What have i done????

liesa

im close to tears....
this is so pathetic, dont deserve sympathy am just sounding off to myself ...lol

i wanted my small bathroom decorated... no one will do it, hubby works until 6.30pm, kids have almost all gone 2 out of 6 at home now,
i was so fed up with the tattiness of the bathroom that i bought some new just white rippled tiles, and a nice border tile and new accessories... still they sat staring at me...
so one of my daughters came over as she does every week usually as a carer and does jobs around to help me.... but carers allowance stopped but the sweetest girl still comes,
we decided to tackle the small bathroom together... i emphasize small cos it has a bath down one wall from wall to wall, then a cupboard then sink and under sink cupboard, it was newly plastered last time so just wanted to change the tiles.... we took the tiles off that we could reach comfortably, and now.................. now im paying the price... my arms are killing me... my back is hurting but my bad leg the one wth tkr is very painful... i just wanna do what i did years ago but this orrible lazy body just wont let me....
feeling really tearful now when i realise the things i cant do anymore that i used to love doing and that was decorating.... now i have no choice but to wait for the odd hour or so hubby can do the rest....

traluvie

Ahh Lisa..

I can sympathise with you.. As can most of us..The thing is if your feeling ok you like to do something you can't do on a bad day.. and because you feel ok at the time you don't bat an eyelid, then the beast comes and attacks and then we feel cr*p again..
I don't think there is anytime when we fully accept that we can't do the things we used to.. i think we will always push ourselves a little bit more.. I may be wrong, some people maybe can accept it..
I reckon you should have a little cry to yourself and pour yourself a nice glass of wine and go and chill on your own for a bit.. recompose as they say..Maybe give hubby a gentle kick along the way in the direction of the bathroom..

coco67

awww hun, i so get where your comming from. im looking at my living room and want to paint it but just know it will do me in if i do it. i will end up having a go anyway. i loved doing all my own diy. used to do the tiling and flooring etc but arthur has stuck his nasty nose in and done his best to stop me. you allow your self those tears then pick yourself back up and take pride in the fact you had a go.

gentle hugs xx

liesa

thanks ladies xx
i even used to lay the carpets.. but now cant even sit on the floor new knee put paid to that along with other stuff

constable

Hi Liesa.

You are not being pathetic any anything like it. I think I would end up in tears. It is horrible isn't it realising the things that you can't manage any more. I am so totally with you. Try and keep your pecker up.
I am sending you hugs of comfort for you.


Karen xx

valval

yes it does get to you still do quite a lot of ours but in very small amounts takes ages but do get there in the end have started bathroom took mirror tiles off and some of loose plaster now waiting till recovered a bit to do more will get there and feel so good when it done val

tkachev

I know how you feel it is just so frustrating. My 11 year old son has taken all the books off the bookshelves to replace with videos and it is taking ages to replace the books. At the moment they all over the floor and sofa. I find it so frustrating and books are heavy and will set off the pain.

Hope you get better soon.
Elizabeth

barbara12

Hi Liesa
You are not alone, I used to do all the decorating, before arthur came to vist.
But a few weeks ago I was fed-up looking at the wallpaper we have bought, so I start to rip off the old paper,what a mess it is....I have to wait now for hubby to find the time to do it....I would say to people dont mind the mess we are decorating.....but now its 5 weeks... :roll: :oops:

NinaKKang

Poor you Liesa, you do deserve sympathy and will get it from all of us. We've all done the same and will probably continue to do it on good days!

Hope you feel better soon
Nxx

tjt6768

I know that feeling ever so well hun... Frustration doesn't cover it eh?
Thing is, you tried mi dear, some would not even bother to do that.

I hope that the paybeack has buggered off now

liesa

thanks for your sympathy xx really appreciated
cant believe im hardly aware of what i did yesterday, i do have a lot of pain in my right wrist being right handed so guess thats a small price to pay for the satisfaction i got when i went in the bathroom later.. almost ready to have it replastered.. no im not doing that lol

tjt6768

You need to rest up, never mind replastering the house then putting a new roof on etc, lol....

Who am I to talk, lol, I am forever overdong things :roll:

liesa

i have so much pain daily for doing very minimal stuff so to have little pain after doing something like that yesterday i can handle that, its good to have a valid reason for hurting....