No unfortunately you are not the only one who get's "stupid" sometimes. I'm a perfectionist about my yard and all I have to help are a 10 yr. old and a lazy ass 19 yr. old who does nothing but sit on his ass. So I do all the mowing and weeding and taking care of the flowers, etc. Then I'm down and back in my knee braces and immobilizers for about a week.

so you are definitely not alone.

You are not alone............. I have been there and done that! Since I live alone there are certain things that if I don't get them done, they will not get done peroid! So yes, I have been there and then pay for it dearly..... Just don't do it that often, OK? be good to your body and yourself as much as you can. Take care,

been there and done that many times, ecspecially while caring for fther and mother in law after stroke. it is hard sometimes not to do what normal people can do with no problems [well pain free people] i know it made you feel good inside to help your mom, but you did pay the price for it. try not to if you must do things like that do a bit at a time so what if it takes a week to do it!!

I keep doing this over and over...I love my yard and have been so sad to see it go down hill the last two years that this year, I said too heck with it took pain killers and went out and took care of it, took me a long time with one day work, two week recover, etc till I figured out how much I could do for how long down time. Sadly, it goes kind of like this, work 5 minutes, rest 15 minutes, work this way for no more than three hours, I will only pay about a day....well I constantly work over that and pay the price. I liked the spoon theory, and I would say I keep using up all the spoons months in advance.....I just don't have the patience I need with this...but pain is the best teacher I have ever had. : )

I am always over doing it and hardly sit down to rest until the pain levels are so high.
My doctor says i should learn how to pace myself but when you have 3 kids it's hard to pace.
Today the pain levels have being high and nothing much has being around here but alot of resting.
Sometimes we think this easy and then after doing it it's like oh i shouldnt done that.
But the next day of over doing it i'm resting most of the day.

ive been doing this cycle for almost 2yrs on days i feel half decent i will try to do everything that needs done or i go out to the garage and work on my car which is what i love to do i used to keep my cars shiney n detailed to a tee.....and after i do this im usually forced to endure twice the normal pain im usually in but for that little bit when i see things done my mind feels better..just wish my body would do the same....so u r not alone

Been there done that. It might be stupid but hey what can you do? Roll over and die is not an option in my life!

I am so glad to see a topic on this, cos, I too have wondered if any of 'our' people go through this.

Oh, yeah, I have definitely overdone it, especially when you get on the right dosage of meds and all of a sudden you feel like you 'used to' when you were in your 20 to 30's and could clean your whole house and go out and get down on your hands and knees in your garden and pull weeds. Not that I have done the latter, (I have found one of those seats you sit on when your gardening, it's the bomb!), but, I have absolutely compromised myself with the housework thing. Oh, and I have gone outside and cut limbs off trees...but, trust me, you STILL feel it the next day, and pain meds or not, you do pay.

But, I'm like everyone else, I'm just not ready to lie down and die or be an invalid just yet. I just do the best I can and have learned to even out the house work from day to day, as well as utilize my son to help with chores.

God bless to all, and many pain free days!

hurtn

Yeah, sometimes, it's nice to feel normal, even though I know I will have to pay for it later...
I changed the tire on my truck yesterday even though I have family that would have been happy to do it for me...
I just get so tired of feeling "helpless"...
I think it makes me feel alive to do the things that I know I shouldn't, especially if said things are for a loved one...

I feel so right at home here with this group! LOL! I am like this. I get tired of looking at whatever it is or asking someone else to take care of it and after a while I will do it myself. And, yes, I pay for it - but it's done and I have the satisfaction and pain).

I love my flower gardens. I go out every night when I am able and relax in my flowers, yes I'm weeding and tending, but in a way it is also my therapy I guess.

Beth

thank you all so much!!!! my family gets so mad at me and it makes some of my family and friends question how i really feel. they just dont get it! i am trying to pace myself but sometome i just say IM NOT DEAD!!!