This was hard. I didn't really know what to do. So here's a picture from the internet, and a picture I took.
That's right now. Grey and tired and well cared for under a blanket on the sofa, because my boyfriend is a god.
In fact, add a degu to that picture and it could be me.
And...stretched in all directions, holding just as much as I can in one go without breaking.
Day Ten: One confession.
Got Friday off work, and the weekend, although I'm on call again. Feel like it's been a very long time since I had any time off, even though I've only been at work for three days!
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The second one's a worry, remember that there are all sorts of people who want to help you hold all those things without breaking.
Lancs. Anon
The second one's more work related. Home is great, and not at all like that. Home is the top one.
nice pictures :-)
A long weekend off!!! how you deserve that :-)
Hope your backs doing ok :-)
That's good to know! But even at work there are people who want to help and might like the chance to repay.
Lancs. Anon
The first picture makes me smile big. Especially imagining the degu. :)
That a lovely picture. I'm sorry it goes with you feeling so stretched. Wish there was something I could do about work as well.
You know if you ever do form a band, other than The Jammy Badgers obviously, you could call it Spiderweb Full of Raindrops!
Lancs. Anon
took it when I was out running one morning.
Get Mrs Holmes to stop the cuts to the force and give us all a hope of getting the job done and getting home at the end of the daY? Other than that...get me off this sofa and into bed? :)
I can manage at least the second part of that.
it's a start :)
don't think much of your ketamine tea though... I can still feel all my limbs and my face.
Love the alternative band name Lancs. anon still follows the sticky theme and everything ;-)
Can you feel your back Greg? it's not your limbs and face you were trying to numb :-)
L - next time I'll go for morphine smoothies.
I can, unfortunately, still feel my back. Although Danger says it's my fault for getting off the sofa 'like that' (meaning, not carefully or with his assistance, I think...)
Mmmm, morphine smoothies....
backs are delicate things, you make sure you follow doctors orders ;-)
I hope you can sleep well and that it's feeling better in the morning :-)
L - I was only gone for two minutes!
That dog does look very comfy. I'm jealous :-0
Not sure even Mrs Holmes has the power to stop the current programme of cuts :-(
Hope a good night's sleep helps you feel much better :-)
I'm certain Doc Danger will arrange me in the best position for it to stop feeling like someone's stabbing my left buttock and actually sleep, don't worry.
We all know, from Sherlock, that two minutes is akin to hours - weeks, even, sometimes. ;)
When I had to go to a physical therapist for my back (problems mainly caused by carrying a heavy bookbag and hunching over a keyboard at work), I was given a fairly simple exercise:
(1) Find a convenient doorframe (door open).
(2) Place the palms of your hands, fingers inwards, on either side of the frame, at roughly shoulder-height.
(3) Lean forward, using your hands to support your weight. Hold for five seconds; repeat a couple of times.
You might also want to put a pillow under/between your knees when you sleep. I found it helped a lot. Feel better!
This one is hard, because I don't have a functional camera, but I'll go with this one:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vS-TOvTDMNc/TlOZtu9rrwI/AAAAAAAABzI/91JmTnbIITA/s1600/Books.JPG as almost representative of my life, only with fewer bookshelves. (And my ex-cat, alas, is spooky for better reasons than eyeglare.)
Also this one --
http://xkcd.com/386/
Although there ought to be a version that says I can't sleep because awesome things are happening on the internet thanks to these blogs. :D
Sleep well, all. I hope the pain is gone by morning
rsf
How're you feeling, Lestrade?
Mmm.
Old.
Well, if the Zimmer frame fits... :P
I'm just kidding. Hope your day's as smooth as possible, then. Good thing you have a lovely Doc to go home to, to help you...work out the kinks, we'll say.
not old just injured Greg.
Is work behaving itself for you? is Sally looking after you properly? ;-)
I hope time flies towards home time and a nice long weekend :-)
Court this morning, office now. Sally's day off. Time is going fairly fast though.
Debating trying for an appointment with the osteopath I used to see.
If you've got to the point of debating it get on and do it NOW, it must bad for you to even think about getting help!!
Glad time is moving fairly quickly for you :-)
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Osteopath sounds a good move L. And I think you look very cute in the top picture.
