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Big op on Tuesday for him, getting his back sorted out.
I might be feeling a bit tense if it was me. So chin up mate. We're all thinking of you with everything crossed. Fingers, toes, everything. :)
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Indeed all the best matey. We will be thinking of you
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Thanks... As you know Chris, I'm bricking it a bit :-X ::)
Was a but of an eye opener when they told me that "short of having an organ transplant, you won't go through a more serious operation"!
But I think I've come to terms with it now... Just got to see what happens on Tuesday when he operates!
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Thanks... As you know Chris, I'm bricking it a bit :-X ::)
Was a but of an eye opener when they told me that "short of having an organ transplant, you won't go through a more serious operation"!
But I think I've come to terms with it now... Just got to see what happens on Tuesday when he operates!
Best wishes Paul, I will - try - to be thinking of you on Tuesday. :y :y :y
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All the best LD. Hope it all turns out for the best. :y
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Good luck LD :y
You'll be up and running around in no time :y
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Yep, all the best for your operation. :y :y
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Thanks... As you know Chris, I'm bricking it a bit :-X ::)
Was a but of an eye opener when they told me that "short of having an organ transplant, you won't go through a more serious operation"!
But I think I've come to terms with it now... Just got to see what happens on Tuesday when he operates!
Well, I guess organ transplant patients are usually in pretty poor health before their op. where as, Groomer tells me, you are in very good condition.
Strange choice of words on his part I thought. I guess he means your in good health. :y
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Hope alll goes well LD :y
Kiss from HollyDog too :-*
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good luck ld :y :y
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I wish him all the best. :y He has more guts than me I have back probs too and they say I need the op to sort it out but not willing to take the chance just yet as its a 60/40 against walking, :(
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Thanks... As you know Chris, I'm bricking it a bit :-X ::)
Was a but of an eye opener when they told me that "short of having an organ transplant, you won't go through a more serious operation"!
But I think I've come to terms withne it now... Just got to see what happens on Tuesday when he operates!
Methinks he was 'overegging the pudding' with that crass statement Paul, the daft bugger should know better than to give his patients info like that before the Op in any case! :o
I had it done almost twenty years ago last month and Surgical techniques have changed beyond recognition in that time and outcomes are very much improved from those in 1993! Pain hasn't changed much though, it will still be bloody uncomfortable for a good while after, especially when the Psycho's sorry, Physio's go to work ;D
Keep a Stiff upper lip lad, were British don't you know! ;)
We will be thinking of you on the day matey, so All the Best! :y
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Sincere best wishes from The Seths, Paul. ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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All the best Paul, hope all goes well, from myself and Miss Vamps....... :y :y
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Hope it all goes well LD. :y
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Hope it all goes well mate--haven't forgotten the help you gave me with throttle/ecu problem cheers :y
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Hope all goes well mate :y :y :y
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Good luck mate :y
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All the best of British LD!! :y I sure it will all work out fine!! :)
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Good luck mate , hope you get back to normality soon ;)
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All the best for a successful operation and a full and speedy recovery. :y :y :y
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All the best Paul, you will be Pole dancing with the best of them in no time at all :P
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Good luck with it LD ;)
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All the best, LD. :y
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Very best wishes and here's hoping for a successfull op and a speedy recovery :y
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Very best wishes and here's hoping for a successfull op and a speedy recovery :y
+1 :y
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Thanks... As you know Chris, I'm bricking it a bit :-X ::)
Was a but of an eye opener when they told me that "short of having an organ transplant, you won't go through a more serious operation"!
But I think I've come to terms with it now... Just got to see what happens on Tuesday when he operates!
I wish you all the best. You will be ok. My Wife donated a kidney to me in January and we are both doing well. Pain management is fantastic. They hook you up to morphine, so when you feel some pain just press away on that button :y
Take care 8)
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So up and about reading to bend over bonnets by Tuesday evening then ;D. Crack on!
With Cakey (presumably) not able to do too much, I can see it being fun in the LazyDocker household.
