Cabin Fever

theboytaylor

I've been in and out of hospital since early June,
but it's coming up to four-week solid inside now.
It's starting to get to me now, although I'm sure
this feeling will pass

How does everyone else (I'm assuming someone
else went and got wireless) cope? Any tips?

(I think I've nearly finished reading the interweb)

DenMan

Hi OP

Use the time you have now to put something together, like a short story or anything that comes to mind, even write a poem. You have the tools in front of you, and you have the necessary time. Use it to your advantage. There are endless possibilities that you can do and it is very stimulating on the mind. You are already registered here so browse through the many portals that are here, whatever interests you. I am sure you can find something to your liking. Good luck.

Den

tbh

that's pretty tough man, have you long left to go? Writing is a great idea, have you thought about a blog maybe? or a diary if you don't have wireless..

DenMan

Hi OP

Remember anything that comes to mind, put it down for reference and when the time is right you can go back and expand on it. Hope it goes great for you. Hope you get well soon.

Dizzyblonde

Have you considered joining an online support group to meet others with your health problem? It's a great way of making friends who have something in common with you and can lead to chats on msn etc. It also gives a focus beyond your four walls.
I've made some really close friends this way.

robinph

I've not been stuck in a hospital for a good while now thankfully, but I was stuck back at the parents unable to walk for a month last year which was really doing my head in by the end of it. I found that just writing stuff down, in a blog type thing that nobody else ever got to see, was a great release as well. I couldn't have put my mind to anything creative but it really does help to just write down what your feeling to stop it all swirling around in your head.

Oh, and the internet is huge. I'm sure there is plenty more of it that you've not discovered yet, how do you think we all get through each day at work.

Saruman

I think the his problem is he is "reading" the internet instead of "viewing" it. At the end of the day, the internet is a database of porn so enjoy the road to recovery

Last time i was stuck in hospital, there was no wireless internet (3G). I used my laptop to watch DVD's and downloaded movies etc and read a book a day.

theboytaylor

Hi all,

thanks a million for all the suggestions guys, especially
your's Dizzy, I think the online group thing would definitely
be of benefit.

I'll give the writing and that a good lash too. Thanks.

ageary08

I dunno if your into video games or not, but if you have access to a laptop that can play games and internet then maybe a mmo might be fun for you, World of Warcraft is a massive time sink and its quite social, I know because Im an addict myself

bionic.laura

Lucky you with the wireless internet! I spent two months in hospital just before christmas but didn't have internet. Looking back it would have been a good idea. But you can get bored of the internet too.
Here's some stuff I found useful.

Watching movies and tv series on the laptop. I didn't have the concentration to watch a whole movie so I found tv series to be really good.

I got a nintendo DS lite. I was worried my laptop would be stolen in James's since the nurses warned me this could happen. Many people's phones were stolen. Who could take the means of communication from an 75 year old lady in hospital? Then that's another rant... Anyway the games are a good way to pass the time.

I took up crochet and knitting. It helped me feel I was doing something useful and real and passed the time when I couldn't read or watch a screen. I know you're a guy but maybe there's some craft or art or whatever you'd like to take up?

And writing is really good. I wrote about what was happening to me and eventually posted the whole lot on my blog. It helped a lot.

I know how you feel though you do start to get cabin fever. I wasn't even allowed leave the ward and that sucked. So when you can and if you're able try to get out for a walk around the hospital. Even some fresh air at the hospital door helps. Well if someone isn't smoking in your face that is :-)

Get well soon!

Saruman

Oh as Laura warned about stolen laptops.. I took no chances.. I used a kensington lock to lock it to the radiator. I would think someone with a bolt cutters would in one arm and a laptop with a lock hanging off the side in the other would be a little obvious.

Dizzyblonde

The ds lite is a great idea too, I have one and I play it a lot.

theboytaylor

The TV series would be good. I tried to sign up to moviestar
so I could order boxsets from them but had problems registering
I'll try again now.

As for minding the laptop, I'm pretty careful (not locking it up
careful I'll admit) but it's insured and I like having it with me
so the gain outweighs the risk.

For a while I was on the dont-leave-the-room list as well.
That was a though ol' time.

Dizzyblonde

on www.surfthechannel.com you can stream movies,television series etc straight onto your computer for free.

CathyMoran

First of all< i hope that you get better soon> When i was having chemo i watched all of Voyager on a mini_dvd player! Substitute any tv series that you like instead> When i had surgery i found that my concentration went to zip so i read short passages in magazines at first gradually building up to reading books again> A good friend got wireless too and kept a blog updated when he could as well as keeping up with his friends (he had a lot of them!) Hope that this helps.