Well that's me off my bike for a while

[roadrash]

cant say anything that rocky hasnt said , hope today was a better day and i hope tomorrow is even better
and i hope mrs RM gets the appropriate treatment.

 

[Katherine]

Hope you're holding up. It seems everyone has a lot of faith in you. xx

 

[Scoosh]

Hope you're holding up. It seems everyone has a lot of faith in you. xx

Faith ?

Nah - CC expects

We are united in our Best Wishes for @SatNavSaysStraightOn and just want to see her riding off round the world again.

(= Bye- eee !)

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Not holding up too well at the moment. being staying away because it is all too much. I can't remember if I said, but I took another fall on Monday and the pain on Tuesday through to Thursday has been unbearable. It seems to be settling a touch now but there is a good bruise now showing from underneath the dressing from the operation site. It seems to have started to settle a touch yesterday thankfully but it is still rather too painful. My balance is also all over the place now even with crutches. We will have to see how things go over the weekend and if it has not improved talk with the Dr on Monday.

my younger brother has finally rung me. 10 mins later my other brother rang me and asked if he had rung. I asked what bribery he had resorted to to get him to talk - the answer was a had claimed he was too busy to text him our parents address and he should ring me so I could give it to him - he never asked me for it! so much for family support hey... at least one of the 3 is trying (there are technically 4, but one is a step brother we inherited (is that the right phrase) when our mother remarried) and whilst we send them and their children cards, it does not seem to work the other way round). As for my sister... well who knows who she is.

@User14044 sorry to hear about Mrs R.... at least you know the cause. It was the ulnar nerve that I have/had all the issues with in my left arm as well so she has my sympathies. Please pass on my best wishes to her and a cuddle.

 

[cyberknight]

Feck the doctor monday , phone the non emergency line ( 111 ) and they can advise you , imho i think you need to bee seen asap and should not be at home alone or maybe even unfortunately back in hospital till your good enough .
GWS !

 

[vickster]

Have you been in touch with the surgeon since the op? If not, it might be worth a call or an email to her private secretary. Try to see her before Xmas (you may need bupa sign off if an extra consultation, but there won't be an issue if you say she has requested to see you). I'd forget the gp at this point other than for repeat meds, you need specialist care right now

 

[Glow worm]

Really sorry to see you're so poorly Emma and sounds like family worries don't help at all. Agree with the above that you should see someone asap and perhaps time to start kicking some proverbial until you get the care you deserve. I hope very much you feel much better very soon.

 

[Ganymede]

I agree about ringing the doctor's secretary. Though you might not get them today - still worth a try. It's getting a bit much from the sound of it.

 

[vickster]

It'll be Monday I assume. She or the surgeon might pick up email over the weekend

 

[Pale Rider]

I agree about ringing the doctor's secretary. Though you might not get them today - still worth a try. It's getting a bit much from the sound of it.

This post is so good she posted it twice.

Which is my flippant way of saying I agree with jacking up the consultant sooner rather than later.

I have no medical knowledge, but SatNav's post-operative experience is surely not what was expected.

 

[cyberknight]

This post is so good she posted it twice.

Which is my flippant way of saying I agree with jacking up the consultant sooner rather than later.

I have no medical knowledge, but SatNav's post-operative experience is surely not what was expected.

Guy at work has been off for nearly 6 weeks post op , thats all i know .

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I was told that the pain would be worse after the op for anything up to 6 weeks. The falls are simply an indication of the nerve damage and my inability to control the leg. The longer they go on for, and they have been happening since the disk ruptured back on the 5th November, simply gives a better idea on how much nerve damage there is, verse problems from inflammation. The swelling will take weeks to go down completely because my body can't heal quickly and I can't have non-steroidal anti-inflamatory drugs (NSAIDs). Sadly I took another one this afternoon, immediately after my physio of sitting in a chair for 5-10 minutes. I got up and turned to go to the bathroom which is to the right and my leg simply didn't hold me. The bruise had already started to show, but at least my right shoulder had stopped hurting now. I took a dose of morphine straight away and lay down. I'll take some more codeine soon and dose up for the night so I get some rest.

Dr's are not open at the weekend and any ambulance will take me to the a&e unit my consultant does not work at, we are in the middle of 2 of them. I would rather end up at the hospital she works at personally. I'll try to speak to someone on Monday and just be careful about right hand turns, they are the ones my physio warned me about, turn on the good side not the bad.. Problem is that for the last 20 years the good side had been the right hand side!

 

[Scoosh]

^ ^ ^ 'Like' but not really - sounds too horrific for me - I'm very glad you are made of much sterner stuff.

We're all thinking, praying, rooting, doing anything else we can from our respective distances for you ... but you know that, don't you ?

Now, if we could share out your pain and lack of mobility ...

 

[coffeejo]

Keep on keeping on x

 

[coffeejo]

+1 Everything wot Jo says

Jo says to send all the mince pies to Somerset...