Recovering from surgery and cabin fever, ugh! How did you make the time easier?  

I got outside and set in the sun and read

There really aren't a whole lot of choices, are there. Or I guess there are many choices, but they can become boring. Reading, getting on the internet, watching movies or television, calling people and trying to retain some knowledge of what the "outside" world is doing. I guess it is a good time to write any cards one needs to send. Thank you cards, or otherwise...

I would get some good movies, use the computer, and read a good book.

I do crafts and write.....so I am usually busy and both things are easy to do..but also easy to walk away from if need be.....Hope you are doing fine!

Books, computer, TV..those would be for the first couple of days..lol. I guess I would suggest trying a new hobby. Painting or writing would be nice..those are my favorites. Maybe some of those activity books.

I would love the chance to try it. But not as recovery. I think I would be online 24/7 and if I was up to it, I would be doing craft type projects. It would be my chance to read magazines as well.

Why I would MyLot of course! If I was bound to my bed for a while I would catch on all the movies I have yet to see on DVD, I would read all the books I have yet to read, I would make phone calls to friends I have been meaning to catch up with and I would write another chapter to the book I have started that I’ve been meaning to write. Being stuck in recovery mode doesn’t have to be bad, if you make the most of it and providing you are not in too much pain you can turn the whole experience into a mini holiday!

This last time I had surgery it was an emergency appendectomy so I couldn't really make any plans! Luckily, I had just gone to the library not long before so I had some interesting books. I always have some movies recorded to watch in the future so I watched some of those. Since I live alone I couldn't stay home all the time, I had to drive to the doctor's office and shop for food, etc., all with an open, infected incision for weeks. So I didn't have much problem with cabin fever!

I would read a few books that have been calling after me, watch rented films I really wanted to see but never did, do a jigsaw puzzle or 3, as I love that too, take short dog wlaks if I am allowed out( am I?`), do sudoku puzzles, my absolute favourite 'do nothing but think' exercise, call a friend and invite him to coffee, repot my African violets that need dividing and have outgrown their soil and pots, do inventory of my clothes and clean out my drawers and closet,um.....

...I am getting tired now,, how long am I homebound, again??? will this cover it??

Well now, that would all depend on what limitations are set. Since surgery was involved, I presume that would mean the usual: no lifting, bending, stretching; no sweeping etc so housework is out of the question?

Since most of my work (voluntary work for a children's and youth ministry) is working at the computer and I have a VERY comfortable chair and everything at my fingertips, I hope I would be able to continue with that - and of course, a little time each day at myLot talking with friends.

Apart from that, if I can only lie down, activities are limited. Cryptic crosswords (not ordinary ones which bore me) would occupy quite some time and I could catch up on my reading. If I can sit up in bed, 1000 piece jigsaws, especially Thomas Kinkade ones, would keep me occupied for a short time, and I could use my laptop.

The best part? No housework. The worst part? The thought of getting the house back in order afterwards, because no one would do it for me. My hubby has to be the most undomesticated person ever, but I wouldn't swap him for anything!