L - I think that'd be a very good idea.
Seconding pandabob. Don't let the pain build its house. If you make an appointment and go, then if there's something that easier to get fixed when it's small, it'll get fixed while the pain has only constructed a tiny shack. If you wait and hope the pain goes away, it might, but it might also start constructing a lovely bungalow with a rose garden and never want to leave without dynamite involved.
(This being the substance of the lecture my pt gave me this spring about exercise and stretching and not letting things slide until doctors begin to mumble about "intervention"; and considering how long it's taken to get to where I can bend down with anything like a fair chance of standing upright without grabbing something, I'm beginning to take it to heart.)
rsf
I'm just not that excited by someone having their hands all over me while I'm face-down on a bed and half naked.
I'll call her office.
I'm not that excited about someone sticking bits of metal and wood up my chuff, but I still go for smear tests... and at least there's a chance you'll feel better afterwards.
(Sorry, I'm not trying to be flippant about your concerns or discomfort, but medical procedures are often inherently uncomfortable, and we all have to just grit our teeth, get through it and treat ourselves to something nice afterwards as a reward)
...someone else having their hands ...
Fixed. :)
Sounds like a plan...
absolutely understand Greg and the fact you have a doc of your own means that generally you don't have to face other people treating you but as a one off it's probably worth feeling uncomfortable for a bit to stop feeling uncomfortable all the time :-)
Maybe John could go with you?
You and the boss having a late lunch, Doc?
Sally - no? Is everything all right?
Oh. I called the office, as I won't be seeing him until next week, and he wasn't there and wasn't booked out. No one knew where he'd gone. You're usually the reason for that - he only ever goes out for lunch with you! But I thought it was school kick-out time, so a bit late for that.
I'm sure he's just out enjoying the lack of rain or something.
Call me, Boss, when you're back in.
that sounds a bit ominous. hope everything's ok.
ryo
hey DI Lestrade the world is worried about you!!
Hope you're ok.
I'llcall him.
Thank you, John. *not hovering*
He's all right. Well, he's not injured at least. I'll let him tell you about it when he gets home.
(And L - I will go with you if you like, I don't mind.)
Thanks for letting us know, John :-)
Thanks for the reassurance, John
Lancs. Anon
thanks for that John :-)
Thanks again, John. *not worrying* *so much*
Don't worry, RR. There's approximately a million things that Lestrade could be doing right now that Doc would volunteer to go with him for. Like:
- Getting his hair dyed zebra stripes (he's picking the color)
- Buying new biking kit (or buying Doc's)
- Delivering a singing telegram
- Getting his toenails painted (Doc is an excellent judge of colors)
- Meeting some muckety-muck at the airport
- Buying a kitten
- Getting ready for an undercover job at a museum
It should be a kitten!! Lestrade are you cooking tonight because if you're not I'm asking Mrs Hudson to, John made boring stuff last night.
Would the degus get on with a kitten? What about when the dogs come home?
I wish I had someone to cook me non-boring stuff. :(
ryo
(not really sure why J would need to go with L to prep for an undercover job at a museum...)
I thought John ment go to the osteopaths with him?
Hope you're home soon Greg and I hope you don't have boring food inflicted on you again Sherlock ;-)
Uh, because of his past as an art thief, ryo. Clearly. Doc took a real shine to the Mona Lisa, and really wanted a glass of water from the Girl with Pitcher, so he took up high class crimes. It was after the camel rustling but before the underwear modeling on Continent #2.
Ooh, if I were John I'd be tempted to let you go hungry if you were so unappreciative of my cooking, Sherlock :-)
Lestrade - hope you're doing OK. If it helps, Italy are currently leading one-nil against Croatia at half-time.
Sorry, didn't mean to worry anyone.
Yeah, I'll cook, Sherlock.
Can I help? I want to chop things.
What sort of things do you want?
We worry because we care Greg :-)
I hope you're ok and home soon to cook a very exciting tea ;-)
Carrots and risotto.
Right. On the way home. See you in s bit
L and Sherlock hard at work in the kitchen while I lie on the sofa... Sure your back's all right for this, L? I can make something boring again...
