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[TiredofPain]

Well, finally down to the wire. Surgery is Tues morning. Have to be at the hospital tomorrow evening to screen and tag my blood. Then early Tues morning is the big day. To say that I'm emotionally drained would be an understatement. But, I'm sure you all have been there. Scared *&^%less is the strongess feeling right now. Crazy thoughts like, just live on pain meds.... Mmmmmm crap that won't work. HA HA. Went to my primary doc, the new one that I lucked into getting. Needed chest xray as last item, because of my bouts with pneaumonia. We chatted for some time and she asked if I wanted some anti-anxiety meds. I declined because I'm hoping to one day live med free. And I'm on enough other stuff, I'm afraid of bad side effects. Kinda wish I had taken her up on the offer. Oh well, glad I found this site when I did. I know that there are others like me. Thanks for letting me vent. See you on the other side.

J

[jsewell]

good luck , you will do fine. I am almost all fused and doing ok . I thought i would not be able to move at all. You will be fine, let us know how you are doing when you feel up to it.
judy

[dshobbies]

J,

Right about now you're jumping out of your skin. Don't worry, it will all be in place when you wake up from surgery, even though some of it will be stitched together

Good luck tomorrow and when you're up to it, let us know how it went. You are in our thoughts.

Dale

[mmglobal]

Looking for good news here after your surgery.

[TiredofPain]

Greetins all. Well, my surgery is complete. Although I still have pain it is different than before. The morning after the surgery my surgeon came in to let me know that it went perfectly. I received phenomenal care at the hospital and my pain was well managed with meds. I'm now home and going to start the recovery. I have already been doing alot of walking and will continue to do so. I'm pretty exhausted but felt as though I needed to give you the update. More to come after my first post-op appt. Thank you very much for being here for me and providing me with the support and advice you have given to this point. This is a great site.

Thanks again.
J

[Maria]

Hi J,
Glad you came thru surgery well and are doing well w/recovery to date. I look forward to hearing more about your surgery/recovery whenever you feel like updating as fusion will probably be the only thing available to me if it should come to the point/time surgery is indicated (it was I just chose not to do it).

Wishing you a steady progressive and relatively painless recovery! thanks for taking the time to update post op! Maria

[dshobbies]

top,

Very excellent! Glad to hear you're doing well. A word of caution if I may - take it slow. Several short walks are much better than one long one. The name of this game is slow and steady. I know there will be times you feel great and want to push - take my word for it, you will pay the price. However, we all learned that the hard way and I suspect you will too.

Congrats and welcome to the other side

Dale

[TiredofPain]

Hello Maria and Dale,

Although I have read many times not to over due it, what do you think the first thing I did was. You guessed it. Over did it. I thought that I had my room for recovery all ready to go. Still needed a few more things. Also, had a sprinkler system installed in my yard while in the hospital. Of course I had to walk around the house to check it out. Needless to say.... OUCH!!!! My wife has grounded me and I'm only allowed to get out of bed with her assistance. She has taken the next 2 weeks off of work to help, so she wins. I guess all of the anesthesia had not yet worn off giving me a 100 percent pain free feeling. Also, the short walks are the only thing on my agenda for the next couple of weeks or more. Well, off to the land of pain meds and sleep. Weird how I had all the energy in the world before getting home and now hard to keep the eyes open. Will update again soon.

J

[jsewell]

J
congrats on making it through the waiting game, which i find is usually the hardest part.
I agree with Dale i've been there done that at least twice!! And i sure paid.

Wishing you a great recovery and pain free ness!!!!
judy