Lady8i8
Updates.. Long overdue..
Jan 12, 2009
Well here we are in 2009. Hard to believe my first surgiversary is already almost here. It doesn't feel like it's been a year. Especially since I spent 11 months in hospital this year. Incidentally that's not *quite* what I meant when I said I needed a vacation. I guess I wasn't specific enough. (Sigh) I was in Toronto for 8 months, then transferred by Air Ambulance to Brockville where I spent another 3 months in the Rehab unit of the hospital. A little over a month into it I sprained my ankle, of course the same leg/foot/ankle that had the nerve damage in Toronto so I really made a mess.After a few weeks of telling me to work through the pain they changed their minds and decided that I should not walk on it for at least 5 weeks because I might be doing more damage -- GO FIGURE. This was their reasoning for kicking me from Rehab and sending me home. Well they wanted to force me into a convalescent bed in a nursing home for a short time but it would have been out of pocket not covered by OHIP or our medical insurance in any way and honestly who has that kind of money 3 weeks before Christmas? If we'd known ahead of time we could have planned for it, but they were giving us a whopping 2 days notice -- Nasty.
In any event they ended up sending me home by ambulance 2 weeks before Christmas despite the fact that the OT advised against it because my house isn't wheelchair accessible, and if the place catches on fire I'm as good as dead. They weren't too concerned about that somehow. Sure gives you that warm fuzzy feeling. When they say that our health care system has gone to hell they sure weren't kidding.
As of 4 weeks ago I've lost 266 pounds. It was 268 but on last weigh in I'd gained 2 pounds. We'd been walking more, doing standing transfers, and leg excercises though so I imagine a lot of that was muscle coming back. The fluid in my legs is starting again too so that doesn't help either.. but I'm almost half my weight now, and feeling pretty good.
Still having eating issues, but it's improved some. I have no more sleep apnea, diabetes numbers are good, and my asthma hasn't been an issue either. so there are some perks in there too..
Hope that everyone is doing well.. Let's Catch Up Soon :)
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About Me
Cardinal, ON
Location
390.9
BMI
Surgery
01/21/2008
Surgery Date
Mar 25, 2007
Member Since
