ctjstr
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I think I've already got my answer, but still wondering.
I had just a booger of a surgery about 2 months ago...multi level fusion. I've had plenty of surgeries but this one has absolutely kicked my butt.
We've been out on the boat a few times in the last few weeks and one thing I've figured out is that if we're at the dock, if I'm not pretty close in to the ramp up to shore, I'm toast. I just haven't healed enough to walk any distance. Getting myself and dogs to shore needs to happen a couple times a day.
But, as we all know, often times when you're transient moorage, you take what you get.
So, I'm trying to decide how rude it would be for me to ask for "special treatment" and be moved as close to shore as can be accommodated. Or, just suck it up and make do with what i can get.
I first decided to ask to be tied up as close as possible. But, as I thought more about it, boating has lots of older partially disabled folks participating in it including folks way worse off than me. So I've about changed my mind and decided I'm just going to suck it up and do what it takes to get up to land. time, oxycodones and a couple
canes will get me there EVENTUALLY, so its doable. But, for example, if I'm stuck at the end of the dock at Friday Harbor, it will be quite a chore.
I'm probably overthinking this, but since I'm spending my time worrying about it, I thought getting someone else's thoughts was only fair. I'm probably just looking for validation here, but I've confused myself enough that I'm likely to be surprised no matter what I hear. Hopefully this is only a short time issue.
thanks
toni
I had just a booger of a surgery about 2 months ago...multi level fusion. I've had plenty of surgeries but this one has absolutely kicked my butt.
We've been out on the boat a few times in the last few weeks and one thing I've figured out is that if we're at the dock, if I'm not pretty close in to the ramp up to shore, I'm toast. I just haven't healed enough to walk any distance. Getting myself and dogs to shore needs to happen a couple times a day.
But, as we all know, often times when you're transient moorage, you take what you get.
So, I'm trying to decide how rude it would be for me to ask for "special treatment" and be moved as close to shore as can be accommodated. Or, just suck it up and make do with what i can get.
I first decided to ask to be tied up as close as possible. But, as I thought more about it, boating has lots of older partially disabled folks participating in it including folks way worse off than me. So I've about changed my mind and decided I'm just going to suck it up and do what it takes to get up to land. time, oxycodones and a couple
canes will get me there EVENTUALLY, so its doable. But, for example, if I'm stuck at the end of the dock at Friday Harbor, it will be quite a chore.
I'm probably overthinking this, but since I'm spending my time worrying about it, I thought getting someone else's thoughts was only fair. I'm probably just looking for validation here, but I've confused myself enough that I'm likely to be surprised no matter what I hear. Hopefully this is only a short time issue.
thanks
toni