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General => The Stay Safe Board => Topic started by: louisa maud on Monday 06 October 25 08:08 BST (UK)
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Morning folks, here we are starting a new week.
Very cold, sun seems to have gone behind a cloud at the moment, yesterday was cold and very blustery, we don't seem to have been to badly affected by the storm, seemed to have missed us, think we had the tail end wind of it.
Viktoria, can't remember the date of your procedure but if this week hope all goes well.
Bad nights sleep so I put my time to good use I thought, was asked by a family member family history questions so spent 2 hours searching , still couldn't sleep when I went back to sleep, wasn't the right thing to do in the early hours .
Keep warm and hope people feeling a bit down will feel brighter
LM
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You are bright and early today LM. Sorry you had a bad night, I slept unusually well and only went to the bathroom once then straight back to sleep.
It’s a lovely sunny morning here and the forecast is good for the week so 🤞 I hope everyone has had a good and trouble free weekend.
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Changeable/fickle Spring days for us ... layer on/layer off :D
Awaiting a delivery, hopefully sooner rather than later :)
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Really could do with being able to washing today! Got a huge basket ready, as weather been so odd, and life so hassle-ey for past week or so. Come on sun, despite the forecast, pop out for a few hours......
TY
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A dull day here and cool.
Done my ironing.
A phone call from the young man who did both my gardens ,he is sorting out the ramp to give me safe and easy access to the side lane ,when I pluck up courage to venture out on the mobility scooter .
I truly think had the pacemaker been fitted sooner I might not have had to get the scooter >:(
The pacemaker on Thursday ( thanks L.M.)so trying to get heavy things done now as six weeks with limited L arm movements will be a bit of a handicap.
It will pass.
Many many people get through it don’t they, some who post on RootsChat who have managed very well .
A sausage ,bacon ,egg ,baked beans artery clogging meal tonight folks, my son is as thin as a “lat” as used hereabouts to mean a thin flat narrow piece of wood such as was used in lath and plaster walls - ie very slender.
He has inherited his height from my two grandads ,my OH and his father were not tall .
Well things to do and a very early start on Thursday ,all packed up and ready.
Will wash my hair tomorrow,,then not sure how I will manage after that but I can imagine I will be able to raise my forearm as long as my elbow us still no higher than my shoulder ,thank goodness my hair is very short .
It seems strange to read of Spring - in the antipodes - or the ante podes as my sister used to say when young.
Two of her chiildren ( well sadly there were two but now only one ) emigrated, to N,S,W. Where our ancestors went to the gold fields of Bathurst and Sofala in the 1850’s gold rush, from Lincolnshire.
Well time for a cup of tea .
Look after yourselves folks .
Viktoria.
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Viktoria, you must not push the boundaries until you are allowed, just do what you are allowed and leave the rest, it doesn't matter does it?, it will get done in time, hopefully your son can help you out, I mean it kindly.
My husband 5ft 11 ish has become a been pole recently, me, well I am mortified , my scales must be wrong, so, immediate cut down, I must act at once, I seldom eat potatoes but I do have a choc ice every day, surely that isn't the reason!!
Not been a bad day today, brightened up pm which was a shame as I missed my washing slot to get it dry outside.
I have had a huge amount of help with my Gregerson surname after I asked for help on the Kent site, fantastic help
Take care everyone
LM
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Getting back to some kind of normality after spending a week in Germany, where we had warm sunny weather and far too much cake! Returning last Saturday night on the ferry we encountered the storm, but it just rocked us to sleep on the boat.
Viktoria
Best of luck with your operation. You may well need help at first, but the six weeks will soon pass and you will be able to raise your left arm again. I hope your freezer is full of ready meals and that you will have help from family members and friends where required.
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Expecting a lovely day tomorrow, we had a glorious sunset this evening, everything in the house turned pink, it was quite strange.
Good luck for Thursday Viktoria, take it easy and don’t get impatient and rush to do things afterwards, the weeks will pass very quickly. Everyone I know who has had the same procedure has been fine.
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best wishes from me too Viktoria.
Yesterday was very windy . Offspring visited and when I went to the front door to see them off I was so surprised to see the path was ankle deep in green leaves from local trees, which showed how vicious the wind had been.
I used to have a steady weight but a switch seems to have been turned on and I'm grazing far too much on anything I see in the kitchen. My forearms are still slim but my so called "bat wings" are definitely too heavy to lift a bat :D :D
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Very best wishes for your pacemaker fitting, Viktoria. But:
DON'T RUN ROUND DOING THINGS FOR OTHERS! Especially your son, as my Mum used to say "He's big enough, old enough and daft enough..."
You need to follow instructions, take it easy, and gradually build back to your busy normal self. A set-back in the early days can be nasty.
Others on here will agree with me.
We're all thinking of you. Hope your keyboard fingers keep their suppleness!
