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Originally Posted by abbygirl312
Wow 7 days would have driven me to the funny farm. I had a reaction to something as they wheeled me into surgery. All I remember is that the anesthesioligist was keeping an eye on a rash on my legs. And I was horribly nauseated when I woke up. They almost released me on Monday, decided against it and were glad because my BP dropped pretty dramatically Monday night, as did my oxygen, my potassium, pulse, and my temp went up. I guess I scared the nurse pretty good. Today I drove myself to the mall so I could walk. That's a no no, but I live alone and if I wait for someone to take me, I'll never get better. This has been depressing. My son can't always be here and I'm not one to ask for help although I have had many offers, I can't bring myself to accept. Instead I've been trying my damndest, and crying a lot. It's really hard. I wouldn't do it again.
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ABBY ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!...what are you doing driving, seriously mate!, you should be resting and walking , why go to the mall, whats wrong with the footpath outside your house, i just use to walk up and down my driveway till i was starting to get sore, then i would go back and lie down straight away. Have you read nothing i wrote about buddy ??...rest rest walk a little and then more rest! , then repeat the next day but walk a little further until you are walking 2 kilometers by week 6. I didn't drive for 6 weeks. DON"T BE PROUD ASK FOR HELP! , dont risk everything you have been through by being proud and then doing damage to your back , please!! , be humble and ask!. Do you want to have another op because you stuffed this one up, or worse it can't be fixed and you become one of these horror stories ?
I only say all this because i want you to have an awesome recovery and i reckon alot of peoples on-going problems post-op are because people expect to much of their body to soon before its actually healed properly, you have basically put your body through a head on car crash damage wise and it takes a long time to come back from that. I hope you act on this and please ask for help.
I wish you the best Abby and stay in touch
Cheers
Mike