthopaedic doctor who, after x-ray and MRI, declared I have a torn miniscus and bone spur on the knee. Hence the excrutiating pain and crippled gait. I would have had surgery to repair the miniscus, but with my daughter, Pam, ready to deliver in 11 days (September 15th) it is too much of a risk. I need to be ambulatory for her and my Sammy (2 1/2) for at least a week or two after the baby arrives, and the story out on the street is that my recuperation could take too long, keeping me from fulfilling my promise to help. So I hobble along wearing a knee brace, icing the darn thing, and praying that she goes early so I can go and get the knee repaired.
I say I try hard to not be a caregiver, but my reality is, I am. It is exhausting, lately, and I have been seeking solice in the privacy of my tiny little townhome. I do have to walk Sheba and that is torture!! But I plop down on the sofa when we return from her walk, put ice on the knee, and either read or nap. I love my naps. I have mentioned in other entries how I like to go to my parallel life, when napping, and do the things I can not do, or do with pain, in this life. The result is peaceful and joyful, and I awake feeling spiritually sound.
I am looking forward to reading your entries and responding.
Until then,
Karen
Pam and Sammy and Grandaughter
9 comments:
Glad that your Mom is not as bad off as it could have been. Sounds like each day is a chore with the knee. At least you have a light at the end of the tunnel :o)
Glad to see you back, Karen, but sorry to hear about your continued knee problems. Your new grandchild will be here before you know it and then you can experience the joy of surgery and recuperation! ;)
What a cute pic of your daughter and her son!
Glad to hear your mom is hanging in there and doing well under the circumstances. I think getting to that age makes you think that your demise might be just around the corner. My folks are 80 and 85, and they say things like that, too, but they stay active and have fun. Glad she's well!
All my best,
Beth
What an great picture of your daughter, grandson and grandaughter. Iloved it.
Sorry you are so tired with caring for your mom. Bless you! I have such respect for care givers. I am a very giving person, but as far as being a care giver, I fall very very short.
~Rosemary
Thanks for your lovely comment on my journal Karen ,So pleased your Mums problems arent cancer related ,I think you are allowed a few creaks at 90 wow bless her ,sorry about your knee ,..love Jan xx
Glad that your Mom's problems are not cancer related. She must be doing something right to have lived to be 90 years old. Glad that your boyfriend's ribs has healed. I hope you can have that knee operated on soon so you can get on the road to recovery. That picture is so cute. OH, on that entry of mine about dad that I made he is not my dad, he just calls himself Dad to everyone on his journal. A great gentleman. Have a nice weekend and good luck to the new mom to be and her babe. Helen
Good news for your mother. Sorry your knee is so painful...been there, done that. I absolutely love the photo of Mother and Son and one on the way. That is adorable. Have a nice weekend.
Hugs, Joyce
Good to see you make a post. I've been thinking about you lately. Sorry you've been in pain. Hope you can get that knee fixed soon and the new baby will be healthy. Paula
your daughter and little grandson are so cute!! how exciting; so close with the baby coming! I'm glad your mom got good news that it wasn't cancer related; sorry about your knee problems, ouch!!
glad you updated! I was afraid I had lost your alert somehow
take care of yourself and can't wait to hear the news of your new grandchild in a few weeks :)
betty
I am sorry that I am behind on commenting. I bet your grandson is excited about his new sibling. I hope everything goes well for her and her labor. ...hugs, Christine
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