Not going to be having much fun tomorrow

I hope that the surgery went well and wish you a speedy recovery.

I had 3 lower back discs fused in March 2024. My PT told me that it takes a full year to completely recover. I still have some back pain but usually not too bad and subsides as I get moving during the day.
 
Twigg said:
I broke my back last year in a slip & fall and been stuck in the health care morass. [sad] I'm scheduled for a spinal fusion tomorrow. While I have faith in modern medicine I'm apprehensive about going under the knife. I've been lucky and have had a few health issues from an earlier bad accident which gave me a TBI, compound fracture of my skull,14 busted ribs and traumatic amnesia. I've got a good medical team, but they want to drill into my spine and implant rods to hold my back straight. I haven't been in a hospital voluntarily in quite some time so I'm more than a little apprehensive about this, but it'd be better to get this fixed ASAP.
I'm scheduled for a 7 AM "procedure" I've got my son coming over to watch the house while I'm in the OR and hopefully I'll be discharged 24 hours later. I'll check back here once I get out. Prayers, good karma / vibes appreciated! Hopefully the nurses are cute. [laugh]
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I have to check in at Boston at 5:45 am to remove a 20.6 cm mass on my abdomen. I'm hoping to leave the next day but somehow, I doubt it. Most fearful of being in a cold room with a dirty bathroom with a loud roommate and God-awful hospital "food." If I can't drive, and I may not be able for two weeks, I won't be able to be there for my Dad, still in rehab and still dealing with cognitive confusion. Hope your experience goes well and you're home soon.
 
Laura said:
I have to check in at Boston at 5:45 am to remove a 20.6 cm mass on my abdomen. I'm hoping to leave the next day but somehow, I doubt it. Most fearful of being in a cold room with a dirty bathroom with a loud roommate and God-awful hospital "food." If I can't drive, and I may not be able for two weeks, I won't be able to be there for my Dad, still in rehab and still dealing with cognitive confusion. Hope your experience goes well and you're home soon.
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Best wishes.

The nurses can bring you another blanket if you get cold. It will be loud in the hospital, due to alarms, etc. Send me a PM if you’d like and I will bring you some foam earplugs. The food at MGH was not great. Their chicken salad sandwich was edible. If you need someone to talk to, hospitals have pastors on staff. I’m not a member of a church, but I found them comforting when I was inpatient.
 
The mother of one of my bro's ex's went in for surgery once, got an infection and died a week later, so it's never a guarantee things will go smoothly. Probably more so now with the DEI initiatives. I know if I ever go in for surgery and I see the operating room is full of Black Lesbians, I'm turning into John Wick and making my escape from bitch fountain.
 
T-Unit said:
The mother of one of my bro's ex's went in for surgery once, got an infection and died a week later, so it's never a guarantee things will go smoothly. Probably more so now with the DEI initiatives. I know if I ever go in for surgery and I see the operating room is full of Black Lesbians, I'm turning into John Wick and making my escape from bitch fountain.
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Wow- that is a thoughtless thing to post.
 
T-Unit said:
No, it's thoughtful given it's based on logical reasoning. Perhaps inappropriate or upsetting given the OP hasn't been heard from since, but I'm just saying my piece.

Hope OP gets back from all them spooge baths, I mean, sponge baths soon.
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He's never been with jkelly and marty and I, so I don't think that's happening. OP's going to be destroying us at the range in good time.
 
M1911 said:
Best wishes.

The nurses can bring you another blanket if you get cold. It will be loud in the hospital, due to alarms, etc. Send me a PM if you’d like and I will bring you some foam earplugs. The food at MGH was not great. Their chicken salad sandwich was edible. If you need someone to talk to, hospitals have pastors on staff. I’m not a member of a church, but I found them comforting when I was inpatient.
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Well, the food was awful, the room was a tad too warm, so I was awake enough to concentrate on my stomach pain, which was significant with it stapled. It started bleeding again due to moving around in bed too much trying to get comfortable. The "pillows" weren't that great. After several nurses and the cleaner showed up wearing their favorite fragrances by the gallon, I threw up which did little to help the stomach pain. They gave me a voucher for a taxi to go home last night and I jumped on it. I guess there's a shortage of beds right now. I slept better in my own bed but still feeling weak. I don't seem to be able to eat much either. I think I'll be bleeding for a while yet and the follow up will remove the staples, which I pray doesn't hurt like Hell. It is welcomed to be home even if I can't clean, bend or do much. Thankfully, no Cancer, and I thank our dear Lord for His blessings. At least I'll heal and get past this.
 
Laura said:
Well, the food was awful, the room was a tad too warm, so I was awake enough to concentrate on my stomach pain, which was significant with it stapled. It started bleeding again due to moving around in bed too much trying to get comfortable. The "pillows" weren't that great. After several nurses and the cleaner showed up wearing their favorite fragrances by the gallon, I threw up which did little to help the stomach pain. They gave me a voucher for a taxi to go home last night and I jumped on it. I guess there's a shortage of beds right now. I slept better in my own bed but still feeling weak. I don't seem to be able to eat much either. I think I'll be bleeding for a while yet and the follow up will remove the staples, which I pray doesn't hurt like Hell. It is welcomed to be home even if I can't clean, bend or do much. Thankfully, no Cancer, and I thank our dear Lord for His blessings. At least I'll heal and get past this.
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No cancer? Hallelujah! Take it easy.
 
Laura said:
Still waiting on one of the biopsy results from the pathology report but trying to stay positive that it too will be negative for Cancer.
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Worrying is one of my core competencies, so I can’t help you much on that. I spent a lot of time saying the Serenity Prayer when I was in ICU.
 
Andy in NH said:
I just exchanged a few text messages with @Twigg.

He's recovering.
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Thanks guys the surgery went well but the recovery is gonna be hell🙄. At least that's what everyone on staff here says.

In short few Rn's here are competent, but overworked. The lna's mostly don't speak english.
The food here sucks! Day one I was offered two pieces of soggy toast with scrambled eggs (made from powered eggs & a fingernail sized cup of butter.
as "breakfast" it might not sound too bad but i'm really, really, holding back . All I want right now is to play their game of "pt" so I can be pronounced "cured" and GTFO.
 
Twigg said:
Thanks guys the surgery went well but the recovery is gonna be hell🙄. At least that's what everyone on staff here says.

In short few Rn's here are competent, but overworked. The lna's mostly don't speak english.
The food here sucks! Day one I was offered two pieces of soggy toast with scrambled eggs (made from powered eggs & a fingernail sized cup of butter.
as "breakfast" it might not sound too bad but i'm really, really, holding back . All I want right now is to play their game of "pt" so I can be pronounced "cured" and GTFO.
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Glad to hear from you but hope it gets better.

Just where are you (so we know to try to avoid that place)?
 
Twigg said:
Thanks guys the surgery went well but the recovery is gonna be hell🙄. At least that's what everyone on staff here says.

In short few Rn's here are competent, but overworked. The lna's mostly don't speak english.
The food here sucks! Day one I was offered two pieces of soggy toast with scrambled eggs (made from powered eggs & a fingernail sized cup of butter.
as "breakfast" it might not sound too bad but i'm really, really, holding back . All I want right now is to play their game of "pt" so I can be pronounced "cured" and GTFO.
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Best to get out and home to recover. It is important that you do the PT and exercises to get a full recovery.
 

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