Dog walking is dangerous!

Cinnamontoast said:
Gore galore, interesting to watch the muscle go up and down like a piston. Very anatomical.

I hope they let you sleep and don’t wake you up at 2am to ask if you’re allergic to Lycra (you’re not, are you?!) or other random questions. Fingers and everything else crossed that you are first (although they take oldest and frailest first usually).

Please work out how to post photos of the meccano set post op, I’m a nosy cow! Hope it goes smoothly.
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Apparently they plan to wake me up every 4 hours to check that I haven't died (or something)?


FL, I wanted to get out of bed for a wee earlier, as the previous bedpan experience was a complete disaster but the senior nurse who had to give permission wouldn't let me, without physio say so- and they had all gone home. Fortunately I believe they work Saturdays
 
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Cinnamontoast said:
So do you have rings on your leg? Are you ok, PaS? Probably zonked from the ga.
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Apparently! I can't see them yet as the whole lot has to stay bandaged up until tomorrow
I am feeling remarkably well actually, a bit of discomfort in the leg. No nausea except immediately after coming round in recovery (no intervention needed iykwm) A bit of a headache and not much appetite. Throat/mouth a bit sore from intubation but that's all really
Just waiting for a very nice nurse to come to check my sats now that oxygen has been switched off. If all ok, I don't need to wear it overnight, which should make sleep easier
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It sounds like you doing really well with everything and being very brave! Hope you get released soon, you must be eager to get home now. I got transported home from hospital with my broken leg lying in the boot of the Shogun wearing my PJs ? not the most elegant way to travel but I remember just being so happy to be out of hospital I didn’t care, I just wanted fresh air and to see my animals. Hope all goes well with the physios.
 
Thank you all, I think that all the pain meds that I am getting are inducing a zen - like state, tbh, although I am known for not panicking. There isn't a lot of point and whether the crisis involves children or animals, the best way out of it is to keep them calm, ime.
I have been out of bed today, walked a few steps with the aid of a Zimmer and 2 physios and done some exercises. The staff are all surprised at how strong my leg muscles are, I keep saying its riding that does that!

Shady your eye sounds nasty, look after yourself.
 
MrsMozart said:
Shady I hope it clears up very quickly lass.

PaS. yay for zen, and going walkies! Dare one ask how the food is?
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The food is much improved by the addition of sweet potatoes and who knew, the kitchen staff, are, after all allowed to make me porridge for breakfast using the teff flakes and hemp milk that I have provided.
Please note I do not blame the kitchen staff at all for any of what went before, they kept ringing the level above them and getting no support at all.
Apparently I am not the first patient with multiple allergies and there is a process that should have been triggered when I arrived. It took several days for me to get medication without maize starch and I just had to accept it, it or go without pain relief, so now I have a skin problem that is the usual reaction, with what feels like every staff member of the entire hospital coming to check it on a regular basis and most of them can't agree on what should be done about it. Fortunately one person prescribed the best cream for it at my insistence.

As for photos you are very welcome to look but I haven't a clue how to put them on the forum
 
Pearlsasinger said:
Tried that but got 'the uploaded file is too large for the server to process' sorry
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Answers to that one. Set the definition level to low either on your camera before you take the picture or after if your phone allows. . Or what I do on my tablet, take a very big picture with your leg only a tiny part, and then crop the picture down to your leg only. Or load the picture into something else (I use blogspot) , long press on it and it will offer you the picture location. Copy that and paste it into your message with
around it.

Sadly you don't have the excuse of not enough time to try and work it out ?

Hope you slept well.,
 
Cinnamontoast said:
Drum roll please! PaS has kindly sent me some pics to share on her behalf!

Original pinning at the local hospital:
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Then the new rings from the ‘proper’ operation.
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Note the blister as described!

Thanks for sharing, PaS, I hope you’re comfortable, it’s a big hunk of metal you have there!
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Oh, that made me feel a little bit queasy and I'm usually pretty good with medical things!

I hope you heal quickly PaS!
 
Thanks for that Ct!

I am pleased to report that I have now been advised to keep the blisters moisturised, they have healed so well that the no longer need dressings. And the pad round the rods have also been replaced with clean ones, the whole thing is much more comfortable now, although the physio exercises leave me somewhat drained!
 
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