Feeling rough

Been down a few days in bed. My knees and legs are really hurting. I am having alot of cramps in my legs. I had a charley horse hit yesterday and oh the muscle of my leg hurts. It hurts to stand. My knees are so stiff and I wish my incision would hurry and heal so I can get in my pool and do knee execises.

In the meantime, I have chronic "D" as a result of my cd. Its been really bad the last 3 days, sometimes I make it to the b/r & sometimes I don't. I am so tired of this. I don't think I will ever get over going on myself like I do. When its like this I get really aggravated, my age and going on myself.

I have zero energy and feel so zapped of any strength. I try to psych myself up but its not working, all I want to do is lay in bed & sleep. Speaking of, I am off to lay down for awhile. Hugs & love to all, Susie

Curley,

I know what you mean about the Depends. Who would have ever thought at our age we would be wearing those things? But, I am like you its better than having it run down your legs. I had the bad big D long before my gallbladder was taken out, and then 6 weeks later the appendix & resection was done on an emergency basis. I have gotten worse since the resection. My dr says if only we knew exactly what they did to me down there in Mexico, other than they did save my life.

I was doing some reading about the different types of knee replacements and all of them say no stair climbing for awhile after surgery. Well, that just knocked me over, my computer is upstairs. I would go nuts not having access to it. I felt too bad to see my ortho Tues. so now I have to call & get another appt. and he is not going to be happy because I missed the appt. I just felt too bad to get out of bed.

On top of all of this I was bit on my back assuming by a spider. It made a place the size of a half dollar, it burned, got hot, swelled up big time, very painful. My neighbor is a nurse and she said you could see two holes where I was stung. So, we made a paste of baking soda & water, put that on it and a big band aide to cover. It must have drawn some of the poison out, it feels some better today. Spider bites really cause a reaction out of me. So, time to get a bug man out here to treat the house.

I can say my pain pump is helping, but I have so much stiffness & pain in these knees that it really does not touch them. The joint lines on both are very tender and the knees stay swollen. My gut is trying to kick up somewhat the last couple of days. I just don't need any of this right now. I am trying so hard to get myself up moving around, maybe tomorrow.

Take care and keep me posted. Hugs & love, Susie