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Skriven 2013-06-13 20:36:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: heavy lifting
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 06-04-13  17:15 <=-

 RH>>> No change in wearing of the brace/weight lifting restrictions.
 NB>>> That will come with time, no doubt...
 RH>> Yes, but he's getting a bit frustrated, which is to be expected.
 NB>> True, quite expected...  Healing takes a good deal of patience, along
 NB>> with the work to strengthen things...  Often the patience is the
 NB>> hardest part.... ;)

 RH> Yes, and the best way to deal with that is to keep busy with projects.
 RH> He's doing various projects, on the computer and around the house. We

Lots of things that don't require heavy lifting... :)

 RH> picked up a butcher's block cutting board the other day at the Sharing
 RH> Shop; it was in really rough shape. He sanded it down and refinished
 RH> it; it looks really nice now. Little things here & there............ 

That would be a very satisfying project, too...  :)

 NB>> Makes sense....  even stopping regularly doesn't cut down that much on
 NB>> the getting tired.  It's probably going to be a pretty strenuous trip,
 NB>> more than usual... :)

 RH> I'll be doing more of the lifting of luggage, the cooler, etc to take
 RH> that off of him. 
 
It'll make it more strenuous for you, too... :)   It wouldn't work for
us, with my permanent 15 pound weight limit...  Interestingly, though,
even after the heart attack, Richard's had no real difficulty with
lifting things... though the doctors have suggested he might not want to
be lifting those 50, 60, 80 pound things for a while until they are sure
he's ok for it...  

 RH> At least the suitcases won't be as heavy--summer
 RH> clothes are lighter than winter ones. (G)

As long as you don't pack more of them to make up for it... (G)

 RH>> As long as the kids don't jostle him too much..........
 NB>> True.   He'll have to pick his times carefully, especially at this
 NB>> stage of things...

 RH> And wait an hour after eating...........(G)
 
Dunno... I thought that was just for swimming, not for wading... ;) 

ttyl      neb

... I still have a full deck, I just shuffle slower now.

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