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10. Not being able to dress yourself.
9. Needing help to wash your legs, feet & non-surgical side (can't reach with the bad arm) -- just generally needing help in the shower.
8. Having to type with one hand.
7. Not being able to do one of the things you love most...cooking.
6. Not being able to lift anything "heavier than a glass of water" with the repaired arm.
5. Having to shoo away your cats when they want to cuddle because THEY ALWAYS WANT TO GET UP ON THE BAD SIDE, KIRA-CAT!
4. Dishes piling up in the sink because you can't do them and your hubby doesn't care how many are there as long as he has a cup for coffee and a bowl for oatmeal.
3. Answering the question, "What happened?" (I realize people are curious and most are very compassionate, but the 5000th time you answer that question, it gets a bit on your nerves. I'm a grouch, so sue me.)
2. Not being able to sleep in your bed and having to make due sitting up on the sofa since you don't have a recliner.
1. FIVE WEEKS LATER, IT STILL HURTS LIKE HELL. Seriously, the pain is exquisite. It hurt so bad today, several co-workers could see that I was in pain and encouraged me to go home...which I did. Hubby used his lunch time to drive me. It may be because I had more than just a rotator cuff repair, but my shoulder hurts ALL THE TIME. There is never a time when I do not know it's there, when I do not have pain. Even when I'm zonked out on pain pills, I STILL feel it.
I just wish I could fast-forward a couple of months, so it could be over already. Even being off the phones at work isn't worth all of this.
/pity party
9. Needing help to wash your legs, feet & non-surgical side (can't reach with the bad arm) -- just generally needing help in the shower.
8. Having to type with one hand.
7. Not being able to do one of the things you love most...cooking.
6. Not being able to lift anything "heavier than a glass of water" with the repaired arm.
5. Having to shoo away your cats when they want to cuddle because THEY ALWAYS WANT TO GET UP ON THE BAD SIDE, KIRA-CAT!
4. Dishes piling up in the sink because you can't do them and your hubby doesn't care how many are there as long as he has a cup for coffee and a bowl for oatmeal.
3. Answering the question, "What happened?" (I realize people are curious and most are very compassionate, but the 5000th time you answer that question, it gets a bit on your nerves. I'm a grouch, so sue me.)
2. Not being able to sleep in your bed and having to make due sitting up on the sofa since you don't have a recliner.
1. FIVE WEEKS LATER, IT STILL HURTS LIKE HELL. Seriously, the pain is exquisite. It hurt so bad today, several co-workers could see that I was in pain and encouraged me to go home...which I did. Hubby used his lunch time to drive me. It may be because I had more than just a rotator cuff repair, but my shoulder hurts ALL THE TIME. There is never a time when I do not know it's there, when I do not have pain. Even when I'm zonked out on pain pills, I STILL feel it.
I just wish I could fast-forward a couple of months, so it could be over already. Even being off the phones at work isn't worth all of this.
/pity party
