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songquake, thanks for asking.)
This past Sunday we bought an "OfficeMax Crescenzo Microfiber Executive Chair" for Christine. She carried in my wire mesh baskets for my desk, and i lugged the chair up our stairs on our little dolly. She assembled it and has been at her desk since.
Well, not literally, but the extra cushioning makes a difference to how long she can sit. She's been out and about: we went out to eat for the first time on the Friday before Easter, she's been to mandolin lessons a couple of Fridays, out to lunch with friends (toting her extra cushion along), and we went to a mandolin concert on Saturday.
There is still surgery after-care, essentially rehab exercises, that she still must spend hours of each day doing. I believe, after the surgeon signs off, that the exercises will be shorter and less frequent, but i think she'll have to do them the rest of her life.
I asked her about her perception of her energy today: she says she tires out more quickly, but she feels her energy level is back. She had spoken about a feeling of lightness a week ago, and there really is a ... relaxedness? ... confidence? ... centeredness? that she didn't have so persistently before.
She's made me breakfast a couple of times and dinner, and she's taking out the trash and recycling, and putting up the silverware. (I have some mental block about putting up silverware. Go figure.) She took care of the taxes, too, the weekend before they were due. (Thank heavens for DC Emancipation day.) House care is pretty slack in some ways, but it had been for months before her surgery.
She's been working, too, even before she got the chair. We'd gotten a laptop lap desk which she'd been using.
She's still not to exercise -- going for our walks is right out -- and the motorcycle will be off limits for another month.
I've suggested she track her sleeping and napping this week, to get a baseline, and to compare as she begins adding more effort and activity back. Yet, in many ways, our life is back to normal. I still *assume* i'm responsible for cleaning up and making sure things happen, but she's taking care of more things.
We've always taken care of each other in lots of little ways. The way i've taken care of her hasn't felt much different after the first week when she was back. (And, given i was sick that week, it was pretty much a blur.)
I do want us to be able to get away to the redwoods to celebrate. Work is wiping me out though....
songquake, thanks for asking.) This past Sunday we bought an "OfficeMax Crescenzo Microfiber Executive Chair" for Christine. She carried in my wire mesh baskets for my desk, and i lugged the chair up our stairs on our little dolly. She assembled it and has been at her desk since.
Well, not literally, but the extra cushioning makes a difference to how long she can sit. She's been out and about: we went out to eat for the first time on the Friday before Easter, she's been to mandolin lessons a couple of Fridays, out to lunch with friends (toting her extra cushion along), and we went to a mandolin concert on Saturday.
There is still surgery after-care, essentially rehab exercises, that she still must spend hours of each day doing. I believe, after the surgeon signs off, that the exercises will be shorter and less frequent, but i think she'll have to do them the rest of her life.
I asked her about her perception of her energy today: she says she tires out more quickly, but she feels her energy level is back. She had spoken about a feeling of lightness a week ago, and there really is a ... relaxedness? ... confidence? ... centeredness? that she didn't have so persistently before.
She's made me breakfast a couple of times and dinner, and she's taking out the trash and recycling, and putting up the silverware. (I have some mental block about putting up silverware. Go figure.) She took care of the taxes, too, the weekend before they were due. (Thank heavens for DC Emancipation day.) House care is pretty slack in some ways, but it had been for months before her surgery.
She's been working, too, even before she got the chair. We'd gotten a laptop lap desk which she'd been using.
She's still not to exercise -- going for our walks is right out -- and the motorcycle will be off limits for another month.
I've suggested she track her sleeping and napping this week, to get a baseline, and to compare as she begins adding more effort and activity back. Yet, in many ways, our life is back to normal. I still *assume* i'm responsible for cleaning up and making sure things happen, but she's taking care of more things.
We've always taken care of each other in lots of little ways. The way i've taken care of her hasn't felt much different after the first week when she was back. (And, given i was sick that week, it was pretty much a blur.)
I do want us to be able to get away to the redwoods to celebrate. Work is wiping me out though....
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