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10-15-2017, 06:02 AM | #1 | |||
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It is great that you are home.
I hope that the supportive environment (DB and your lodger) there is good for you .
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10-15-2017, 07:09 AM | #2 | |||
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Very good and caring xx
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"Thanks for this!" says: | ger715 (10-15-2017) |
10-17-2017, 06:00 PM | #3 | |||
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Saw my GP yesterday, I'm signed off until November 10th. But I'll have to work a few odd days in between there from home. Conference diall today and payroll this Friday. In quite a lot of pain this morning, trying to keep quiet DB very stressed
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10-24-2017, 08:44 PM | #4 | |||
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Fell flat on my back yesterday, luckily I was already close to the ground being down at knee height. Because I can't bend I'm having to squat and get down to ground level to get things that the gripper just isn't strong enough to get, as I used the bench to help pull myself upright I could feel myself going, I had time to think relax so I wasn't stiff and I just hit the kitchen floor. I lay there flat & than called for help to stand up. Earlier in the day I struggled to get out of the bed & stand upright. Sometimes it just feels as though it's all falling apart - it's the only way I can describe it. I imagine it's the cages between the vertebrae settling into place & of course I'm probably not taking enough pain relief. I'm better this week than last, sometimes I would move & id get this severe pain, severe enough for me to cry out ouch.
Work have ordered an office chair for me at home & it is to be pre assembled & delivered to my home address. I have told them I officially return to work November 10 when I'm allowed to drive & will WFH next week. This week I'll take calls but nothing more.
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10-26-2017, 11:56 PM | #5 | |||
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At the hospital seeing one of my specialists, I've come away with a pile of scripts. He says I'm feeling the hemotoma pulsing because I'm so thin. I don't want to have the nerve injection so he has given me a script for pain patches to put directly on top - it's like an anaesthesia patch and should numb the area. I'm to see him again December 7th and I see the Neurosurgeon on November 7th.
Got home and my office chair has arrived.
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10-27-2017, 05:01 AM | #6 | |||
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Your fall must have scared you - I am glad that you coped well .
That is great that your new office chair has come .
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10-27-2017, 11:10 PM | #7 | ||
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Pam, What is going to be done about the hematoma? Since the other two were taken care of in the hospital. I thought this one was as well. Sure hope these patches help. Gerry |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | kiwi33 (10-28-2017) |
10-27-2017, 11:41 PM | #8 | |||
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They are hoping it will just absorb itself? So long as it doesn't get infected I should be ok. I just wish it would go. They've increased my pain meds and have said they will put a plan in place to titrate me down safely so I don't have withdrawals & exacerbate the work done on my spine... terrifying much! I'm not getting anywhere near the help I need from DB, he caught the flu this week & couldn't go to work on Thursday, he's given it to me and I'm expected to just carry on. He made breakfast this morning & went back to bed, he's slept virtually 20 hrs a day since Tuesday, I had to make my own way to the General surgeon yesterday & while there I went to the Neurosurgeon office to make an appt to see him next week. His wife is his secretary, she looked at me & said what are you doing here, she seemed shocked I was up & about on my own. I told her I had just seen the GS. I'm to see the Neuro on Nivember 7th.
I've been wearing my soft back brace a lot, I got told in 2013 not to use it much because it prevents the muscles developing but sometimes it just feels like it's falling apart. I've got one chair in the house I can sit on, it's a recliner that stands me up & I struggle to get out of bed, the bed feels like it's to low to the ground, but it's higher than other beds. I use the walking frame where I can in the house & rely on grabbing it to pull myself out of bed. I'm just tired and over it all. I knew it was going to be tough, & I knew DB would be difficult so I can't complain. I guess I'm just feeling fragile, vulnerable and alone. I asked him this morning did he want a divorce, he looked at me & I said well you just don't seem to care, it's like you've decided I'm home & you've completely disconnected. I know you know what I mean xx
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"Thanks for this!" says: | kiwi33 (10-28-2017) |
11-07-2017, 05:51 AM | #9 | |||
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Saw my Neurosurgeon today, 6 weeks post surgery. I'm to be admitted to another hospital tomorrow (it's on the river) for strict rest, limited walking & later begin gentle physio. It is a hospital that specialises in post surgical rehab. I'm very fortunate to have such good caring surgeons & specialists. I think this will take pressure off of DB as well, he's been worried as there have been many days & seemingly increasing where I suddenly can't stand up, I freeze & have to call for his help. I've crawled from the bedroom to the bathroom & pulled myself up holding on to the vanity basin just so I can use the toilet. Then crawled back & lay in the floor until someone came along to help..... it's been a tough 2 weeks at home
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11-08-2017, 02:02 AM | #10 | |||
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That is excellent that you have got into the rehab hospital .
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