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Post by Handy on Sept 19, 2019 0:36:31 GMT -5
saarinista, I am quite independent because of the past, leading to not wanting to be rejected or criticized. Being independent also helps keep me busy so i don't over think "what comes next" in the treatment plan. I also have instructions to walk a lot so that helps with the recovery and dissipates some frustrations. I would like to ride my bike but that is out for another month I am not suppose to drive but when my W drives she hits so many bumps and it isn't pain free. She is way too up tight driving. When I drive I know where many of the bumps are. Form a stop I start out slow, apply minimal power and brake very gently. With my W it is gas, then brake, then gas, come to a quick stop. She doesn't like to drive and her anxiety shows.
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Post by Handy on Sept 30, 2019 18:37:56 GMT -5
During a check-up today, I am going to be taking an experimental drug that might result in birth defects so I had to sign a paper promising not to get anyone pregnant. This part was verbal. I also got asked on paper and in private about someone "forcing me to have sex." My W, daughter and her man were in the exam room with me at the time.
Me, I am feeling fit as a fiddle but still have restrictions that limit what I should do or not do.
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Post by saarinista on Oct 2, 2019 9:05:22 GMT -5
yikes sorry about your appendectomy. The other hand I guess it beats the implications of a burst appendix. Still being a hospital is no fun and catheterization is the worst I can attest to that. ugh!
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Post by Handy on Oct 2, 2019 10:32:31 GMT -5
These doctor-hospital visits did uncover two things that could have killed me in short order, and now they are being treated. That is sort of a plus. The cauterization turned out OK in the long run. No having to get up and go to the potty every hour or every 1/2 hour. It did cause shrinkage so much so I had an in-ee for a while but the nurse had to inspect and clean the the area with a special wipe. There was nothing the least bit sexual about it. I also got over my dread of adult diapers and pooping in bed, well that happened too. Yea, it was rough for a couple of days but the doctors and nurses said what I went through was common with other people with the surgery I had so don't worry about the embarrassing events.
I can say that I has so much excellent care in the hospital that it made me want to hug every care giver, but no, I just said "thank you" every time someone came to check on me. The care I got was 2 to 4 times more than I ever expected.
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Post by worksforme2 on Oct 2, 2019 14:48:49 GMT -5
If it is any consolation to you Handy, if you have not been using that appendix, you probably were never going to use it anyway.
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Post by Handy on Oct 2, 2019 17:18:19 GMT -5
I see the humor in the idea of me not using the appendix so no loss. It was the foot of colon removed because the appendix and colon were cemented together and what was found in it that removed section that caused some serious issues. I am on the mend and have a bunch of doctors I work with, so that is good.
I never knew about MMR until about 10 days ago.
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Yea, it is too much information at times but amazing DNA repair works most of the time.
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