boredom

[ricardo727]

I'm on infergen and am bored out of my mind.  To sick for normal activity but not sick enough to not be bored.  Any suggestions

[comeagain]

HI ricardo welcome to the forum .

I have done two treatments are cured since 11 months now.
I was never on infergen heard that that could be tuffer, and regular soc is tuff enough for many of us.

Hope someone will chime in who has done the infergen journey.
Not so many been on interfergen, but I know one tuff girl who did on daily bases and a long one more than 70weeks.

But I think she had real bad days and some not so bad and even a few good once
And thats how it has been for most of us on interferon aswell.

How  many weeks have you done this far?

During weekends lower activation here at forum.

One day at the time be well!!

ca

[Trish77]

Hi Ricardo - hard to tell you what to do to "unbore" yourself without knowing what you do to keep yourself amused. :)  

Does anyone know you're on treatment that would be willing to simply come over and visit with you and hang out and watch a movie instead of you having to go out?  

You might just have to watch alot of TV and accept that it's okay to do that - get movies from the library or wherever you can get the ones you like cheaply, read a bunch of magazines, crossword or puzzle books, join an online games site where you can socialize and stimulate your mind a bit at the same time...find online forums on things that interest you that you can't get out and do but you can talk about ... maybe get yourself a model kit or something you can do with your hands.  Even Lego, if you like to do that .. I know that might sound silly but the idea is to get through treatment and use whatever strategies help you get by.  It's whatever works for YOU.

I dunno ... just tossing things at you and hopefully it will make you think of things that you would enjoy.

Good luck with this.

Trish

[newleaf09]

The forum was a good obsession for me when I was bed-ridden.  Worked a lot of sudokus and crytoquotes, fancied they were keeping my mind functional.  I also read a LOT, knocked off many books.  Reread the Cormac McCarthey western novels but Blood Meridien had prose too complicated to follow with my blotto chemo brain. Watched a lot of Tivo'd TV and movies, went to movie matinees by myself (carrying my eye-drops, chapstick and big bottles of water, of course).  Man was it good after it was all to leave the house without water for a change.

[Trish77]

I went to a movie by myself on treatment also - just the once.  It was incredibly nice to sit in a darkened movie house and have a change of scenery.  All I had to do was sit there and it was nicer than being at home.  

[RCM829]

Hi-
I'm currently treating too and find most days I'm in this in-between stage as well - too sick to work full time but not really bedridden either.

The previous posters gave some great advice. I can only add this because it has worked very well for me:

Take this time and really treat yourself well.  If you can do it, reward yourself. I go to upscale  markets and splurge on healthy meals I never would have before. I walk on the beach at sunset. I sleep late and don't feel guilty about it. If you can, buy yourself something you really want - it doesn't have to be expensive.

Keep reminding yourself what a warrior you are and if you are lucky enough to be UND, that life is GOOD and you will beat this. I do it every day.

And exercise helps a lot - if you can do it.

Best of luck....