PLEASE CAN YOU ALL COME WITH ME TOMORROW
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Dear Barbara
I will be thinking of you tomorrow. I shall be waiting for a train at 1.30 pm. Just keep saying THR to yourself. As Toni suggests you could have the injections to ease it now if there is quite a wait for the operation. You have been undecided for a long time and now you know what you must do. I have always said that you will know when the time is right for you.
Hugs
Elna xThe happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.0 -
HI Barbara
thinking of you and I'll be in your pocket too ...... you know these pocket dwellers aren't half handy at timesI know .... they got me through a few tricky times just lately.
I'll be looking at the clock and saying THR THR THR THR at the top of my voice at the appointed hour
good luck!
WOnky0 -
Cor, bloody 'ell Barb, that was one of the most uncomfortable nights of my life ever - and I've had a few, let me tell you (uncomfortable nights that is, not likkle dinkies, well, not yet anyway!)
I have spent the night in the reception area of your surgeon's suite of rooms, awaiting your arrival, which I guess is scheduled for about 1.15pm. I managed to cobble some sort of bed together using the chairs, and I did meet some interesting people, I have to say. It's amazing how much life goes on in a hospital in the wee small hours. I have been practising what I will say in case you freeze - 'Hello mate, this is my friend Barbara, she's gorgeous and lovely and needs a new hip to make her life better.'
Oooooh! Someone has switched on the lights! I had better go and make myself look presentable - as if! I am thinking of you, very very much. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0 -
good morning now stand in front of mirror and say i want the operation please put me on the waiting list and keep me in mind incase of cancilation now a little loader that it you are ready girl am ready and waiting good luck. think others are right have injection now so some of the pain will leave you while you wait hugs valval0
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My goodness I am truly overwhelmed by your kindness.....please believe me when I say how much you have helped , I have read every post over and over this morning....please forgive me if I miss someone's name...Katie, Ange, Toni, Chris, Coco, Lynn, Cris, Puffin, Lupin, Tony, Poppy, Rose, Legs, Elna, Wonky, DD, Val.
no I dont have a good memory I right then all down.
Thank you so much,....Lupin you are not to late my love its todaylike some of you say I may just ask think about the injections, but I dont want to aggravate the pain....we will see.
Val I have been practising :shock: not a pretty site in a morning..right I have made room in my pockets...please all shout at once...and I will put it on my forehead with a marker pen....THR
I cant thank you all enough...I will let you know how its goes...
Love to you all
Barbara xxxxLove
Barbara0 -
good luck barbara, i promise to shout loud if needed, you will be fine im sure. coco xxx0
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Hi Barbara,
Just wishing you good vibes for today.
I did not want a THR. I was scared. But I knew I had to as the pain was unbearable. Stairs, bed, sleeping, walking and my love life were all so badly effected. I said yes to the op before I knew what it entailed.Then I went on internet to find out the facts. As soon as I came on AC I got good advice so I felt so much happier and in the end it was the best thing I did.
I think you have reached that point of too much pain. Good luck today.....
Elizabeth xNever be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no ones definition of your life
Define yourself........
Harvey Fierstein0 -
Well done Barbara for making such a hard decision and really, really good luck today. I will be thinking of you.
Love TIlly xxx0 -
Half an hour or so to go - anyone spotted Barbara yet? DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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Barbara I have only just seen your thread. I wasn't around much yesterday I am sorry.
Well done you deciding to go for the thr, It is a brave decision. I hope your appointment went well.
You may well be home now, so, sit down and here a cuppa for you.
Take care
juliepf x0 -
I hope it all went OK and that you are feeling alright. I am still thinking of you. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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Hi Barbara.
you are doing the right thing you dont want more pain
you've had enough and it could get worse.
there comes a time and you know when that time is.
take care you are brave it will be worth it.
sorry i was late. joan xxtake care
joan xx0 -
I think she's having a nice cuppa to steady her nerves.
Hope it all went okay Barbara.
E xNever be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no ones definition of your life
Define yourself........
Harvey Fierstein0 -
Well Im back....just want to say thankyou to Tilly, Julie ,Joan, and Tinks...who I missed earlyer.