TY
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Best regards for your PM procedure. Mine went fine but do take care with the "movement" instructions for your arm. You will have to adapt certain methods for dressing initially so that you do not put a strain on the implant. rj
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Viktoria
I hope you have lots of clothes that button or zip down the front! I had to go to charity shops to find blouses and so on, as most of my tops were pull over the head type.
Take it easy. I know you do a lot for other people. Now it's their turn to help you until you are well enough to return to your usual busy schedule. We have just been abroad for a holiday, our first since the pacemaker procedure. All went well, though people do look at you in a rather sympathetic way when they find out about the pacemaker. They are surprised at how well you are, as they have probably been thinking that you could collapse at any moment.
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Good advice for Viktoria, I am sure she will be sensible and adhere to the instructions.
I remember when I had my hip replacement patients had to dress everyday, not sit around in night attire, so I wore elastic waisted skirts, made life so much easier till I could manage trousers.
Thinking of you Viktoria
LM
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Good luck Viktoria from me too.. I’m sure you’ll make a good recovery and follow all the advice given by others.. you deserve to be looked after with all that you do for others.
My Son in laws mother had a PM fitted some 17 years ago and she’s not looked back still leading an active life.
Take care and my best wishes to you.
Caroline
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What strange weather, Monday was such a lovely day, sun out and I thought warmer out than in, today once again cold and dull, but I suppose it should be expect although we have had really nice October days in the past.
Thinking of you Viktoria
LM
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Good luck for tomorrow Viktoria, and make sure you behave yourself! ;) ;D
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Adding my good wishes for all going well with your surgery and recovery, and for a positively happy outcome Viktoria ...
... :) mare
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Well folks,all ready ,sitting waiting for transport and the last drink of the many you have to have up to seven o’clock prior to the procedure .
I Son would have taken me and brought me back but I have had transport for a while before when I was having a lot of eye treatment and so many drops at the eye clinic I couldn’t see clearly and the journey to Rochdale is two buses and so was advised to get transport as it was not safe.
Son is not always able to do it for me ,he is working from home so not always free and you can’t chop and change.
So I am grateful for the transport service.
I wonder now if this had been done sooner I might not have needed the mobility scooter!
Still dark outside and quiet.
Many thanks for your kind wishes ,I appreciate them very much.
Daughter has just phoned to wish me well .
So thanks again and I will be in touch .
Cheerio. Viktoria.
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Sorry this is a bit late Viktoria but just wanted to add my best wishes to you for your procedure and a speedy recovery.
Pinetree
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Hope that son welcomes you back with the best cup of tea in the world, and a tempting meal, then does the washing up, and plumps up the cushions for you - bother "his work", YOU need a bit of pampering at last, after so long of doing things for him and others!
Really hope it's all gone well, Viktoria.
TY
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Well your good wishes worked,a little discomfort during the procedure ,a few arm,neck and chest pains but they were quickly resolved,the surgeon kept counting ,matching up pairs of wires it seemed 1-1 2-2 3-3 etc .
Shoulder near neck sore but I can take a paracetamol .
So that is that .
Young chap who did my gardens years ago - well 2017 ,has been to make access from the scooter shed much easier for me.My sons did a ramp but the scooter is very heavy- a great big lithium battery to cope with the steep hill all the way up home from Ramsbottom ,that is behind you on a slope when on the present ramp to enter the shed ,it really feels it would topple over and
squash you ,the gradient is too steep, not safe .
Son did ask if I wanted a cup of tea but the nurse who kindly packed my bag had left out all my medications! The hospital had phoned and he was waiting for me to get home then he’d set off for them .His computer was playing up again so he had s “ window” .
My eldest son had phoned the hospital and when told I was on my way home but—- the medications, he set off for the hospital straight away so all was well .
Daughter phoned to see all was O.K.
So just six weeks of being careful re left arm and no heavy lifting etc
Hope all are safe and as well as can be given quite a few are being stoical about difficult conditions.
Thanks again and cheerio .Viktoria.
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Wow Viktoria, surprised you are home so soon, well done.
Please take care and let others do things for you even if your son arranges take aways for you just till you get acclimatised to taking it easy.
LM
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So glad everything went well for you today Viktoria. Both your sons sound as if they were on the ball regarding your medication.
Now enjoy some time taking things easy.
With better access for your scooter I hope it won’t be too long before we hear about the escapades you get up to going out and about on it 💐
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Very pleased to hear that all went well and you’re back home… take it easy and relax and let those around you take the strain until you’re back to your busy self!
My best wishes to you along with everyone else.
Caroline
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Viktoria
Welcome to the Pacemaker Club! I'm glad to hear that you are safe and well and back home. Now you really need to take care of yourself (and let others take care of you) for the next 6 weeks or so. Then you will be able to do lots of things that you had previously found difficult and tiring.