No! he's okay he says
DW - I misread "buying new biking kit" as "buying new bikini kit", which would clearly need the Doc's input.
A new bikini kit would definitely need some input.
L, I hope Sherlock isn't chopping too enthusiastically! Carrots and risotto only sounds exciting to me if it involves lots of carrot wheels.
DW, you have an evil mind, and I am never going to be able to look a the Girl with a Pitcher without wanting a drink of water and thinking of Danger ever again.
rsf
Are you chopping carrots, Sherlock?
Thanks for the reassurance, DW--I had to go out so only just saw it, but I got a big smile out of it anyway (I'd go for singing telegram, except I, too, thought that was about the osteopath.)
It certainly would...
And I think Sherlock's definition of exciting probablyincludes cheese. It usually does.
Mmmmm, cheese. :)
there is cheese, and peas, and spinach, although he doesn't want it.
Mmmmmm, spinach. :)
(I actually do really like spinach. Especially with onions, or in a soup.)
Whatever it is you're making sounds delicious and not at all boring ;-)
it puts my macaroni cheese to shame.
does Sherlock eat stick carrots of octagonal carrot? they taste different apparently!!
I love spinach and it's a really good source of chloroplasts!
Lancs. Anon
Spinach is tricky. I only know one person who is allowed to feed me cooked spinach, unless it's buried in a casserole or something. But I like it raw.
And I can't eat carrots anymore. I'm allergic now. :p But if I weren't I'd want to know where you can find octagonal carrots.
rsf
They started as chopped in vague circles. They ended chopped quite a lot more because I didn't tell him to stop chopping.
He did say he wanted to chop things!
mmmm.... chloroplasts...
And DW, thanks for the clarification. I forget that we are privy to only a few of the many exciting careers John has engaged in. It also made me realize exactly what he's been doing on these famed three continents -- modeling underwear! :)
How hard is risotto to make? I really need to start cooking for myself more rather than going out and buying junk, but cooking is so boring and I don't have much practice with it. :( I need motivation! I know John's used the Titli's busy kitchen vids -- are there any that you particularly liked?
ryo
It was a joke rsf, one of my relatives will only eat carrots that are cut into octagons, circles really but you get straight sides from peeling them, because they taste different to carrots cut into sticks ;-)
I'm glad Sherlock has enjoyed helping you Greg it's nice when they want to get involved in the chores :-)
Cooking is an Art, Anonybob! :)
If you peel your carrots so hard you get octagons, you've lost too much carrot.
:D
(I probably would not have thought so when I was small, though.)
Ryo, it isn't the cooking I find boring, it's the cleaning up afterwards, but I need to start doing it too. Maybe John knows something really really easy.
rsf
Lestrade:
Again this is late but I was really moved by your comment about your issue with an exam from your osteopath (a bone doctor, right? We call them orthopedists in US but I think the they are the same.)
I personally relate to what you said (there are doctor appointments I never make because my "logic" can't overcome my fear of being seen, being touched) and I empathize so much with you. And think you were so brave to express your feelings on the matter. I rarely discuss my own fears on the subject, but when I have tried I get variations of "just suck it up and go! It's not that bad!" Which doesn't help, just underlines how little the other person(s) understand. I wonder if you have to share the issue to really understand what it's like/where it comes from/how to help? Though John seems to prove that empathy is possible without shared experience. My issue is truly a phobia not just "I hate this and don't wanna do it!" If your concerns are as severe I hope you have the support you need in John.
Hope I'm being coherent; please know that when I read your comment I understood immediately; think I even have an idea WHY that situation frightens you. I am glad that John seems to understand and will go with you and hold your hand (metaphorically, if you don't want to draw anyone's attention to your feelings) while you see your doctor.
Hope your recovery is swift.
Hi again, Anon :)
Happily - I think? - I don't think I have a 'phobia'. I think I just have an ability to think of terrible scenarios, which are very unlikely to come true!
John is...well, I could never have dreamt anyone like John existed, until I met him. He is so good to me.
Ah, I see what you mean. Still it's hard isn't it? It must help when you can just ask John things since you have such great trust for him. Too bad you sometimes have to see other medical types too.
Glad you don't have a phobia about it even if you do have a Phobos!
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