What a strange appointment, got me nowhere really..... they shouted me, did all the bloods and MRSA test, then she said you rang up to say you wanted to talk about something,I will get sister....so I explained that I really didnt want the injections, not on top of the pain I am in......so she said well what are you doing here :shock: so I explained I wanted to go for the THR, and chat about the injections...so she said you cant go on the list till you have had the them, so I asked how long after the injections will I be able to have my THR....well the list is getting longer and longer...you are probably talking at least 8 months....so I ask can I go on the list now, and not wait for the injections.....you will have to ring appointments and ask for another appointment to see your consultant, :roll:
So there it is, I didnt sleep last night , all for nothing really, suppose I should have gone on the list earlier...instead of being a wimpmy OH says he thinks the injections are a delaying technique.....
Sorry If I have confused you all....the upshot is I dont get my THR for a long time which ever route I take.
Barbara xxLove
Barbara0 -
Hmmmmm, these things don't happen overnight I guess, not any more. As more and more people are affected by this cursed disease, more and more ops are required - tho from the tone of many of the posts on here you get the feeling that not many are being done. Oh heck, barbara12, where are we now then? Back at the beginning? Please try not to lose your resolve, it is the right decision it's just that it will now take longer than we thought. I take it you didn't have the injections either? Pop a few more paindulllers now, and have a rest. Thank you for letting us know, I wish it had a better outcome for you tho. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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Hi DD
Suppose its my fault for putting off the op, but the pain has changed within weeks, I will just have to wait, I was thinking more 3to4 months.....shows what I know.
Hopefully he wont take to long to see me, Its a warning to anyone really , get it done while you can.
Here in the north west, hips and knee ops are being cancelled at some hospitals :shock:
Sorry if you all had a wasted trip in my pocket
Love
Barbara xxLove
Barbara0 -
Barbara, so sorry it didn't go to plan - but - nothing was wasted, the pockets and the well wishers will just do it all again. Hopefully it wont be long to injections and getting on the waiting list. Time will soon fly by.
In the mean time you rest up and relax.
Cath0 -
Wish it could have gone a bit better for you Barbara... Never mind though hun..
We will all be there again don't worry..Me-Tony
Ra-1996 -2013 RIP...
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP0 -
Don't blame yourself Barbara, I think they were on a mission to be nasty today.When do you see your rheummy team again? I would see them and ask to be put on the list because you are suffering. Or even see your GP and ask to be referred to a surgeon. It doesn't have to take 8 months. Just press the point that your hip had deteriorated rapidly.
ElizabethNever be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no ones definition of your life
Define yourself........
Harvey Fierstein0 -
Barbara
It was never a wasted trip love, and I am so glad you felt able to ask for support here. You have alot of friends here who will do it all again whenever you need us. I am so so sorry today was *!*!*! ? and can barely speak here, :sad: I have sent you an email for when you next look in but take some time out if you need to.
love and gentle hugs (((( ))))
Chris xx0 -
sorry you have to wait for them to put you on the list sound like jobs worth but i am sure all will be ok in the end we do not mind coming it makes a change and we all had cake and tea but trisher was wafting that brolly all over the place again valval0
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Now, you listen to me, young Barbara: no way is any of this your fault. You were not to know that things would worsen so quickly - we are more used to a gradual deterioration, yes? Hindsight is always wonderful stuff and always less than helpful. You made a decision based on what you knew at the time, and at that time that was the right decision for you. Now the world has to catch up with you, and I am sure it will. I hope your surgeon will see you sooner rather than later and you know that we will all be there, cheering you on in between swigging the fizz and eating the strawberries and drinking the tea and moaning about frog's whiffy sandwiches and del's garlic infused soup etc etc etc. I am thinking of you and don't be unkind to yourself, please. You neither need or deserve that. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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Hi Cath, Tony, Elizabeth, and Chris....
I feel so deflated.....they tell you to wait till the pain is so bad...then when you do have your THR..the results are better...because your pain has diminished
What they dont say is that the list is getting longer, some hospitals in our are are cancelling hips and knees, so the one I go to are having to take on more....its not there fault but down to the cuts.
I am ringing them up tomorrow, so I will see what they say....but it is only appointments...so I dont think they will do much.
I might have confused some of you...I have a degree in that...today was just a pre op for the injections in 3 weeks time.
I didnt think they did pre ops for that ....but there you go
Thank you again everyone
Love
Barbara xx
PS thanks Val and DD didnt see you there.Love
Barbara0 -
Barabara, i am sorry to hear that the appointment didn't go well.
I agree with DD you made the right decision for you at the time. you could not have known that things would get worse much quicker than expected. try not to be so hard on yourself. I m always ready for pocket duty and it is never a wasted trip we are there to give you support whatever happens.
Tracey0
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