I know that I may not be the
strongest person or have the ability to party until 4am any more, but I like to
think that for a woman of a certain age I am doing quite well and pretty
healthy. Generally health is not
something that any of us think about unless we have a problem and feel under
the weather or unfortunately have something more serious to contend with.
As in most family homes we go
through periods of peace and then everyone seems to consecutively come down
with one bug or another and our home becomes ‘Animal Hospital
If the boys are ill and have to
stay home then I consider myself quite a good Florence Nightingale, firm but fair
and happy to give chicken soup when required.
If my other half is unwell he doesn’t like to give into it unless he is
really bad, and although I hate to admit it he does make a good patient. The problem comes if, for some reason, I am
unwell. The school run still needs to be
done, and I can’t expect my other half to take the day off work just because I tell
him that I am not exaggerating and the flu I say I have is actually flu and not
just the cold he believes it to be.
Things become more complicated if
for some reason I have needed to go into hospital. When my other half had to have his knee sorted
out due to thinking he was a Premier League Footballer when he is more Conference
League, he saw the doctor, picked a date and went in. When I needed to sort out a wrist problem I
had to make sure hubby was around for a couple of days, ensure the boys were
sorted out, stupidly worried that none of the beds would need changing, made
sure the shelves were stacked with enough food to last a month, and checked
that whenever I had the op it fitted round the family.
Being a wife and mother has, I have
decided, made it very difficult to have the luxury of the time to snuggle under
the duvet if I am not well. A cup of
tea, a couple of Ibuprofen and just carry on with the occasional moan is
usually what happens. Luckily I know
that that it is never serious, but occasionally it would be nice if there could
be a male Florence
giving me the TLC I am sure I deserve.
