I hate walking. I would rather spend my life in bed. Too bad I have been having a hard time laying in bed on my right side because of my right hip hurting so bad!
I hate walking... it is more trouble then it is worth. I mean by the time you get to the fridge you are so tired and end up standing there drinking 2 of what you went after, just so you do not have to go back after another drink.
Then walking to the bathroom... most times just wait until you really really have to pee and hope you do not piss on yourself because of the extra motion in the ocean from limping/hobbling/wobbling. Then that makes you think next time! I WILL hit the bathroom on my way back from the fridge after drinking as much as I did standing there at the fridge.
I mean you do not think of the consequences, until they happen. You try to play it smart and hope to get out of more unneeded walking, and it bites you in the butt because you did not think... if I stand here and drink a lot I will have to go pee soon too. NO!! No one ever thinks of it!
Did I mention I hate walking?!
Gosh Joonie,
I'm so sorry....your post makes me sad. I take for granted that I am still doing well and able to do everyday things with some pain associated with it.
Lori
Ahhh... do not feel sad, Lori. I was refering to my swelled, non bending right knee. It tires me out to walk and now I have this new pain in my right hip.
I was just saying I hate to walk. Been laying around in bed all day, except for when I want something to drink or son wanted something to drink.
I need to find why my right knee keeps staying swelled.
Boy do I hear you on this Joonie. I put it off --getting up and walking, as long as I possibly can. And going to bed - I'm so tired and want to get in my nice warm, comfy bed, but the darn thing is upstairs, and there's so much to do to get ready. Some nites I just stay on the couch, wishing I were upstairs, but not willing to get up and actually do it! How foolish is that?I hate the pain involved in walking.
I'm sick of planning so I can walk as little as possible.
Wouldn't just be so fun to 'runamuck' without a thought in your head, or any pain.
Joonie and I are going to have wings in the next cycle of life (or legs made for walking and not hurting).
I'm the opposite Joonie. I want to hold onto walking. But that's because I see it slipping away at times. I get my knee surgeries on Thurs morning. Nervous as all get out.
But what is really scary was last night when those tremors and spasms started in my back and legs while I was sleeping. Freaky. It's like drowning in a bunch of waves going all through your body and you're not really awake. And then, your bladder wakes up and you realize you have to make the bathroom run. But then you can't get out of bed.
I had to call my daughter and she had to bring me my cane and I had to move 2" at a time to the bathroom. I couldn't walk for hours.
It was partly a side effect of the Levira, only one dose and partly what I have happen every few days. But it scares me.
I want to walk so bad. And, I keep thinking my knees are going to be fixed and finally, I'll be able to walk and I won't need the knee braces, the cane, the wheelchair, the wheelchair ramps. I can go walking like around the block, to the corner, in the store, maybe out in nature somewhere. Then this comes and hits me hard.
Tried to go to PT this morning and they sent me home. Called the doc. Can't ever take Levira again either and they upped the methadone. The nerve pain is so intense. Nothing is helping.
So, I want to walk. Can I please walk? I understand how difficult it is to move and how painful. But don't stop trying to move whatever it takes because it can disappear.
I get better after one of these attacks, but I'm never quite where I was before. And, I don't know when they are going to happen again. My nerves have just gone flaky. I didn't know that RA could do this to you, but it can. Or, maybe I just go lucky and have MS now as well. All I know is that the nerves do not work and they do weird things.
So, move every chance and every way you can.
It is amazing how you can look at people just running in to the grocery to get a few things or walking across a crowded parking lot with out even thinking about it. It is so easy to take it for granted. Everyone figures they will either always be able to walk, or some tragic thing will happen and then they wont be able to at all. But most of us never think about the idea that one day it may just be miserable and a chore...and that no one will really understand it. Not even those closest to us will be able to imagine just what it is like to dread the things you once loved to do because you have to walk. They cant guess that when you are standing and visiting with someone, your mind wanders from the conversation after only a minute because you are looking around for a chair.
I used to love to go and just walk the mall. I didnt care if I had money to spend or not. I loved to just window shop. I dont go to any stores anymore but the grocery (which I now hate), or the drug store or dollar general. The latter two are small enough and have lots of different things so I have learned to love those stores. I can get most of the things I need with out a lot of walking.
I hate having to get up to pee, get a drink, or let the dog in or out. It is, just in and of itself, a chore.
Yeah..Joonie..I hear ya. I hate walking. And I understand your sentiments too Deanna...I want to love to walk again too.
I go upstairs & then forget something so I have to go downstairs & get it and then go through the process again & again - I think it is becoming like OCD for me going up & down stairs but I figure at least it is exercise of some description. Everything is so much effort. I always look for somewhere to sit down as soon as I go out anywhere - lying down would be better but not always appropriate!Deanna
My orthoscopic knee surgery was really easy.Just keep those knees above your heart for as much of the 1st 24 hours as possible. I had a huge bandage on and my doc said to keep the ice pack on my inner thigh above the big wrap. (I don't know why they put on such a big wrap - 3 bandaids would have been plenty.)
It worked! I had very little swelling, and only medium level pain for 2-3 days. I'm praying that it works out the same for you.
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