Life can be a Pain

[PeppiPatty]

@Former-Member

It's very nice getting to know you. You just showed an amazing picture....

CAn you tell us about it ?

[Former-Member]

What picture is that Peppi?

[Shaz51]

Hello @Owlunar

have you tried a  magnesium soak with Epsom salts , I put some in my small square bathtub and soak in it helps sometimes with my aches and pains xx

[Bunniekins]

@Former-Member darling NellBell you sent me a pic this morning but I can't find it .... can you resend it again please? xxxx

[Former-Member]

of course @Bunniekins

[Owlunar]

Ah @Shaz51

Soaking in the bath sounds like such a good idea - I love a bubble bath - I love to soak in the water - but

But but but

Sometimes I have trouble getting out of the bath - it's rather deep and my knee had surgery a few years ago - sometimes I have had to empty the bath and then get out - with my knee the way it is now I might find myself setting off my emergency alarm and having young men coming into the house - paramedics - to get me out of the bath but I will be cold and naked and not really in the mood to enjoy the moment and make the most of it and invent new jokes

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh - no - no - 

I had a wide shallow bath in my hotel room in Sydney - aw - that was wonderful - I really enjoyed that - the water kept running in really hot when I wanted more and I was laying there having a really decadent time like Cleopatra in her bath of milk - only I had scented water

This is my long way of saying what a wonderful idea - and I am sitting her thinking about it - aw - that would be soooooooooo good

But I don't want the paramedics here at any time - let alone when I am starkers

Dec

[Owlunar]

Hi @Former-Member and @Bunniekins

Welcome to the aches and pains thread - it's really good to have you here

I love that Happ-Pea pic too

Dec

[Owlunar]

Hi @Former-Member@Bunniekins@Shaz51@Former-Member@utopia@outlander

There are times when I really wonder about the system that is supposed to be helping me - the idea on my care plan is that I can continue to live on my own here with as little stress as possible - and

And ------- I really wonder what that means

So with all this happening with my knee and I am so tired - I got a letter last night and I had to think about it for a while and it is to let me know that I am accepted for the Federal Aged Care Package and I am in a queue so I don't know anything about what issues are bothering me and would bother anyone I think

How long will I have to wait? Will I be covered after the package I have now ends?

Will I receive the degree of care I have been having up until now?

How much will this cost me?

Okay - so I can check this out on-line which I haven't done yet - and I also have to make a phone call about this - and I am sure that someone had a brilliant idea to federalize this system but I don't know if it will be any easier

One of the hard things though is that I am described as being socially isolated with chronic pain in my spine mostly - but also my shoulders and my right knee and that I have reactive depression from past trauma and grief issues - all of which is true - I am wondering about the "giddy turns" - I have had them when I go to a shopping centre alone but always after a death in the family - 

And so on - socially isolated though - I am wondering a lot about that because this is how I choose to be - after years I have figured out why I stopped going to church - and this is not something I want to talk about really - and I did go and play cards with the local Sen Citz at the time and they got onto an argument about something and then aggressively asked me what I thought - and I told them I only came to play cards and never went back - maybe I don't give people enough of a chance but really - I am okay alone 

Twice since I have been using my crutches again I have been shoved from behind in the supermarket - this is not pleasant - this women snapped at me that they were in a hurry and if I felt so inclined I might think I don't have the right to be there - but I do and I resent not having eyes in the back of my head

So you might get an idea that I am upset about this - and yes - I am - I choose to be alone because the circumstances are fine for me - and I don't like it when things in my life get outside my control and that's how I feel right now

Rant over

Dec

[Shaz51]

yes lots of unanswered questions @Owlunar, as the time gets closer , hope you get a clearer picture soon and remember to write your questions down on paper , so  you can have your say xx

for me my biggest question is "WHEN" , I just have to wait and see what the specialists and the gp says

I love to have a long bathtub but won`t fit

[utopia]

It's change @Owlunar. Change that you didn't ask for. Change the Federal Government has decided to apply to your life. Change is so hard. We need time to settle in and understand it fully - what it means - good & bad - benefits - hindrances etc.
Make that call tomorrow and get some answers. Then, you can work from there.