Dec. 19, 2010

Still can't update my weight. I got the hard cast on Thursday. It is Christmas colored. If I have to have a cast on Christmas, I'm going to be Festive!

Honestly it has been hard to not snack while I've been laid up. I have not been drinking as much as I should and I roll through the kitchen far too often. I try to combat this by putting some liquid protein in whatever I'm drinking and try to have lots of shrimp on hand to snack on.

I guess the tale will be told when I get the cast off on 12/30.

It's also been very hard to accept as much help as I need. Between being able to ask all the help I need from Scott to having friends help me get in and out of the car, it's been trying.  Once the snow fell, it was much harder to get around. I go see Marcy tomorrow, finally. I need it! Then Florida for a week.

Dec. 6, 2010 (was 253.7 11/30/10)

I had the surgery on my ankle last Tuesday. They found another torn tendon when they went in. So, two torn tendons, one split tendon and a whole lot of swelling. But, surgery went well.

Being non-weight bearing has been okay. I'm starting to get very frustrated. I'm sleeping on the first floor in the sofa bed. Which is fine. But, I really need some help getting fresh clothes and getting a sponge bath and washing my hair. Scott has been so busy that I don't want to add one more thing to his list. However...

And, he's doing silly, passive/aggressive things that are driving me nuts. A friend bought me Eclipse as a gift so that I could enjoy it while bed-bound. She dropped it off Saturday evening. Scott was standing there and heard the exchange. So, Sunday, while he's at work, I settle in to watch it, possibly with the kids, and we can't find it. I call him. He put it upstairs by the tv because he knew I had already seen it and he wanted to watch it. I told him that it was given to me as a gift so that I could watch it again while I am stuck in bed.  Oh. Right.

He has done nothing to help me get fresh clothes. Well, I did ask him for one specific shirt to wear to Lizzie's Robotics competition on Saturday. He did bring that down. Along with a second one that is identical except that it is a medium. I then had to ask him to take that one back up.

He keeps moving things so that they are more adjusted for him or something. They're either in my way or out of my reach. Not helpful!! He was home for a few hours last night and I had to move four things out of my way this morning so that I could wheel to the bathroom. I know he just isn't thinking about it. And that is the problem. I'm not having an easy time with it. I could really use some of him thinking about it.

Saturday at Robotics was really hard on my ankle. The best I could do was have it up on a chair or bench straight in front of me. And we were there from 7:30am to 4:30pm. It was very swollen. So, I didn't get up yesterday except to go to the bathroom. Oh, and to make dinner. Grrr...

I will be in a better mood later. Just really feeling unloved. Which I know isn't true. Two friends have brought over meals which have been fantastic. Chicken Enchiladas (which Lizzie loved but Alex barely tried) and Raisin' Cane's Chicken (which both kids loved). Lizzie kept asking last night why no one else was bringing dinner. Which is why I found the instructions for the frozen lasagna. Yes, I'm whining about making dinner and it was just frozen lasagna. But, it was hard from a wheelchair!!! :)

Time to get my meds on board. I'm out of percocet. Luckily I have some Vicodin left. He better give me more pain meds. Not sleeping really well. Using Xanax to get to sleep.

This week should be better. Will be in a hard cast and we don't have much in the evenings. But, I am helping at the Book Fair this week. And we have Girl Scouts Wednesday. And Santa Breakfast Saturday. Sigh. More stuff in my life. Well, what did I expect? I can't put my stuff off and expect it to stay off. It catches up eventually!