All the best for Tuesday. I assume you go in, do all the pre guff, get knocked out, wake up later with it all bolted up? Scares the shite out of me if I'm honest, but its the only next step :'(
We'll be thinking of you.
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All the best Paul.
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All the very best best Mr LD/LF.. :y
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Hope it all goes well, Paul.
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Hope it all goes well, Paul.
+1 :y
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Best wishes
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good luck LD . . .wish you well :y
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All the very best LD. :y :y
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All the best for a successful outcome :y
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So up and about reading to bend over bonnets by Tuesday evening then ;D. Crack on!
With Cakey (presumably) not able to do too much, I can see it being fun in the LazyDocker household.
All the best for Tuesday. I assume you go in, do all the pre guff, get knocked out, wake up later with it all bolted up? Scares the shite out of me if I'm honest, but its the only next step :'(
We'll be thinking of you.
Me too :-X :o
Got to go and sign all the consent forms tomorrow then starve from midnight... In at 7am and likely to be in surgery before 9.
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Thanks all :y :y
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Best of luck Paul :y :y :D
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Best of luck Paul :y :y :D
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I see your thoughtful, compassionate side has come to the fore yet again Rob :y ;D ;D
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Best of luck Paul :y :y :D
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I see your thoughtful, compassionate side has come to the fore yet again Rob :y ;D ;D
That's not a Tree surgeon though...... :D :D :-X
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Best of luck Paul :y :y :D
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Best of luck Paul :y :y :D
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Good luck LD!
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Good luck mate hope all goes well
Andy
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Thinking of you and Mrs Cakey for tomorrow Paul, take it easy matey :y
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Thank you everyone for your kind wishes... The day has come and the "condemned man" has had his last meal!!! ::) :D
See you all on the other side ;) :y
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Best of luck mate, Fingers crossed all goes well :y
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I hope all went well today Paul, best wishes for a speedy recovery. :y :y :y
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Emma has said he is out of theatre and all is well.
Heard nothing if he is back consious or not yet.
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Emma has said he is out of theatre and all is well.
Heard nothing if he is back consious or not yet.
Thanks for the update Jimbob :y
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Emma has said he is out of theatre and all is well.
Heard nothing if he is back consious or not yet.
Thanks for the update Jimbob :y
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Good news. Emma must be relieved too, I bet. :-*
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Further update from Emma :
Paul is doing ok,
He is in a lot of pain but we saw the surgeon and he's pleased that the operation went well.
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Further update from Emma :
Paul is doing ok,
He is in a lot of pain but we saw the surgeon and he's pleased that the operation went well.
'Fingers crossed' for his post-op recovery :y
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Sounds like a good first step on a (hopefully not too) long road :y
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Hope all went well and here's hoping for a speedy and complete recovery. :y
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Hope he's not too uncomfortable, and that they remember to ween him off the morphine properly, when the time comes. :)
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I hope he is comfortable enough to get a decent kip............ :y :y
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I hope he is comfortable enough to get a decent kip............ :y :y
Not really... But better sleep than before! ::) :D
Thanks for all the kind messages... I'm a little touched actually :-[
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Well done!
You are able to post a message. :y
Don't overdo it. You are on the road to recovery 8)
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BRILLIANT ;) ;) One step at a time, make a full and speedy recovery :y :y
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I hope he is comfortable enough to get a decent kip............ :y :y
Not really... But better sleep than before! ::) :D
Thanks for all the kind messages... I'm a little touched actually :-[
Yes,we know :P
By the sounds of it, things are looking good. :-* :-* from the STEMO family.
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Very relieved to hear its gone well Paul, looking forward to seeing you at a curry night :y
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Hahay he's back :y
Get the spanners out on the morfene pump, sharp ish ! ;D
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Good news! Enjoy the morphine and the nurses!! :y
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Sounds like the 'glassback' tag may have to be revised!
All the best
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Just been texting him. Toes wiggling fine :y
Although they confiscated his magic morfene button. :( ;D
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glad to hear your ok lazy :) x
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Glad to hear you're doing well, LD!
