A few days ago my daughter offered to change the sheets on
my bed. I had just brought up a clean
set before I went on a trip, just in case the little one had an accident while
I was away. He didn’t but she offered to
change them anyway. I should have let
her.
Earlier this week, I was changing the sheets. We have a platform bed and a monstrous pillow
top mattress that is very heavy. I was
lifting the mattress to get the fitted sheet underneath and twisted funny and
the rest is history. It didn’t start
hurting immediately; rather it progressed throughout the day. By night, I could hardly walk and the next
day walking took an act of God. I am not
the “go to the doctor” type but the pain I was in could only be equivalated as
labor pain. Not only did my back hurt
but the pain went to my hips, groin, thighs, and knees. According to the doctor, I had nerve
damage.
I took Home Economics in junior high school and they never
said anything about hurting yourself doing household chores. My doctor said he sees this kind of thing all
the time; no one does serious damage in a more respectable way.
Of course, now I get to spend most of my time sitting around
on the couch. I have a million things
that I would rather be doing. The secret
is that none of those things are things that I would be doing IF I were not
grounded to the couch. I need to clean
the windows and paint my window trim and sills, the ceiling needs to be
painted, I have plants that need to be planted, the carpet needs to be
shampooed, I need to organize the basement, I have paperwork to file there is
laundry that needs to be done, shopping I should do, and for some reason I REALLY want to run. When I am not forced to sit on the couch and
relax I wish I could JUST sit on the couch and relax. It is funny how that works.
I have also been forced to allow and expect others to do for
me what I cannot do. My sister was here
for the first couple days of this and was great with helping clean up and take
care of the kid. I now have to depend on
my daughter to wait on me and do the things that need to be done. The problem with that is when and if I ask
for something to be done; I want it done…NOW.
I can wait a moment of two but after that I just get angry and end up
doing it myself. This is why I struggle
so much with allowing others to help me and one of my major flaws. I try not to get disappointed and angry but
it is just easier to do things myself that way I can only be upset with myself.
