Did You Accomplish Anything Today?

needshave said:
I promised to provide an update after my zoom meeting with my surgeon. Here is what I found out.
My arthritis is at a very advanced stage and creating blockage when I try to move the joint physically. The arthritis displaces the joint and prevent articulation. My carpal tunnel is moderate to moderate extreme, both hands. Arthritis is to the point that she will remove part of the bone to repair and perform the carpal tunnel at the same time, surgery 2-2.5 hours. I will be put into cast that would be changed to a different shape each week. Rehab would start in 6 weeks, total down time for each hand is 3 months. So 6 months recovery is required to repair both hands at a minimum, probably more like 9 mo.

However. There is always a however.. I asked my surgeon ok..With the spike in Covid-19 cases and increases in the reported cases each day, would you suggest I have the surgery now. What are my risk of obtaining COVID-19 in the hospital.

Her response was, from a technical standpoint you should be fine. Surgery is not in a general hospital, and our surgery center is rigidly controlled and maintained we have no reported cases of any one catching COVID from the hospital or surgery. My second answer is, I would not recommend you have surgery with the numbers escalating every day of reported cases. Hospitals and staff are at full capacity and hospitals are being required to open up additional areas to support Covid cases. It may very well be that your osteoarthritis surgeon is performing anesthesia functions in a surgery room, because the medical staff is so overwhelmed with cases, there is not sufficient staff to accommodate the medical needs.

My recommendation is that we do two things, you continue being very active and keep hands working and watch for numbness that could be the result of either carpal tunnel or arthritis. the deciding factor is when you can not pick up and hold a piece of paper. If you can not, we do surgery immediately and take our chances with Covid, so as to not have a permanent loss in dexterity. I urge you to just continue to do what you have been doing and we revisit this in April of Next year. You definitely need surgery, but when Covid risks have substantially reduced.

So....I have found an honest straight forward surgeon. I trust her judgement, I will continue working, monitor the situation and see her in April.

Sorry this was so long, but I promised you an update....
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My hip replacement has been canceled due to COVID-19 and I will have surgery in the summer.
 

I've been getting things done in the past 3 days.
I returned the rental car I've been driving (and hating) for the past 4 days after someone hit my car & the body shop finished the repair.
I found a printer to replace my 17 year old one that quit.
Today, I had my security gate repaired. It needed a new electronic lock & two new backup batteries.
I finally got around to waterproofing an area around 15 ft where rain gets under a balcony door. I used "Gorilla Waterproof Tape." We'll see how good a job I did when it rains.........
 
HollyDolly, you’re the Energizer Bunny.

Decided I was going to start ordering my groceries online. When I went to the store link, it showed me as some guy 300 km away. Decided I’d go to the store first thing this morning. Luckily it wasn’t busy. I really appreciate that I have to wear a mask now. The cashier suggested that I try resetting my account.

Mid afternoon I laid down to rest for a bit - ended up being an hour. Last night was one of the worst for lack of sleep. Woke at 2 and gave up at 7:30.
 

Jules said:
HollyDolly, you’re the Energizer Bunny.

Decided I was going to start ordering my groceries online. When I went to the store link, it showed me as some guy 300 km away. Decided I’d go to the store first thing this morning. Luckily it wasn’t busy. I really appreciate that I have to wear a mask now. The cashier suggested that I try resetting my account.

Mid afternoon I laid down to rest for a bit - ended up being an hour. Last night was one of the worst for lack of sleep. Woke at 2 and gave up at 7:30.
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I used to be the energiser bunny, everyone always used to comment on it at one time..I never stopped.. nowadays I'm down to just a half of that :D Last night I was sitting here cosy, determined to rest my back , not to go out.. and rest..at 6.30pm in the dark my daughter calls and asks me to collect some furniture for her that someone was selling new.
I did it because she's quarantined having come from another country so she wanted to abide by the rules as much as possible.. but it was very hard work trying to get it in my car...soo heavy, and that was with the help of the man who was selling it.. then I drove it over to her house 10 miles from here.. and we unloaded it, (my DD and Me) and struggled to get it all upstairs.

My o/h was not in the least bit happy that I'd done it while he was at work, so I'm under instruction to stop now with any big jobs like that . It's times like this I wish my brothers and their sons lived closer.. :LOL:
 
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Thus far today.. I've done the laundry, dried it and put it away , then made lunch ..

Got hubs to go in the loft and collect a clothes rail we have so we can take it to DD's tomorrow..

renewed the anti-humidifiers in the shed

Cleared out all the winter duvets we have stored , that we no longer need, and taking them to donate to the dog kennels...

Took delivery of some new Knee High Boots which I got for 1/2 price that I ordered from our biggest department store which has just gone into administration .


