Totally agree! I had a total hip replacement two years ago age 36, had had two precious hip surgeries so thought I knew what I was in for and massively underestimated the level of pain and recovery time! Lol! But even then I wasn’t shuffling around like she has been!! And fair play to your nan going through it at her age! I will have to have my other side done at some point and likely revisions when I’m older and I’m dreading it! lol! I used to quite like her, but she does my head in now! So pathetic!Those stories were so embarrassing. She’s had a pre-planned, fairly routine surgery to her upper abdomen. My 90 year old grandmother had a surgery after a broken hip (like other tattlers here). To anyone who isn’t aware - hip replacements/hip fractures are among the most difficult surgeries/recoveries. If you ever see a human pelvis (especially a female one) it’s angled, they are different shapes and this makes it incredibly difficult to line back up and get it to heal properly. And then of course it’s at the centre of our core, our hips are used for most movements even when sitting down. So it’s incredibly difficult to recover from, notoriously painful and among the older population can be fatal because of the long recovery. My 90 year old grandma didn’t behave the way Nelly did. She didn’t shuffle along a week after, didn’t constantly complain. She was enthusiastic about her recovery. She was in incredible pain but was grateful to have received treatment, grateful for the support she was getting. She understood that she needed to focus on the positives and progress to make a good recovery. She knew she needed to take responsibility for herself and her own recovery.
I’m not saying Nelly should just shut up and suck it up. I’ve no doubt it was painful surgery and she’s still sore. but it’s so disingenuous and pathetic. She’s completely infantilising herself for sympathy and content. To make herself remotely interesting. It’s not at all inspiring or likeable.
Nelly: “I really value independence and that’s why I was funny about sharing a bedroom/buying a house with my boyfriend”
Also Nelly: “I cried when I went outside and had to be picked up”