I was just reading an entry in the Blog of ‘Twitchy Woman’ who I follow. Love the name by the way! She is right on the money as far as I am concerned. When she talks about having a ‘Pity Party’ now and then, I think we are pretty much entitled to it!
Check out her Blog. It’s well worth keeping up with her posts, she has some fine wisdom to share.
I can so identify with her, especially when she talks about having other degenerative conditions. I have arthritis and I have to say, it is the most badly behaved of the two uninvited bedfellows who inhabit my life. I get thoroughly sick of the pain of my knee, which I now know is predominantly because of my arthritis. The meniscus tear apparently was caused by the arthritis. Good old ‘Arthur-itis’ they are well and truly a pain in the knee!
I am now awaiting a response from referral for surgery that my specialist has sent through to the hospital to get me onto the public list for a full knee replacement. Apparently, I tick all the boxes that need to be ticked to qualify for the operation. He has said that for the first two weeks I’ll wish I hadn’t had it done. Yay! At the moment I just want an end to this constant grinding of bone on bone, clicking, locking and generally causing significant pain. So, as for the pain post operatively, as I always say, ‘healing pain is good pain’ because it means that it is a temporary thing and once the healing happens it eventually (fingers crossed) goes away.
I am particularly ticked off because I have absolutely no mobility issues with my Parkinson’s but for the last couple of months I have had to take up using a cane to get around. I do feel a bit ripped off, that Parkies is leaving me to get on with my life pretty much but ‘Arthur’ is a bugger!
Anyway, enough whinging from me. More positive vibes next time I post!
I promise!
My journey with Parkinsons 