Well that's me off my bike for a while

[fossyant]

Best Wishes - lets hope this is the road to recovery !!!

 

[Mrs M]

Back ops = poop. Big time.
Even after a wee set back, sounds like your surgeon is "on the ball" and planning ahead for your recovery. Even if it takes another op.
1st hurdle over, more to come, BUT you are a strong, determined young lady and you will get better.
Xx

 

[The Jogger]

That's so shite, I hope things improve soon, take care..........

 

[cyberknight]

Bugger.

 

[gavgav]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn

 

[Fubar]

Hey @SatNavSaysStraightOn just checking in with you - hoping you have had a better night and you're having a long lie!

It is VERY cold up here in Scotch-land so probably no cycling for me tomorrow, though wind and rain is on the way for Sunday so hopefully I'll get out then!

Keep in touch

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Sadly had a shitty night last night as well (the nurse on duty is of the opinion you need less pain meds at night not more and if it days 4-6hrs as needed, then you are on 6 hours and she will say 5 mins but take an hour to get the mrs to you one reason I want out, why are they always on the night shift?) , but double steroids helps during the day, so now plotting my escape and assuming I can convince physio tomorrow that i am ok, then I hoping to be out tomorrow afternoon. I need to escape... I will have to return to our routine at home that we had before for quite some time to come, so will need plenty of Spanish DVD recommendations (see the what did you watch last night film thread) for some time to come

More good news is that we have managed to get upgraded to fibre broadband and although the speed is not great it is 3 times what we were getting (so only slow not terminal) now uncapped and cheaper I will be able to watch more online than before!

Thanks everyone... Your support is much appreciated and needed.

 

[Glow worm]

Good luck with the escape SNSSO! Reminds me of when I escaped briefly from hospital once, I was due to have a collar bone pinned next day (yes caused by an unscheduled dismount!), and while the guards nurses weren't looking, I escaped to the pub across the road. I still had that little plastic ID wristband on they give you, and as I queued for my pint, I noticed that the 4 or 5 other blokes at the bar all had the same wristbands- fellow thirsty escapees!
Anyway hope you get home tomorrow and get some decent rest.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I'm happy to convene a raiding party and spring out out. I'll distract the night nurse with pictures of my feet and the rest can get you out

The layout is interesting for a window escape... I'm over the front entrance on the 1st floor, easy to find and apparently the only person at the front of the building with the window open!

 

[Mo1959]

Sadly had a shitty night last night as well (the nurse on duty is of the opinion you need less pain meds at night not more and if it days 4-6hrs as needed, then you are on 6 hours and she will say 5 mins but take an hour to get the mrs to you one reason I want out, why are they always on the night shift?) , but double steroids helps during the day, so now plotting my escape and assuming I can convince physio tomorrow that i am ok, then I hoping to be out tomorrow afternoon. I need to escape... I will have to return to our routine at home that we had before for quite some time to come, so will need plenty of Spanish DVD recommendations (see the what did you watch last night film thread) for some time to come

More good news is that we have managed to get upgraded to fibre broadband and although the speed is not great it is 3 times what we were getting (so only slow not terminal) now uncapped and cheaper I will be able to watch more online than before!

Thanks everyone... Your support is much appreciated and needed.

They are great places when you really need them, but the minute you feel even the slightest bit better it is great to get home. I know I was champing at the bit to get home after my op.

Hopefully if you get home and back into your own little routine it will seem much more bearable.

 

[summerdays]

I've escaped a couple of times, once during a diabetics test, another time after being admitted in labour I left for a few hours and other time they wanted to keep me in overnight with pains to be reviewed in the morning. Each time I argued I lived near enough that I could get in fairly quickly. And for children 2 and 3 I went for a home birth! I hate the places as a patient though don't mind visiting them in other roles.

 

[summerdays]

The layout is interesting for a window escape... I'm over the front entrance on the 1st floor, easy to find and apparently the only person at the front of the building with the window open!

That means if someone else opens their window, Rocky might try using his feet on the wrong person! Haven't you got long (very very long) hair that you could let down through your open window, then there is less chance of him making a mistake, and remember he isn't very good at reading instructions!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

[QUOTE 3422456, member: 9609"]so have you had any improvements since the op, less numbness, less pins and needles etc ?[/QUOTE]
Pins and needles are less but staff think that is a change from gabapentin to pregabalin which I have been changed over to by my consultant. Right now no-one is expecting me to be able to drive an unmodified car any time soon. Physio have said it is going to take time, and until the nerve root swelling decreases of its own accord the leg issues will not go away if there is no permanent damage. No-one really thinks there is no permanent damage sadly, it is a time will tell scenario and it is a months to years time scale not days to weeks. Sadly they also think it will be back for more surgery around easter.

I still don't have to toe lift back, but i will continue to try those exercises with both get if only to keep that concept going. Physio have me walking 5-10m with crutches. It is the sitting down that is much more problematic and is going to take time and practice sadly. Until I can do that i guess I can't even think about bikes and implications/solutions.

We will just take each day as it comes.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

That means if someone else opens their window, Rocky might try using his feet on the wrong person! Haven't you got long (very very long) hair that you could let down through your open window, then there is less chance of him making a mistake, and remember he isn't very good at reading instructions!

If he asks for the only window on the first floor at the apex of the entrance roof...

 

[vickster]

Hope you have a more comfortable night. Have they got you out of bed yet?