Well that's me off my bike for a while

[Pat "5mph"]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn have a look at this free online Spanish course that came through my inbox today.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Physio had just been... Basically doesn't want me out of bed for the time being and has given me a few stretching exercises to do as often as I can manage through the pain. But basically other than getting me a Tens machine for the pain, there is not much he wants to do or me do until the mri scan had been done and he reckons that is going to need to be ambulance transport to and from the hospital to get it done. He wasn't too keen on me walking around either because of the risk of me falling and with the issues of negotiating our stairs, but he didn't rule it out.

 

[Scoosh]

Not too brilliant but worth it if when it works !

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Not too brilliant but worth it if when it works !

Nope not brilliant and he didnt want to give me any false promises of being put of bed anytime soon. Don't think I will be back on the bike anytime some sadly.

Drs have just rung and agreed to increase the gabapentin to try to get me out of some of the remaining nerve pain which is good news and prescribed some more morphine because i don't have enough to get me through the weekend. To review at the beginning of the next week.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Physio had just been... Basically doesn't want me out of bed for the time being

Aye, but you're a stubborn one
Mind, I'm the same, tell me not do do something and ...
Be extra careful though!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Aye, but you're a stubborn one
Mind, I'm the same, tell me not do do something and ...
Be extra careful though!

Oh I'm happy to stay put until I know what the damage is and we don't know that yet. Plus I have fallen 6 times now in the 2 weeks since this had happened and that does not count the number of times I have managed to catch myself as I have gone over which is easily ten times that number. I'm am happy to be careful at the moment. Stubborn can come back out to play when I'm in the recovery phase. I don't think we have completed the diagnostics stage yet!

 

[fossyant]

Get the hubby to clean your bikes ready for when you get better.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I have asked him to remove the chain from my road bike to prevent the cassette and chainrings from rusting. The chain was almost seems of life anyhow with 5,000km on it... The mtb is on average brand new and unused one so should be fine for lubricant.. Both of those bikes are stored outside under cover. He will just need to make sure the cassette and chainrings are lubricated, but they should be OK, I never put my bike away dirty or without falling with the chain thankfully... He will look at the weekend for me...

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

As you have all probably guessed from the no updates there had been little movement on the NHS front so after our Dr's surgery giving us hassle over taking 5 days for a letter to refer us to bupa (seriously) we went down the private route. I have limited cover with bupa so up until now we had tried avoiding it but I haven't even heard from the hospital regarding the mri, so we took the plunge. Luckily I have never had back problems before so bupa are covering me. The consultant we saw was rather surprised I even got private cover.

Anyhow we set things in motion on Monday, saw the consultant today, luckily bupa had already authorised an mri which was done whilst I was there today and we saw the consultant again afterwards. She's concerned to say the least. I have ruptures a disc (could've been 2 but I was in too much pain by then too take in everything she said). L5 and S1 were both mentioned as was a vertebra with degeneration, however her biggest concern was over the loss of strength and feeling in my right leg, particularly with the floppy foot syndrome. She is not sure that this will return (something I kind of already guessed/knew) or recover after this length of time and I may well not fully recover from this.

I see pre-op on Monday and this will decide on where the operation will happen. The choice being Bupa or NHS. It is possible that my asthma is too severe for the op to happen at the bupa hospital (that and my Bronchiectasis, tracheomalacia and adrenal insufficiency), so I have 2 dates for the op... Under the NHS (same consultant) on the 9th or privately on the 10th, it all depends on the anaesthetist on Monday.

I guess only time will tell now in that too much has passed since the original injury and then time after the op for recovery. Good news and bad news and no she isn't trying to prepare me for the worst, there is sadly a very serious chance that I won't get the full use of my good leg back.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

As you have all probably guessed from the no updates there had been little movement on the NHS front so after our Dr's surgery giving us hassle over taking 5 days for a letter to refer us to bupa (seriously) we went down the private route. I have limited cover with bupa so up until now we had tried avoiding it but I haven't even heard from the hospital regarding the mri, so we took the plunge. Luckily I have never had back problems before so bupa are covering me. The consultant we saw was rather surprised I even got private cover.

Anyhow we set things in motion on Monday, saw the consultant today, luckily bupa had already authorised an mri which was done whilst I was there today and we saw the consultant again afterwards. She's concerned to say the least. I have ruptures a disc (could've been 2 but I was in too much pain by then too take in everything she said). L5 and S1 were both mentioned as was a vertebra with degeneration, however her biggest concern was over the loss of strength and feeling in my right leg, particularly with the floppy for syndrome. She is not sure that this will return (something I kind of already guessed/knew) or recover after this length of time and I may well not fully recover from this.

I see pre-op on Monday and this will decide on where the operation will happen. The choice being Bupa or NHS. It is possible that my asthma is too severe for the op to happen at the bupa hospital (that and my Bronchiectasis, tracheomalacia and adrenal insufficiency), so I have 2 dates for the op... Under the NHS (same consultant) on the 9th or privately on the 10th, it all depends on the anaesthetist on Monday.

I guess only time will tell now in that too much has passed since the original injury and then time after the op for recovery. Good news and bad news and no she isn't trying to prepare me for the worst, there is sadly a very serious chance that I won't get the full use of my good leg back.

Oh dear, that's not a very good prognosis is it? I really hope you can keep your chin up with a stiff upper lip as well. I hope that the consultant is just being conservatively pessimistic and everything works out ok.

Good luck to you dear lady, good luck!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Oh dear, that's not a very good prognosis is it? I really hope you can keep your chin up with a stiff upper lip as well. I hope that the consultant is just being conservatively pessimistic and everything works out ok.

Good luck to you dear lady, good luck!

Nope is not great but I just have to remind myself there are people worse off than myself and I can always go over to a recumbent trike and/or road trike if needed to get mobile again afterwards. Driving would need the car modifying but I guess at that point I become officially disabled and would qualify for assistance. We will take it a day at a time.

 

[Soltydog]

Fingers crossed that the op is a success & you return to 'normality' soon

 

[ColinJ]

That does sound a bit grim, but it was never going to be good news, given how much pain you have been in and how it has immobilised you. Let's hope that the surgeon manages to sort you out.

 

[Mo1959]

Surprised you got offered surgery so quickly. I have L4 and L5 herniated discs and continued numbness but, apart from some basic physio, that was my lot. Mind you, I don't help myself as much as I should as I gave up on the physio quite quickly as I wasn't seeing any improvement. Should really do some of the exercises occasionally, especially on the sore days.

Hope the surgery is a success if you go ahead with it.

 

[cyberknight]

Big hugs is all i can offer