Rehab - Days 26 and 27 (11 & 12 Dec 2010)

Usual bloody noise woke me at 7.15: Peter, Joyce, nurses laughing and shouting out to each other and this morning, the TV as loud as it could go - got Tina to close my door and put on internet radio to drown it all out - I will NOT miss this place at all once I depart for the quiet of my own home. I do so hate all the perpetual noise and Peter's perpetual asking for cigarettes and keeping on arguing and asking when the nurses say No is interminable and is driving me nuts!


I finally got up at 11.00 - lol! Saturday is my day off when I only do what I want to do - so no shower today *G*. I got myself on and off the loo, dressed (standing up without aids too) and outside to be weighed - at least today I had dropped some weight - 95.3kg which is 1.7kg less than last Saturday, so was pleased with that. Didn't go out for lunch, was going to but balked at the last minute and had soup in my room.

I sat in the chair until 2.30 but then couldn't handle the uncomfortable feeling of the "stitch" in my side so got some Penadol and went to bed - as soon as I got horizontal, the stabbing went away - it's not a real pain as in super painful or unbearable or anything but it does grab if I move without thinking. Tina said we didn't need the wardie to get me to bed, we could do it - and lo and behold, I stood up - not easily but the knees did cooperate - I was so chuffed!!

I did go to sleep for a couple of hours which I think I needed cos I went out like a light about 3.00--3.15. Didn't wake up until the nurse came to roust me out of bed for tea. I decided I didn't want tea badly enough to get up and after a bit of persuasion, she gave up trying to get me to go out and "socialise". She was nice enough to get me some soup and I had that while I played "Around the World in 80 Days" for the rest of the nite while I downloaded a couple of episodes of "Castle". Then I watched NCIS I downloaded. Off to sleep about 12.45 am

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Had a nice sleep in until brekkie arrived - scrambled eggs for a nice change - Got up for loo and shower at about 8.45 am so was all done and dusted and in my chair by 9.30. I'm very chuffed with how independent I'm getting: it means I have privacy for private things like showers, drying, getting dressed, etc. The more independent, the quicker I'm out of here!

Am really starting to focus out: home, my darling puppies, quilting, work, etc. Getting impatient to get going with my life again, have so much I want to do - I made my own list today while I was thinking about things and have decided to start divesting of things now rather than poor Mark and John having to do it when I'm dead. I'll let all the Bingham Jrs pick one thing from Grandma's treasures, I think it's time, then sell the rest - I want to give Liza the serving set as she loves cooking and think she'd treasure them and Von will get Great-Grandma's card case. I don't know what to do with Mum's rings - if there's 3 of them, that's one each for AMarie, Janelle and Vonn. Think I should get a valuation done - good idea for insurance anyroad. Things I will keep are the jardinere and the poor battered vase (so much Rowe/Bingham history in both). I hope I have enough money for fixing the house and yard, but best to do it now rather than when I retire - no money much then.

Spent the afternoon watching downloaded TV shows - I got a call from the Fraud Department at Westpac to make sure it was me buying stuff from iTunes on my debit card. It'll only be while I am in here as once I'm home, I have Foxtel to keep me entertained. After yesterday spent in my room - and mainly in bed - I did front out for meals today much to the nurses' delight as they worry if you don't socialise - another reason I don't like it here. I don't like having to socialise with people I have no interest in or just plain dislike cos they invade my space.

Played games tonite while I downloaded a couple more of "Castle" and "Rush" - it downloads faster if I'm not hogging wi-fe bandwidth as well - lol. Off to sleep about 12:30.