I am already Victor Meldrew

[supaimpy]

So recently reached 59, , was fully time working until furloughed in April2020 then chucked away after 22 yrs in July 2020. When in the office my knees creaked and ached, needed physio , frozen shoulders and lower back ache, stress and depression.

Since deciding to be Dads carer, ( he has dementia) I've been doing 'My' jobs, helping Dad by doing the job's he's not got round to , everything from decorating to plumbing, concreting, lawns hedges .

Other than a recent mishap where I tripped , the vast majority of my physical aches and pains have gone, I just take it steady, the heads till not 100% but I'm off the anti depressants, so all I can say is not all physical pain is truly injury or wear and tear, I'm convinced its your body telling you (mentally subconsciously) its time to make a change, I no longer hobble to the printer across the office or have to lean on the counter whilst waiting at the coffee machine, I can walk in fact stride out to feed the chickens , collect the eggs , and make coffee when I want no queue


BUT, I hate weekends, if I need something there's loads of people around , trade outlets are shut, the tips busy !

 

[Seadog]

You guys turning into victor meldrew?
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[BarrieJ]

Well at 71, I've already been resuscitated from a fatal cardiac arrest (dead for 4 mins), then last February I had a seizure following an Astra Zeneca covid jab and was unconscious for four days with a DNR on my notes, which remained there even after I'd come round and was sitting up and feeding myself.
My father died when he was 53, so I reckon I'm lucky on two counts, I married a nurse who saved my life and I made a recovery from a seizure when I most certainly wasn't expected to.
I'm living on borrowed time; now I want my wife to; last Wednesday she underwent surgery for a 3rd stage peritoneal cancer, cut from under her breast to her pubic region, four teams took five hours to remove her spleen, her appendix, a full hysterectomy and put a few stitches into her intestine.
Without the NHS, she'd have been dead within months.
She'll face further chemo but is walking with assistance and is off an intravenous morphine driver.

My late mother, who'd had a hard life but lived to 95 warned me that old age doesn't come by itself. My goodness but she was right.

 

[Cobbler]

I hope it all goes ok & heals well for your wife Barrie, it sounds horrendous

 

[500e]

The doctor thing I can totally agree with. Twice now phone appointments, No calls.
Ring them to be told we tried booth your fixed & mobile, fixed has answer phone on for the last 30 years never switched off, answering after 5 rings mobile Showed no calls does not have AP on
When I said there were no calls was asked if I was calling them liars .