Nervous energy

[livertrans]

Boy!  I have so much nervous energy and my surgery isn't until May 8.  At least I am doing all the little odd jobs that just get shoved to the bottom of the pile.  My son commented on it the other day.  He said he thinks he just find reasons to stay out of the house as my date approaches.  He was only 7 when I had my hysterectomy, and I was still working, so he would not remember my state of mind then.  I try to do 3miles on the treadmill 5 days a week but I think I can through stair master in there to day.  I just wanted to put up a curtain rod, in the bedroom.  I don't know how many times I was up and down  the two sets of stairs looking for the hardware I needed.  At least I have my own tool box so I have the basics where I can keep tabs on them.  House work has never been my strong point but I have a feeling that the house is going to be pretty neat when I go in for surgery.   Just wanted to spout off.  I know I'm not the only one that goes through this.

[Spicegirl]

I think that must be the "woman" in us.  I did the exact same thing before my surgery.  I bet my house was the cleanest in Ontario.  I cleaned out kitchen drawers, put new shelf liner paper in the cupboards, cleaned behind the fridge, stove - cleaned out dresser drawers - moved the couch, rearranged the furniture.  I had this sick idea that if I really am sick there was no way anyone was going to know how I really live. lol.  SpiceGirl.  I think it just helps to keep busy.  My dad had a heart attack last week and I stayed at his house for 4 days rather than drive 21/2 hours to the hospital each day - I cleaned there too.  I bet he doesn't even notice when he comes home though.  SpiceGirl

[livertrans]

Heh spicegirl.  I knew others were doing the same thing.  House work has never been my thing.  I always joked that it was a good thing I have company because I always went on cleaning orgeys before they came.
Hope your Dad is doing ok.  My father had a heart attack years ago(45 years ago).  Boy, has medicine advanced in that area.  All they could do for him, at that time, was bed rest and take it easy when he came home.  He wrote his own plan and gradually got back to doing everything that he did before.  This was years before they recommended exercise for hear patients.   He did great.  He lived for another 20 some years and unfortunately it was cancer(prostrate) that got him because he did not go to the doctor when the symptons appeared.  Considering I was only 6 or 7 when he had the heart attack I figured I was lucky to have him for so many more years.
Maybe if this nervous energy lasts I can loan my self out to some of my elderly neighbors.  One has had a virus for over a month and feels terrible still.

[fabmom4]

I am a little crazy these days, too.  Now suddenly, I feel stressed because my surgery is Tuesday, and I haven't cleaned out the laundry room, hung the rest of my pictures, cloroxed the bathrooms, stripped and washed all of the bedding in the house....well, you get the point.  I feel like I am preparing my house "just in case".  I know that sounds ridiculous, but maybe that's the hormones getting the better of me.  You know, just in case I am in the hospital for a while, just in case someone needs to stay at my house (for the kds), just in case I don't come home (I'm Italian, I'm dramatic, can't help it)...I don't want anyone to think I am a bad homemaker :) because, you know, I am sure that is the first thing that will be on everyone's mind LOL  Just wanted to poke a little fun at the situation :) and let you know that you are far from alone on this one!!

[blackraven]

OMG!!!! Thank God I'm not alone!!! My surgery is next month and already I am freaking out about cleaning and organizing and making everything perfect and easy to find in case I never return...LOL....SUCH DRAMA!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe it's just our nature as women?  

I started typing up lists for my father in law who will be staying here to help out with kids while I'm in the hospital...I'm sure he'll love that...he'll probably take one look at my detailed lists and turn around and start running...LOL

Today I showed my 12 yr old son how to do the wash...just how he wanted to spend his spring vacation!!! I don't trust my hubby with it...he is a MASS washer...just chucks everything in at once.  He means well, but..........

I am sure some of the ladies who have already had surgery have done their share of strange pre-op rituals!  Good luck to all!
Gloria

[onee]

I did the same thing--cleaning and tidying before my surgery. It actually helped me so much when I came home--I was able to rest because everything was in such good shape!!

[livertrans]

I am fortunate that my son learned to do landry when he was 10 or 11.  He would not get his clothes in the hamper in time so I showed him how to do it.  Mind you, he does it all in cold water so I figured he can't do much harm.  My hubby has always been good around the house.  He lived on his own for a couple of years before I met him. Also, I always worked full time so he had to do his share.  My mother told my sister and I that we knew what it took her 30 or 40 years to realized because we both "trained" our husbands right at the beginning of our marriages.  Different world then when she was first married.  Our dad did not want her to work outside the home so he quit driving her to work.  She walked for a while but when it got really cold she figured it wasn't worth it.  Make no mistake, though, she ran the house and our dad.  He just didn't realize it because she did it so well.

[CindiSue]

My friends...so much alike! My problem is I had the NEED for all these things to get done before surgery. I just did not have the energy! I have other health issues that zap my energy, too. I just could not do even a fraction of what I REALLY, REALLY wanted done pre-op.

Now at less than 4 weeks post-op I have had the SUDDEN realization that my son is graduating in May. I knew that, but the relatives all visiting from out of town somehow slipped my mind!!!! Now I have 6 weeks after Easter to get ready.

How do you become one of those persons who just doesn't give a *&%$ about the house and enjoys the occasion??

Someday, next life, maybe never!!   Cindi

[livertrans]

Well Cindsue, my mother use to always tell me that true friends are coming to see you not your house.  I never quite got the hang of that but close friends and family could drop by anytime.  It also helped that all family, both mine and my husbands, lived out of town so we always knew when they were coming.  I know when I had my mother in law stay at our place and look after our son and animals she use to find the chore that I hated the most and do it for me while I was away on holidays.  What a treat to come home to.  The first time she did it she was afraid I would be insulted.  This was as I was jumping up and down saying thank you, thank you, thank you for finishing the wall papering in my kitchen.  How can you not love someone like that.