Well, I'm definitely not Ed, but I'll write a little anyway -- or a lot-- sorry! I did a lot of reading after my surgery... you have to pick easy reading; no deep stuff. Since I'm "into" children's literature (elementary librarian) and I believe the last Harry Potter was coming out (or the next one???) I re-read all the ones leading up to it, read a bunch of other similarly longish books that I could put down if I didn't want to continue, etc. I remember Pam /TXmarinemom) saying she was going to load up on vampire books-- before I knew about the twilight saga and wondered about her...!)
After my surgery, when I was feeling a little more up to it, we went shopping and I picked out a cross stitch kit that kept me occupied for hundreds of hours, I'm sure. It's easy to bring that up towards you, and not have to look down. NO, I never finished it, but it's a beaut. Maybe some day I'll finish working on it. I would have loved to do some scrap booking, but I couldn't lean forward over a table. Try to think of some things you can do short term... A teacher friend broke her hip this past year and was out for a little while. I stopped by B&N and picked up a book of word type puzzles that looked like fun for an adult lady. Try to find a variety of things that you can do. I like reading recipes every once in a while. (Yes, I'm probably strange... or maybe there's no probably to it.) Make yourself a box (that you can reach) of this and that sort of things-- easy to watch chick flicks, short books, deck of cards for old fashioned solitaire, thank you notes for all that food people will bring in (hopefully), etc. You'll be able to manicure your fingernails, if you're into that. Buy what you need. Catch up on some snail mail correspondence. Look through your old yearbooks. Just try to have things ready and waiting for you. I'm sure you can fill your time up if you think about it and have some of it ready to go. Most of these ideas may be pretty dumb, but I'm trying to help you brainstorm. I KNOW it's a long time... but you can get through it.
As far as not being able to look down to read, I often place a pillow or two on my lap and bring the book up to me, to a comfortable level. That could probably work with a laptop too, as long as it doesn't slip off. There's often more than one way to skin a cat.
PS-- my husband bought me this little table thing that is sort of like a tv tray, at the drug store, after my surgery. My lap top has been on it ever since, right here in a comfy spot at my couch. It's at a perfect height for me. I do not have to look down. The table's height is adjustable and you can also slant it for writing if you wish. I think the cost was about $20-$25. One nice thing about it is that it has a U shaped base, so my feet don't get tangled in it. I often used it also to rest my books on... In fact, if you click on the "and pics of me" in my signature and look at my "3 months post op" pic, you will see me doing my good ol' cross stitch and there's my trusty ol' lap top table. I've also got my brace on, but that was in a different thread today, I think... (you can see a little smidge of it peeking out the top of my shirt.) Good luck!
After my surgery, when I was feeling a little more up to it, we went shopping and I picked out a cross stitch kit that kept me occupied for hundreds of hours, I'm sure. It's easy to bring that up towards you, and not have to look down. NO, I never finished it, but it's a beaut. Maybe some day I'll finish working on it. I would have loved to do some scrap booking, but I couldn't lean forward over a table. Try to think of some things you can do short term... A teacher friend broke her hip this past year and was out for a little while. I stopped by B&N and picked up a book of word type puzzles that looked like fun for an adult lady. Try to find a variety of things that you can do. I like reading recipes every once in a while. (Yes, I'm probably strange... or maybe there's no probably to it.) Make yourself a box (that you can reach) of this and that sort of things-- easy to watch chick flicks, short books, deck of cards for old fashioned solitaire, thank you notes for all that food people will bring in (hopefully), etc. You'll be able to manicure your fingernails, if you're into that. Buy what you need. Catch up on some snail mail correspondence. Look through your old yearbooks. Just try to have things ready and waiting for you. I'm sure you can fill your time up if you think about it and have some of it ready to go. Most of these ideas may be pretty dumb, but I'm trying to help you brainstorm. I KNOW it's a long time... but you can get through it.
As far as not being able to look down to read, I often place a pillow or two on my lap and bring the book up to me, to a comfortable level. That could probably work with a laptop too, as long as it doesn't slip off. There's often more than one way to skin a cat.
PS-- my husband bought me this little table thing that is sort of like a tv tray, at the drug store, after my surgery. My lap top has been on it ever since, right here in a comfy spot at my couch. It's at a perfect height for me. I do not have to look down. The table's height is adjustable and you can also slant it for writing if you wish. I think the cost was about $20-$25. One nice thing about it is that it has a U shaped base, so my feet don't get tangled in it. I often used it also to rest my books on... In fact, if you click on the "and pics of me" in my signature and look at my "3 months post op" pic, you will see me doing my good ol' cross stitch and there's my trusty ol' lap top table. I've also got my brace on, but that was in a different thread today, I think... (you can see a little smidge of it peeking out the top of my shirt.) Good luck!
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