On her way to the car, Jane hit the door open button for the garage. In the dark of 6am in Spokane winter. She settled in (I’d been warming the car.) and I hit the door open button on the car visor and backed out. Hit the garage door. It IS a both open and close button. We got the door up again. But it wouldn’t close. And we’ve had garage prowlers in our neighborhood last week.
Took her to the hospital. Came back home—because of Covid they aren’t letting ANYBODY upstairs. I started trying to bend the door back into shape with a mattock-pick. No go. And I’m so weak from the chemo I could hardly lift the pick. I went in and called the Overhead Door company and explained my situation. They got somebody there within 30 minutes, and over the next hour, got it fixed enough to work until 2 new panels and a support beam can get here.
Jane, meanwhile, had the surgery. I got a ‘she’s doing great’ call from the surgeon-assistant. And tried to sleep, which I hadn’t done last night. Got maybe an hour of sleep. I was ahle to talk to her by phone—briefly—she had phys therapy and other assessments to go—and about 4 pm to come pick her up. Supper was a malted shake (full size) at Dairy Queen. She walks with a walker assist. Watched a little telly, and set up Alexa to be ‘on’ between my room and hers, so that if she needed help she could just talk and I’d hear.
Morning, and she’s up and got her own breakfast. She has to get up and walk every little bit. I got some sleep. All’s well with the world and the garage door works.
Delighted to hear that Jane is home, up and (hobbling) about and both of you are able to relax more. Stress and worry and lack of sleep will do in garage doors all the time! Have a quiet, peaceful and happy Thanksgiving.
Glad that her surgery went well and she’s up and about.
As for garage doors, one afternoon, I was following my wife home, and she had already pushed HER garage door opener button, and out of habit, I pushed MINE, just as she started into the garage. It was a heavy, one piece door for a 2-car garage, and it came down on her car just behind the rear window. Worst damage was the scratches in the trunk lid, but I was pretty darned upset with myself.
I’ve also tried to put things in my car’s rear cargo area with the garage door closed, and then forgot to close the cargo door before I raised the garage door. Fortunately, the fail-safe brings the door back down so there isn’t much damage, except to my nerves.
Oh noes! Mikey and I have done similar maneuvers. One feels so stupid at times. I hope there was no damage done to the Prius. That would be the crowning indignity. Please let Jane know that we are certain that you and Wiishu will take good care of her, and that our very best wishes are winging their way to her.
Great about Jane! And glad you are getting some rest as well.
As to ‘backing out’ issues, I once backed and hit a gas grill that I’d left in the driveway from late evening cooking the day before. It was rather old, and was totally demolished, with lots of sound effects. My family still kids me about it.
I hope things go better for the two of you. And that your thanksgiving is a pleasant day.
As for backing up errors, I ran over my son’s bike once, because I hadn’t noticed that he’d leaned it against the back of my car! And since I was late for work, I just threw the mangled bike out of the way and drove off. That was one sad little boy!
We have no garage doors (carport), so backing into one wouldn’t happen. OTOH, our street is fairly busy and people tend to park cars all the way down to the end of their drives and on the sides of the street, which makes getting out of your driveway tricky. Several years ago, I had to do like CJ and Jane, and remove a large shrubby tree that was obscuring the view out of the drive. No one wants to pull out into traffic and find you weren’t really clear of oncoming cars!
Almost forgot: a very Happy Thanksgiving to all the salads, whether in the US or not!
Good grief! Hope hitting the door didn’t damage the car any. With all this modular assembly crap they have on cars now, you can’t just fix a tail-light lens. You have to replace the whole durn modular a$$embly! No surprise that you were both running on autopilot.
Yay for Jane! So glad she is doing well. I hope she is now on-track for pain-free walking.
Damn, 2020 has been a helluva year. Take care of yourselves it’s almost over.
Speaking of back up accidents:
I was a delivery driver for over 40 years (laid off earlier this year…you know cuz it’s 2020). I had very few reportable accidents but one time I was backing out of a parking space and hit the front of a parked Corvette. Did you know they are made out of fiberglass? They just crack and crumble when hit by a truck. The owner took it well, she said “I’m glad I drove this old one today instead of the new one”.
At the next month’s safety meeting the warehouse foreman started with “Don’t back into a Corvette”!