Best wishes from a fellow Lancastrian far away from home.
Gillg
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So glad you've got through, and that it seems your offspring are looking after you - do make them understand you won't be trotting round after them for some time yet, if you are to recover properly. As Gillg says welcome to the club. Put your feet up, and family need to understand it's not just making a cup of tea, microwaving a takeaway and bringing your medication. YOU HAVE TO REST, AND FOLLOW MEDICAL ADVICE
TY
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Second that TY
LM
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BumbleB started a brief discussion on last week’s Diary about people insisting on following best before dates. As a matter of interest I see in a daily update email from our local paper today things are changing. All the major supermarkets are discontinuing Best Before dates on many items including fruit and vegetable. This is in an attempt to to reduce the terrible amount offood waste.
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Well that is a good thing ,however we have got used to dates and in a way feel secure with them cetainly for meat and fish but vegetables tell their own story -
Got some sleep and the awful stiffness has relaxed a lot ,am pottering about but holding arm close to my side ,have the red tape bracelet on still to remind me not to lift my arm but in all probability I shall forget why it is there.
Cool dull day ,trying to organise my Tesco delivery -it seems more complicated nowadays,I did it though Covid - no problems .,but now seems more complicated but it could be me. ::)
Hope all are safe and warm,and in good spirits,many have ill health but if we can keep cheerful it is a good thing.
Well off to make the workmen another cup of tea.
So Cheerio folks,best regards to you all and many thanks fir your encouragement .
Viktoria,
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Hurray, hurray, hurray!! About time as well and very glad that BBD are going to disappear ;D ;D
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Good luck Viktoria, great to hear that you are recovering well.
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Just realised that I am currently eating Lebkuchen with a BBD of 30 May 2025 - plus I've got another pack with the same date, so I'll eat those as well. :o
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Viktoria
Another tip for you from a friend who recently had a pacemaker fitted. For the first 6 weeks after the operation she always wore a cardigan or jacket with pockets and kept her left hand in the pocket to remind herself not to raise the arm on that side!
And another one - when speaking on a mobile phone hold it to your right ear, so that it's not close to the pacemaker. I know that makes it difficult if you want to write something down with your right hand, but it's only for 6 weeks, isn't it?
Now, how are you carrying those cups of tea to the workmen? Why don't you summon them and let them carry their own cups? :D
Take lots of care.
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Viktoria
And another one - when speaking on a mobile phone hold it to your right ear, so that it's not close to the pacemaker. I know that makes it difficult if you want to write something down with your right hand, but it's only for 6 weeks, isn't it?
Take lots of care.
Better still, unless you are in company and need to keep your conversation private, use your mobile on speaker, your right hand will be free to write and the phone will be well away from the pacemaker.
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Many thanks folks,good advice .
The leaflet I was given says not to lift my left arm above my shoulder for six weeks and no heavy lifting ,pulling or pushing .
Well I have lifted it to about that height ,but no higher.
Making my bed is a challenge but I don’t for the time being waft sheets up high ,just put them on and smooth out but that us quite a big movement but not high.
I can’t take the weight of a cup of tea in my left hand and pulling socks on is a bit of a challenge ,my toes and my right hand don’t work very well together. ;D
Vert itchy now and tender , wound glued not stapled and almost under my left arm .,an awkward place really ,but it will all pass .
I have a telephone appointment with the heart failure clinic on October 23 rd.
A sunny day here but cool, gardener well on with the ramp and some good ideas re safety etc.
Hope those unwell feel better ,thanks for all the good wishes you are all very kind.
Cheerio.Viktoria.
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Hi Viktoria, hope you are just feeling ticketty boo today
LM
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Thanks L.M.
In myself O.K.but wound site itchy and tender however that is a good reminder re no arm lifting !
Sunny day but cool,gosh my back garden is a mess now but will all be sorted soon.
Son off to head office re the flipping naughty computer ,but I can just do what I feel up to ,I have no need to cook as lots ready in the freezer .
Hope all are alright and are sharing the lovely sunshine we have here.
The gardener showed me photographs of his father’s huge pond , there was one little goldfish
near the surface ,one of mine ——so used to being fed each morning ,I hope they are finding their own food ,his father does put food in but I used to tap the side of the little raised pond( grandchildren!)and they would come immediately , if I was a bit late they would be there already .
Ah well ,the pond is now my herb garden ,such a sunny spot.
Cheerio for now . Thanks again.
Viktoria.
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The itchiness of the wound site is supposed to be good, Viktoria, shows it's healing. The cardigan idea works well, but you really shouldn't be making and delivering mugs of tea to your workmen! Is there no one who can actually be with you during the day, to keep you under control, instead of sailing in your wake as you seem to be dashing around as normal? Take care of yourself, pamper yourself, let others wait on you and do things for you, for once....
You've earned it!
TY