After having the most special evening last night sharing dinner and prayer with four of our close friends, Renee and Kirk and Hannah and Tom, Tim and I feel very loved, supported and ready to face the nervous excitement of today. I'm definitely as ready as I ever will be, so I thought I would write a list of my physical capabilities at present so we can all compare and celebrate my hopefully significant improvements in the future!!
Can drive for a maximum of 20min
Unable to do most domestic tasks - can do short bursts of ironing and washing dishes
Can only walk 150m at a time
Climbing stairs is difficult and is achieved by pulling myself up on the handrail and often with a friendly push from behind!
Can sit for 45min and stand for 5min - going to the movies or theatre entails an aisle seat and frequent changes of posture
Unable to sleep comfortably or uninterrupted
Unable to do any form of exercise - no dancing, swimming or power walking
Lie down for approx 6 hours per day to manage the pain
Am in constant pain rarely below a 6/10
Am taking LOTS of painkillers
Need to pace my activities carefully and can generally only do 1 major outing per day
Unable to work
Tim even videoed me walking and climbing stairs so we can compare my current slow state with a new speedier version in the future - it's quite amusing how slow I am!
Anyway that's it - I'm off now to embark on a whole new chapter in my life! Yippeee!!
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Just received an sms from Tim to say the operation went well and you are recovering. We continue to hold you in our thoughts and prayers our dear Amy. It won't be long and you will be noticing a BIG difference. We love you, Gaynor and Roger xx
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