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With the house move I've been out of touch since Saturday,so only just seen this thread.Glad everything went well for you LD and hoping for a full and speedy recovery for you!
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I hope he is comfortable enough to get a decent kip............ :y :y
Not really... But better sleep than before! ::) :D
Thanks for all the kind messages... I'm a little touched actually :-[
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Yes we had noticed that Paul ::), still it won't have any bearing on your recovery if you keep taking the tablets ;D
Good to see you chipper enough to post so early, nice & easy does it until the wound settles down or the Psycho's
Physio's get their hands on you, whichever comes first! :D ;D :y
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Good to see you online again. Remember to follow your post op recovery plan to the letter. If you overdo it your recovery will suffer. As mentioned in PM, I think you have had the same op as my mum had a few years back. You will be surprised at how quickly you be up and about if you take it easy :y
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Finally got the bedside machine working and logged in.
Op went well, although took longer than expected (about 6 hours off the ward!!), and he's pleased with it. Psycotherapists have been around and got me to stand (which was agony!!) and are pleased with it... That's all for today.
Had the magic morphene button removed, which means I'm not tied up to a drip, so now on oral morphene which isn't as easy to get. It means I'm in more pain but it's the first step to recovery!
Tomorrow they'll probably get me up and walking and my target is still to go home on Friday.
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just take it easy mate and glad you on road to recovery :y :y :y :y
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Good to see the op went well, take it easy so you have a full and speedy recovery. :y :y :y
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Great news so far, LD. :y Hope the convalescence goes as well.
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Finally got the bedside machine working and logged in.
Op went well, although took longer than expected (about 6 hours off the ward!!), and he's pleased with it. Psycotherapists have been around and got me to stand (which was agony!!) and are pleased with it... That's all for today.
Had the magic morphene button removed, which means I'm not tied up to a drip, so now on oral morphene which isn't as easy to get. It means I'm in more pain but it's the first step to recovery!
Tomorrow they'll probably get me up and walking and my target is still to go home on Friday.
I though they had given up on you years ago. :D Physiotherapists might pay you a visit,soon too. ;D
Glad it all went well,and you,ll soon be back on your feet. :y
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Finally got the bedside machine working and logged in.
Op went well, although took longer than expected (about 6 hours off the ward!!), and he's pleased with it. Psycotherapists have been around and got me to stand (which was agony!!) and are pleased with it... That's all for today.
Had the magic morphene button removed, which means I'm not tied up to a drip, so now on oral morphene which isn't as easy to get. It means I'm in more pain but it's the first step to recovery!
Tomorrow they'll probably get me up and walking and my target is still to go home on Friday.
Hmmmmm....you're a bit touched and you've had a visit from a psycotherapist.....it's all starting to make sense now. ;D
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Its only pain, CrippleBack. Take yourself into a corner, and have a stern word with yourself :P
Now you're back, did we ever find out what nozzles were used on those Motogas injectors :-[
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Its only pain, CrippleBack. Take yourself into a corner, and have a stern word with yourself :P
Oh your SO full of crap. ;D
I've just been talking to Ld on the phone. He told me how you couldn't even bare to listen to his description of the operation procedure.
So man up! Wet pants. ;D
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Finally got the bedside machine working and logged in.
Op went well, although took longer than expected (about 6 hours off the ward!!), and he's pleased with it. Psycotherapists have been around and got me to stand (which was agony!!) and are pleased with it... That's all for today.
Had the magic morphene button removed, which means I'm not tied up to a drip, so now on oral morphene which isn't as easy to get. It means I'm in more pain but it's the first step to recovery!
Tomorrow they'll probably get me up and walking and my target is still to go home on Friday.
Hmmmmm....you're a bit touched and you've had a visit from a psycotherapist.....it's all starting to make sense now. ;D
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Wishing you a speedy recovery Paul, and get off that bedside machine, do you know how much they cost!!!!!........ :D :D
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Its only pain, CrippleBack. Take yourself into a corner, and have a stern word with yourself :P
Oh your SO full of crap. ;D
I've just been talking to Ld on the phone. He told me how you couldn't even bare to listen to his description of the operation procedure.
