>Hello Nancy,
thank you so much for just talking to me and letting me get it out of my system. I have been lucky to be able to pick her up until now ( I just payed for which I was willing to do). I guess this is just another lifestyle change that I will have to get used to.
thank you Lynn
>Hello Lynn:
>
>Please accept my deepest sympathies. I know exactly what you are going
>through. I have had to watch my in-laws make a decision of selling or
>tearing down their family homestead because my partner and I are the only
>ones interested in it, and I am not able to handle the stairs, so we had to
>choose to build onto my mobile home instead of taking over the homestead
>because of my health. I also have a grandchild who is the love of my
>life. Jesse had learned by the age of 2 that if he wanted to cuddle with
>me, he had to sit me down so that he could climb up because I simply could
>not handle picking him up.
>
>In my experience, lifting, reaching, stretching, sweeping, vacuuming -
>anything that flexes the abdominal area really - is a no-no because it puts
>strain on everything the adhesions are attached to and increases the pain
>levels. My GP continuously admonishes me to recognize that I am ill and
>can no longer lead a "normal" lifestyle. It is hard to adjust to, but
>unless I want to live in excruciating pain or on higher doses of pain
>medication, I have got to learn to hold back.
>
>I'm sorry you have had to face this, but you are not facing it alone.
>
>Gentle pain-free hugs,
>
>Nancy in NB
>
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