Had an indepth Convo with an Amazon Customer service rep about some missing items which we never received 2 days ago but the driver had stated had been delivered and ''handed to resident'' which of course they had not ... got that cleared up and got my money refunded

Not quite 3pm yet... so the day is still young for me to rest up... ...hubs is still working in the barn, putting new heating in there, oh and he's put the Christmas Wreath onto the front door (y)
 
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Jules said:
“If you want something done, ask a busy person.” @hollydolly, you’re the perfect example of this.
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yes I think that really is a true adage... :D Seriously I do have to rest now, my back and shoulder are still in pain from my fall almost 2 months ago.. and tomorrow we're going out for lunch (Festive lunch at the pub)... so i don't want to be poorly for that first outing in many weeks
 
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hollydolly said:
yes I think that really is a true adage... :D Seriosuly I do have to rest now, my back and shoulder are still in pain from my fall almost 2 months ago.. and tomorrow we're going out for lunch (Festive lunch at the pub)... so i don't want to be poorly for that first outing in many weeks
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You must slow down a bit, Hols!
 
win231 said:
I've been getting things done in the past 3 days.
I returned the rental car I've been driving (and hating) for the past 4 days after someone hit my car & the body shop finished the repair.
I found a printer to replace my 17 year old one that quit.
Today, I had my security gate repaired. It needed a new electronic lock & two new backup batteries.
I finally got around to waterproofing an area around 15 ft where rain gets under a balcony door. I used "Gorilla Waterproof Tape." We'll see how good a job I did when it rains.........
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I have used that Gorilla tape too and on my car and no water has gotten in and it's been awhile since I put it on.
 
Ruthanne said:
I've never heard of a window sticker before; we have tiny stickers that go on the back license plate. But then I'm in another state.
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True. Every state has its own rules. Here in NY state, we need two windshield stickers - the registration sticker and one to show it has been inspected within the last year. They go in the lower part of the driver's side of the windshield. Examples of what they look like:

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debodun said:
True. Every state has its own rules. Here in NY state, we need two windshield stickers - the registration sticker and one to show it has been inspected within the last year. They go in the lower part of the driver's side of the windshield. This is an example of what they look like:

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Until just a couple or so years ago we always had to have a sticker in the car to prove we'd paid the annual road tax.. since they removed the need for that and made it digital, apparently thousands of people no longer pay...well who'd 've thunk it ? 😕
 
debodun said:
True. Every state has its own rules. Here in NY state, we need two windshield stickers - the registration sticker and one to show it has been inspected within the last year. They go in the lower part of the driver's side of the windshield. Examples of what they look like:

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Wow, those are pretty big compared to the tiny sticker that goes on our plates. We, too, have to have the car inspected every 2 years. We don't get a sticker for that but a printed out sheet of paper showing compliance *if it doesn't comply you have to have your vehicle worked on to fix whatever problem is causing it not to comply* that we have to give to get a new registration.
 
debodun said:
Now that I had my registration sticker, I need an inspection. I took it to the garage that usually does it. It was unusually crowded and the receptionist said I'd have to wait at least an hour. There was only one seat left in the waiting room because they had every other one taped off (COVID again). I waited the hour and nothing happened - my car was still parked where I had left it. I waited another 15 minutes and then asked the receptionist how much longer would it be. She asked me what I was waiting for. I repeated "The state inspection." She the said, "Oh we can't do those right now." I wondered why she didn't say that when I walked in - it's like her mind was totally on something else. Come to find out, the business is under new management and they have not yet been approved by the DMV to do state inspections. I asked when that would be. She said, "Maybe this afternoon, maybe next week, maybe next month." I need an inspection by the end of this month. I may have to go to another garage. 🤬
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I sent the garage a PM on their FB page asking about the problem. This was the response:

Sorry about that! Their was a big mixup with NYS changing over to the new owner and it left us incapable for a while.Things are back to normal.
 
Today we went to Sunday lunch at one of our favourite pubs, first time in a year as a family .. We booked to eat inside because it was absolutely perishingly cold outdoors and definitely too cold to eat outside even with the patio heaters on.. but we deliberately chose the earliest lunch time so the pub wouldn't be packed out with people and therefore more distance between everyone and tables .. it doesn't usually get busy until 2pm onwards and we went at just after mid-day.. so there were only a few diners scattered at good distances

I had a delicious beef brisket.. and all the usual trimmings, others had Minted lamb shank, and the vegans had 'Superfood Salads''

All the waiting and bar staff wore masks..as we all did until we sat down to eat & drink ..

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From there we dropped some people off.. then took a drive to a small town Mall which only had an hour left before closing, and was pretty quiet ..hardly anyone in the stores there because everyone was in the city shopping, .. so we felt pretty relaxed in there but wore masks at all times..


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I just went into 2 stores.. got a few real bargains , very quickly ( hubs hates shopping) ..so I was pleased with them... stopped and had a coffee while we were in the Mall, still plenty of social distancing which was great ... , then drove home in the dark and icy fog... that part wasn't so great... 😉

...hubs happy as a pig in muck now he's home and watching the racing on TV... :D
 
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