It seems a million things need to be done. Of course, getting my pre-operative medications filled - have already done. Making sure all the bills are paid up as I am the one that manages the bills in our household. Stocking groceries as I will be unable to drive for six weeks. Of course, my husband will be around to help, but I feel I need to have things as organized as possible while our routine is disrupted a bit.
One of the hardest things is putting my jewelry business on hold for a short while. I just placed my Etsy and ArtFire shops on "vacation mode" with messages that I will be unavailable for, hopefully, no more than a week. If all goes well, which it should, I will be able to at least be back on the computer and able to manage e-mails, etc by the end of a week. Still, I will miss this daily interaction with Facebook friends, customers, etc.
I guess the hardest part of doing this is giving up my sense of control over my life. Putting one's life under the care of others is a difficult thing. But, I am certainly doing something that many others before me have done. And I know it must be done. After stopping my anti - inflammatory medication last week (because it can increase bleeding during surgery) I have been miserable from an orthopedic standpoint. Going to the grocery store yesterday was agonizing just walking around the store! Getting in and out of the car, going up and down stairs - almost impossible. So, I now intend to focus only on the post-operative aspect. In another week - it will all be over and I will be rehabilitating and starting life with new hips. And I know from talking to many others who have undergone the same procedure, I will likely wish I had done it years before.
So, next week I will give an update on my life with new hips - see you then!
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