Ideas from the couch - Foot Problems Message Board

dncergrl53 · 07-28-2008, 10:37 AM

Hi all. To get this board moving in a different direction, I thought I would start a thread about what to do while you are recuperating from foot surgery. Upbeat, happy activities are welcome. I really enjoyed my recuperation. I have never and probably will never have again, the opportunity to be healthy yet lie around for weeks on end. I was able to get through my to-do list of stuff I normally never have time for.

Books: When You Are Engulfed in Flames (very funny and a light read),

Activities: Writing letters to old friends, knitting a fabulous scarf (imitating those gorgeous, pricey ones), organizing photos, cleaning out the junk drawer, filing and ditching papers, organizing bill system, filing medical expenses, rolling bags of coins, waiting for the cable man (plumber, electrician, etc.) to come, writing Christmas card envelopes, cleaning out e-mail, organizing computer stuff.

donna 77 · 07-28-2008, 11:09 AM

I've been doing watercolors on a pre stretched pad for my husband's office, (he's a dentist so I did a really fanciful one of the tooth fairy in a molar barcolounger) sodoku, crosswords, watching all the movies and tv shows I've never seen because I've been too busy the last 18 years (my oldest son is 18) doing on line financial paperwork for my son's admission to college, read alot of Dan Brown, James Patterson, Nora Roberts, also read Kite Runner, very haunting, sorting thru the endless stacks of dvd's cd's and junk in my son's room so he is all organized and ready to go!
Now that I can move a little better on the roll about crutches combo I've cleaned the burners on my stove, made 10 batches of homemade spaghetti sauce to freeze for when I go back to work etc.

badfeet51 · 07-28-2008, 01:16 PM

I did all the normal boring stuff such as reading books that I had been waiting to find the time to read, watched tv for countless hours, talked on the telephone, and was on my laptop quite a bit too. I went through 12plus weeks on the sofa with hardly any activity on my feet. I am once again going to be sidelined as I am having surgery Aug. 27 and will be nwb for many more weeks. I want someone to give me some NEW ideas of fun things to do. I knit and cross stitch but I want something different. By the way, the down time for me was not that bad. It was a little boring after a while but it certainly was not unbearable. I sorta enjoyed it. I actually had an excuse to be lazy...... lol

dinkles · 07-28-2008, 01:24 PM

I spent one entire day watching nothing but I Love Lucy reruns and another day was M.A.S.H. and another day Leave it to Beaver. I did 362 word finds in the five weeks I was off. Read to many magazines to count. Sat on the floor in my bedroom closet one entire afternoon going thru files and shredding paper (of course, getting back up off the floor was a challenge but getting down was easy). I worked out from my couch using and ABS of Steel tape my sister brought over and I modified the exercises to what I could do from the couch (not that it did any good with my arms or tummy but at least I was doing some sort of exercise). Listened to my iPod a lot of the day.

I hadn't thought of rolling my coins but that I will save for when I am off again in a few weeks (have to have another surgery).

One thing I learned for sure and will go out and buy before my next surgery is a cell phone or cordless phone so I can keep it next to me. Getting up and down to answer my phone was a pain.

I also spent a lot of time on my laptop searching the internet and doing computer games (my nieces and nephews were very envious of me having the time to do that one).

nifty fifty · 07-29-2008, 05:10 PM

This starts my 3rd week of recovery. The first week I was so excited to not have to work and just relax, but that got old by the end of the week. I joined Netflex movie rentals. They mail you a movie or two and when you watch them my husband sticks them back in the mailbox. I use to watch the series " Dark Shadows" when I was in high school (does that tell you how old I am) so I have rented the series to start watching this week. I have done the usual, reading,TV. and etc. I have also worked on my scrape -booking I have been behind on. My the way how do you get up from the floor when you have only one good leg to use???? Nifty Fifty