I had fairly extensive surgery on my foot 4 weeks ago and have been non weight bearing and signed off since. I'm a teacher so wouldn't be able to work. I've got another 2 weeks before the cast comes off and then 6 more weeks building up to weight bearing in a boot. After this my surgeon says I can start working but only part time to begin with.
Most of the time I'm fine sitting on the sofa playing games, watching TV and doing crafts. My good friend comes over and spends the day once a week.
I think I'm going a bit stir crazy though. I'm stuck downstairs on the sofa and sleep on the sofa too. I don't get out of the house much because the foot swells quickly unless elevated and dh gets really overprotective and anxious. He is being wonderful, doing everything around the house and I feel really ungrateful to feel so sad and lonely.
I emailed my head teacher a few days ago about doing some monitoring from home but no reply so now I'm worried that something is wrong. I'm feeling increasingly anxious about returning to work and having no clue what I'm doing (and I'm the team leader).
I have no appetite and every day I have tension headaches. The rest of the family think I'm lucky to get to stay home and indulge in gaming and Netflix all day. It just seems like such a long time and I am so fed up with not being able to do much of anything.
I'm not quite sure what I'm trying to achieve with this post but it's past midnight and I can't sleep because I'm crying for no particular reason while everyone else is sleeping happily upstairs. Even the cat has abandoned me in favour of a warm bed with the teenager.