So man up! Wet pants. ;D
Ah, thats just because I'm a bit of a poof when it comes to needles and blood :-[. Which now the neighbours know after having to "lay down" in my neighbours kitchen when my foot started to gush a bit on the day of the fire :-[
But a firm believer in a bit of pain never hurt anyone. Maybe because I prefer the pain to the side effects of the medication. Does that make me a masocist or however you spell it? ;D
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Its only pain, CrippleBack. Take yourself into a corner, and have a stern word with yourself :P
Oh your SO full of crap. ;D
I've just been talking to Ld on the phone. He told me how you couldn't even bare to listen to his description of the operation procedure.
So man up! Wet pants. ;D
Ah, thats just because I'm a bit of a poof when it comes to needles and blood :-[. Which now the neighbours know after having to "lay down" in my neighbours kitchen when my foot started to gush a bit on the day of the fire :-[
But a firm believer in a bit of pain never hurt anyone. Maybe because I prefer the pain to the side effects of the medication. Does that make me a masocist or however you spell it? ;D
Well, if a masocist means "gay" in TB land, and it looks like it does, then yes. ;D
Never misses a gay opportunity does he. ::) ;D
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Spoke to LD earlier. He's been walking on the ward. :y
Its amassing what the threat of peeing in a bottle can do for recovery. ;D
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Spoke to LD earlier. He's been walking on the ward. :y
Its amassing what the threat of peeing in a bottle can do for recovery. ;D
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yep, up and walking slowly with the assistance of crutches :y
Don't get me wrong... It's agony but much better than having to try and pee in a cardboard bottle!
Unfortunately it appears there is an infection in little LD that I'm waiting for a quack to look at but other than that recovery is going well. I'm trying not to call for pain relief other than during normal medication times so the pain can be very high at times!
Tomorrow may be a bit ambitious for going home ::) but we shall see... I have moved my target day to Saturday now :y
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Don't be brave, take all the morphine you can get!!! :y
Sorry to hear about Little LD.... :(
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I agree, communicate what's going on to them. Ignore all the tough guy bs. ;)
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I've just caught up!
Great news Paul - just take your time :y
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yep, up and walking slowly with the assistance of crutches :y
Don't get me wrong... It's agony but much better than having to try and pee in a cardboard bottle!
Unfortunately it appears there is an infection in little LD that I'm waiting for a quack to look at but other than that recovery is going well. I'm trying not to call for pain relief other than during normal medication times so the pain can be very high at times!
Tomorrow may be a bit ambitious for going home ::) but we shall see... I have moved my target day to Saturday now :y
Not what Emma called it! ::) ::) ::) Glad to hear that you are on the mend Paul, and best wishes for a rapid recovery. :y :y :y
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Get well soon LD, apologies for only just seeing this thread :-\
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Just had a text, he's going home tomorrow, having done stairs. :o
Initially that seems I bit quick, although having been through Amy's situation, it was pretty clear "challenging the wound" was seen as a good thing, and aids recovery.
Hopefully Mini LD is ok with it too? ;)
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Good news :y
The idea of positive recovery is a sound one, provided he doesn't overdo it ::)
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I'm home!!!! :y
Been a long day but it's nice to be home :y
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Glad its gone ok for you! Heres hoping for a good recovery and it delivers all you hope :y
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I'm home!!!! :y
Been a long day but it's nice to be home :y
That's enough for today ::) but well done :y
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Feet up then cripple, and nurse's outfit for Cakey...
...NO! Not the wipe down nurse's outfit, you ain't weel enough for that
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Feet up then cripple, and nurse's outfit for Cakey...
