Not the day I planned… but I got an ambulance ride!

Glad to hear that the op is done and you're OK.

I was going to say hope you get a good night's sleep but I imagine they'll be waking you up all night to do your obs!
 
scats said:
Hi all, Surgery all done. It took 4 hours rather than the expected 2. Unfortunately I had a bizarre reaction to the anaesthetic in recovery so have landed myself a spot in the high dependency unit overnight. My poor mother was frantic!
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Oh lovely, poor you ❤️ take it easy xxx
 
Good to hear you are in recovery etc. Well done for sheer bravery through all of this. Rest up. Chocolate cake has no calories in a break of this kind. (I looked it up on tinternet so it has to be true ??) xx
 
Hurrah I'm sure you are relieved to have got that part done and dusted. Hope you get some rest now, between being woken for obs! Give yourself proper time to heal and no weight bearing for 6 weeks. It's difficult relying on others but you know you would do it in return and to be honest, I couldn't have put any weight down anyway. For the first time in donkey's years, I stayed in bed til 10:00 at the earliest. I'm not a good sleeper but I certainly did for the first few weeks and I think that helped recovery in the long run. Good luck for a speedy recovery. Don't envy you the blood thinning injections saga that now continues but it will be worth it.
 
Wow Scats you are a trouper! Just caught up on this thread as not been able before now. I hope you are doing ok and that you are now out of high dependency and your pain is not as bad as it was.
I am so sorry you have had such an awful time but hopefully things will improve from here on in.
I would have a chat with your GP surgery when you feel better as they definitely should be doing your fragmin prescription. The hospital do the initial one and then the surgery should follow on. They don't need "permission" or a letter from the hospital but they will have had a discharge letter from AE and likely a follow up letter from orthopaedics and they will know what has happened to you so it shouldn't be a big deal - it's routine to give fragmin to anyone in a cast especially with a lot of swelling.
 
Morning everyone! Back in the land of the living (well, sort of)
Still in HDU but I’ve had breakfast and they’ve taken a lot of my monitors off so they can’t think I’m at risk of croaking now.
I remained tachycardic til the early hours and only managed 1 and a half hours sleep coz I had a bad headache and this place is noisy. I’m the worlds lightest sleeper which doesn’t help. So I’m tired but ok. Pain ramped up around 4am but had to wait til 6.30 for my next lot of paracetamol. My allergies to top strength opiates means I’m limited in what I can have but I’m coping ok.
I had a nerve block in my leg in surgery that caused me endless amusement all night coz it randomly fires the nerves across your leg and then your leg just jolts on its own. Occasional fiery pain over the tib break, but only to be expected. Fib break is behaving!
Hoping to see doctor and physio today and going to beg to go home!
 
scats said:
Morning everyone! Back in the land of the living (well, sort of)
Still in HDU but I’ve had breakfast and they’ve taken a lot of my monitors off so they can’t think I’m at risk of croaking now.
I remained tachycardic til the early hours and only managed 1 and a half hours sleep coz I had a bad headache and this place is noisy. I’m the worlds lightest sleeper which doesn’t help. So I’m tired but ok. Pain ramped up around 4am but had to wait til 6.30 for my next lot of paracetamol. My allergies to top strength opiates means I’m limited in what I can have but I’m coping ok.
I had a nerve block in my leg in surgery that caused me endless amusement all night coz it randomly fires the nerves across your leg and then your leg just jolts on its own. Occasional fiery pain over the tib break, but only to be expected. Fib break is behaving!
Hoping to see doctor and physio today and going to beg to go home!
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So good to see you back online, you're very stoic but it must have been a worry to go through all that!! Fingers crossed you can go home today
 
Well done. Onwards and upwards. Hopefully now it’s all stable, your world will begin to expand again, a little at a time. Hospitals are the worst places for sleep. I was supposed to be in for 5 days with hysterectomy but went home on the morning of day 3!
 
So glad you got through it all OK, that must have been a scary experience for you and your mum. Hopefully you can go home and have some proper rest. Just make sure you take it easy, don't try to do too much too soon.
 
My poor mum rang and couldn’t find where I was, then found out there’d been a problem and I’d had a reaction and taken to HDU.
Im now dressed but they won’t let me leave my bed til physio has seen me ? Not even allowed to sit on the chair even though I’ve just got myself dressed completely on my own. Rules are rules I suppose.
 
So glad you're still with us Scats! Hopefully you'll be home soon to get some proper rest. Now that you're stable, you'll be on the road to recovery before you know it.
 
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