Well…..

Not a good week with lots of tears.

Tuesday, Karen was straight back into rehab. 1pm – Physio at the local sports hall where Steve (physio) was explaining to Karen and Natalie which equipment kp should use, and how to use it.

Back home after that for Joanne (physio) who worked on loosening Karen’s left shoulder.

Wednesday, Karen and Natalie went somewhere in the car, but neither of us can remember where they went ?! When they got back, they took the dogs on a short walk, which they thoroughly enjoyed !

Thursday is when the tears started. Rachel (OT) attended and somewhere in the conversation, it was mentioned that it is unlikely Karen’s hand will get back to 100%. Karen got quite upset. I don’t think it was 100% down to what Rachel said. I think Karen is in a place right now, where tears are just bubbling under the surface and it only takes the wrong word here or there to make them come out. Another short dog walk in the afternoon.

Friday saw a similar small thing upsetting the apple cart. Natalie and Karen went out looking at different swimming pools and on their return, after a short dog walk, Michelle (Karen’s sister) phoned. Karen told Michelle that she was planning to go and see “Marley and Me” (a new film that’s out) with Nat. Michelle told Karen she had seen it and that it was quite sad, and that’s ALL she said ! Well, that was enough to get Karen upset. So, she’s definitely on a low ebb at the moment.

It’s so sad, because her mood (or mindset) is the only thing that’s wrong at the moment. Her body has never been better, the summer’s coming and gone are the long cold nights, and Karen has lots of things going on which she is enjoying. We are going to be getting a new greenhouse and she’s looking forward to that….So, it’s really sad that her mind is at such a low ebb. We are seeing the psychologist this week, so hopefully she can help.

To make matters worse, I have had man flu this week (common cold), and Karen HATES me sniffing, so I don’t think that has helped matters.

On friday night, I contacted our friends, the Kingdons (Dave and Helen) to arrange a get together. kp was up for it and that’s an achievement in itself, as she is very anti-get-togethers at the moment. But she said “Yes”. I sent the text to see what Dave and Helen were upto, and during the time it took them to reply, Michelle phoned and the “Marley and Me” incident occurred and Karen no longer wanted to go

Friday night, she had an awful sleep and so when I got up (7am), she was still up, so we walked the dogs early. I went to see Dave and Helen, and she didn’t go to sleep whilst I was gone. She was knackered at 10pm, so we went to bed, but she only had an hour and was then up all night. So, another early dog walk this morning, which was nice actually, ‘cos it’s a gorgeous day !

So, she’s not in a good place. Very low ebb, reasons unknown, even to her

Busy week coming up, so she’ll not have chance to dwell on anything.

Here are some more photos from our Egypt holiday……

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