...NO! Not the wipe down nurse's outfit, you ain't weel enough for that
Neither's Little LD! ;D ;D ;D
Today has been quite a shock to the system... Even the simplest of tasks like taking a piss or putting on shoes, even getting up and down to/from the bed or chair are physically draining! :o
However this is very early days in a recovery process that is measured in months-years, not weeks-months ;) I have to remind myself of that all the time because I'm already frustrated :-[ ;)
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Even the simplest of tasks like taking a piss... ...are physically draining! :o
Always the carton :P
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Even the simplest of tasks like taking a piss... ...are physically draining! :o
Always the carton :P
Yeah... That's going to happen ;D
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Good to see you back where you belong Paul, hang in there lad you'll be swinging from the chandelier soon enough :y ;D ;D
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Welcome home Paul, keep up the exercises for a quicker recovery. :y :y :y
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all the best LD, hope the recovery goes well & is speedy. :y
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I'm home!!!! :y
Been a long day but it's nice to be home :y
About time too ::)
Now get the housework done while your lass puts her feet up ;D ;D
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Glad to hear you're home.Hope your recovery continues to progress as well as it seems to have so far,but don't "over stretch it"no matter how frustrating it may be at the time.
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Just a quick update... Progress is good and I've managed about 16 steps without crutches this evening. Moving between positions is still agony but getting easier. Generally very good recovery thus far! :y :y
Oh... And little LD seems to be on the mend too :y :y :y
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Just a quick update... Progress is good and I've managed about 16 steps without crutches this evening. Moving between positions is still agony but getting easier. Generally very good recovery thus far! :y :y
Oh... And little LD seems to be on the mend too :y :y :y
Brilliant :y
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good news :y
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Ah, good, I was just about to text you. :y
Amazing recovery I'd say. How long do you think until your better than your pre op pain level? I'm presuming its difficult to tell so far? :-\
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Ah, good, I was just about to text you. :y
Amazing recovery I'd say. How long do you think until your better than your pre op pain level? I'm presuming its difficult to tell so far? :-\
Sorry, by that I mean, tell the difference between pain from the op, and pain from the previous injury?
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I hope youve learned you lessons about picking up teapots!
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Just a quick update... Progress is good and I've managed about 16 steps without crutches this evening. Moving between positions is still agony but getting easier. Generally very good recovery thus far! :y :y
Oh... And little LD seems to be on the mend too :y :y :y
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Ah, good, I was just about to text you. :y
Amazing recovery I'd say. How long do you think until your better than your pre op pain level? I'm presuming its difficult to tell so far? :-\
Sorry, by that I mean, tell the difference between pain from the op, and pain from the previous injury?
Not sure TBH :-\ It's a recovery time measured in months - years and I'm guessing that as I'm not allowed to "Bend, Stretch, Lift, Twist or perform Repetitive motions like hoovering/ironing" for 6 weeks that I shouldn't expect too much before then :-\
The improvements are phenomenal at the moment but I have to be realistic... The improvements are going to slow down and become smaller in the not too distant future and that's when I need to remain positive :y
But to answer your question... Psychologically I'm better than before, I just need to wait and see if I am physically too :y There are tick boxes at 6 weeks, 6 months, a year, and then another I can't remember. There is still the possibility this could need repeating or that the bone fusion doesn't take or fuses incorrectly or... You get the picture! This treatment is far from over :'(
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Gotcha, so all good then. :y
Although its easy sitting here. :o
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Put it this way... Pre-op I ranked my pain about a 5 on the 1-10 scale (even though, as it has turned out, the nerves were so trapped they were surprised I was walking!) and I currently rank it 6 as a minimum, constant pain, rising to 8-9 at times! :o :o And that's with morphine!!!
But... No pain, no gain ;) Besides... It's only pain :-X ::)
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Keep positive Paul......... :y
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I hope youve learned you lessons about picking up teapots!
Missed this one earlier!
;D ;D Still need a pot for a decent cuppa though ;)
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Glad to hear its all moving in the right direction LD, chin up mate. :y
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I'm a bit late to this as been away in Frenchy land,glad your op went well LD and hope your recovery is swift as well :y
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Glad your on the mend Paul. I always remember after having my rods fitted to my spine. I'd been laid flat out for about 5 weeks before I was stable enough to have the op. Had the op late one afternoon then the nurses came round the next morning and said it was time for me to sit up!!!! I said Ferk off to which she replied I won't and you ferkin will sit up. I almost puked my ring and passed out just from sitting up.