Historically the one advantage smokers had over nonsmokers was in post-surgical recovery because the sooner you dragged yourself out of bed the faster you recovered. Smokers were so desperate to get down to the smoking lounge that they practically crawled off the operating table.
Don’t feel too bad about rearranging the garage door. In my teen years I once backed into and sideswiped my Dad’s car….with my Dad’s truck. Nuff said.
It’s a wonder you survived!
The punishment was not paying for the damage, which I had expected. The old man had me figured; the punishment was having to explain the damage to the insurance company and to deal with quotes and body shops. The whole world knew I was an idiot. Thankfully the truck, being practically armor-plated was undamaged, only the car got wrinkled.
My survival was never in doubt since my mother didn’t drive and my chauffeur skills were necessary to the family economy.
Hope Ms. Francher is feeling better and you are gaining strength. I do not have a garage door and I back into my parking place – easier to get out when it snows. And we won’t say anything about when my Sister hit the garage more than 60 years ago.
Stay safe and Stay sane everyone.
Jane’s doing fine. She and I gimp about in unison. I’m having trouble from after effects of chemo, but it’s way ahead of the alternatives. She’ll be getting the other hip replaced come January. I’ll be, I hope, clear of the aftereffects. And when that vaccine gets here, I’m taking it first chance I have, ditto Jane.
I hope you both recover rapidly.
Glad to hear you’re both on the way to recovery.
Wishing you strength and patience to deal with the road there.
It takes a while, but you will feel better.
(I’m recovering from chemo-induced neuropathy in my feet. It’s improved to where I can usually feel them reliable. The chemo-induced Brazilian disappeared quickly.)
Same here. We intend to get it as soon as we are allowed. In the meantime, hang in there. I am so pleased to hear that you and Jane are making progress.
I’m with you. I’ve already told my doctor I’ll have it when they get it. But then I’m a mask-wearer. 😉
Oh, heck, it’s close enough isn’t it? Let me rummage through the trunk while I’m here and see what costume I can find…
nice costume, penguin-paul
The NOAA Climate Prediction Center says we’ll have a La Niña winter. What that means depends on exactly where one lives, as the jet stream adopts a traditional set of wiggles. Here in the PNW, along the northern border, and dipping down the Mississippi Valley, it suggests a colder, wetter winter, more snow than we’ve had recently. (Warmer & drier along the southern border.) So a snow-globe seemed a good choice.
It seems to me that nothing in your last year has been simple so that, when a simple thing like keying the garage door happens, trying to do it is bound to lead to complications.
I know that could have been put better, but I can’t think how.
I think you put it perfectly 🙂
I just read Jane’s post on her FB page. Glad it went well, except for the miscommunication between doctor and PT people…..
One thing I learned from the nurses when I refused the pain medication (I wasn’t feeling any pain, so didn’t see the need for it at that time.) “It’s easier to stay ahead of the pain than to try to catch up to it.” Because a half hour after I refused, the pain hit with a vengeance, and they had to use Demerol instead of Tylenol with codeine. The surgical ward nurse gave me the lecture, and I promised I’d not do that again.
And they moved up my vascular surgery to tomorrow morning. Fortunately, it’s done under local anesthetic, in the doctor’s office, and should take a very short time. BUT, I have to wear a compression stocking for seven days, without removing it. It drove me nuts when I had to wear it for five days, this is going to be even worse.
Good luck with your own surgery, Joe… and remember that going nuts post-surgery is way better than not having the surgery!
All done. A little bit of discomfort when he injected the anesthetic, and then there was a short period of a few seconds when he slipped the guide sleeve into the vein, but the laser treatment itself went without any feeling.
So, I wear the compression sock for 7 days, then I can take it off during the day, they would like me to wear it at night, though.
One thing he wants me to do is walk, walk, walk. They’ve found that the pain and discomfort is eased by walking.
I headed down to a local shopping center and walked there for a while, as I had to stop at the fabric store and pick up some felt.
that sounds good !!
Oh yes, stop the pain before it starts rather than wait until it flares afterward. I learnt that with tooth pain and vowed never to “tough it out” again — especially when the dentist said that tooth pain could become permanent even after the cause of it went away.
My brother calls taking the meds after the pain is undoable ‘Trying to put the bunny back in the box’. So much easier not to take it out in the first place.