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Posted 9/26/2014 1:07 PM (GMT 0)
So, as I'm sure is the case for many of us, I tend not to go to anywhere that requires anything more than minimal walking.

Well, I am a humongous baseball fan and with the season ending soon I really wanted to go to a game. There's a lot of walking (and stairs) involved but I decided to go for it. It's tonight, I'm really nervous.

So, of course I'm worried about my pain level at the game and honestly whether I'll even be able to make it through. But I'm sick of letting my pain prevent me from taking part in just about everything I enjoy. My husband has been really wanting to go as well and he already makes so many sacrifices b/c of my disabilities. So we're going!

What things have you gone and done, something you knew was going to be extra-difficult from a pain perspective? How did you deal with it and how did it turn out?

Wish me luck turn
Posted 9/26/2014 1:55 PM (GMT 0)
Well, my CP wife and I just took a 400 mile round trip drive in one day to see a very sick friend. It was worth it but the pain was definitely there. We didn't do anything special about our pain meds, just made sure we had them with us on the drive. We spent the next day recovering in bed and then walked a bit after that. Just think about the game and let that distract you from the pain. We had a great time looking at the scenery of the prairie, saw four herds of antelope . . . Q
Posted 9/26/2014 2:25 PM (GMT 0)
I went to a grandchild's event that involved walking around outside on a field. My husband carried a chair so I could sit part of the time. It was so much fun to watch all the little ones do such fun things. I really enjoyed it without any extra pain that day. I paid for it the next two days but it was still well worth it.
That was one of my first post-op adventures.

Is there an elevator available? Do you use handicap parking or get dropped off as close as possible? Have you checked to see if this place offers any extra help you could use? Is there anything you could take to make your seat more comfortable? Hope you don't have anything to do tomorrow so you can recover. Enjoy your outing!
Posted 9/26/2014 2:53 PM (GMT 0)

Abilene said...
Do you use handicap parking or get dropped off as close as possible? Have you checked to see if this place offers any extra help you could use? Is there anything you could take to make your seat more comfortable? Hope you don't have anything to do tomorrow so you can recover. Enjoy your outing!

My husband will drop me off as close as possible, and our tickets are in a section that is right in front of a main entrance/exit. I'm going to take some ice packs with me for sure, and a pad for the back of the seat, and I warned my husband that I might not make it through the whole game. Thanks for your well wishes!

Unfortunately my husband has to work tomorrow so I will have my three little ones (ages 3, 5 and 8) by myself all day. I didn't think of that until after I bought the tickets, sort of on impulse. But I'll make it. I refuse to be a slave to pain; but I also know there is a very fine line between doing things you enjoy and really overdoing it to the point where it's just a bad idea.

I'm so SICK of saying "I can't go" or "Let's wait and see how I feel that day".

ETA: Abilene, I'm so happy to hear you were able to take part in one of your grandchild's events.
Posted 9/26/2014 3:32 PM (GMT 0)
That is awesome. We are a racing family so we went to the last NASCAR race of the season (bucket list) a few years ago. It was a lot of walking, walking up the bleachers, etc. I prepared pretty good for it and wasn't going to let me kids down. It was awesome fun with the family and I'm happy I got to do it with them.
Posted 9/26/2014 3:33 PM (GMT 0)
Its real easy to get in that trap. I made myself get out even it was to just walk around WalMart, Lowes or Home Depot some. There were & are plenty of times I do not feel like doing this but I always felt better mentally afterwards. I go to a lot of my grandson's activities & decided pain was not going to keep me from everything I enjoy the most. If for no other reason getting out some is good for the mental aspect of things.

I am betting you had a good time in spite of it all.
Posted 9/26/2014 5:04 PM (GMT 0)
I'm so happy for you that you decided to go! You sound like a great wife. What a courageous and admirable thing to do :). I hope you have tons of fun with your husband!

teedaalee
Posted 9/26/2014 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
Wow. I just began to have a huge, freak out meltdown about this, right in the middle of my work day. I was thinking to myself, I just don't think I can do this.

Then I thought of this forum and clicking back over here just calmed me down, knowing that you guys have been where I am and that I'm not a freak for agonizing over leaving my house for something as simple as a baseball game.

Another time when I am grateful that I work from home ... I am now sitting at my kitchen table bawling my eyes out.
Posted 9/26/2014 7:28 PM (GMT 0)
Awww..... we're here for you wanting you to be able to do this tonight. I was thinking how fortunate you are to have a supportive husband, me too. I know you want to do this for him as well as yourself. Whatever happens tonight, we are eager to hear about it. Give it your best shot! That's all any of us can do.
Posted 9/27/2014 1:34 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone! Thanks for your support.

It went pretty well, although my husband is a really fast walker and forgot a few times about my need to walk slowly and take breaks. He's adjusting still to my disability. So I would say that it was a success - based on the fact that I made it through. They lost big time so we didn't stay until the end.

At 3:30 I had the worst panic attack I've ever had. It was awful, one of those when you swear you're having a heart attack, heart racing, palms sweating, a little disorientation, overwhelming anxiety. I thought I was going to make an ER trip there for a while.

Thank goodness for Xanax - deep breathing and visualizing me and my husband having a great time at the game helped pull me out of that but it was awful for a while and I almost changed my mind about going.

I am paying a huge price for it today and my kids are right now sat in front of the TV and may well be all day! Or I'll turn their butts loose in the backyard ;-)

Post Edited (Backtolife) : 9/27/2014 7:45:59 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/27/2014 4:14 PM (GMT 0)
I sure hear you about the Xanax, it has saved me from many a panic attack. I now that it has now become an abused drug but can't for the life of me figure out why someone would want to get all sleepy for a high? . . . Q
Posted 9/27/2014 6:03 PM (GMT 0)
I'm so glad to hear you made it. Now the next outing won't be so difficult for you, maybe. I thought of you as I watched our Texas Rangers get beat last night on TV. I love to watch baseball too. We went to a Flag Football game this morning and that was lots of fun. So much progress was made since last week. They only ran the wrong direction once today.
Posted 9/27/2014 6:15 PM (GMT 0)
This is neither good nor bad, but it is what it is. I'll admit I avoid a lot of activities that require mobility in which I am not in control. IE: Drives where I cannot get out as needed, confined seating where I cannot get up, walk about, stretch, long lines and lots of standing, etc.

So yeah, that restricts a great deal of 'some' activities. However, I am far from sedentary. The biggest thing is being able to have control,...sometimes it means fidgeting, rocking back and forth, moving around, squatting. I have to be in control of when/where/how I move. If it's pre-dictated for me, well then,....yeah, not so much.

Plus, I do make sure I've got my meds with me.





M.
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