I’m home and my mom is with me for the first day. She caters to my needs and makes sure I don’t fall on my face anywhere. The hospital prescribed me hydromorph and they gave me all the required educational materials about addiction upon discharge. My husband came home with the meds and told me that the pharmacist was all in a tizzy because the doctor didn’t prescribe narcan with them. I was like what for? It’s not like I’m planning on overdosing! But he said he went on to tell him that if I did for someone to make sure to put the narcan in my nose and then call 911. I thanked him for the info and then told him that it really won’t be of any help if this should happen if I am by myself. Good Point ! I am happy to say that I managed to stay away from the hydromorph and only took 2 pills when I had really wicked painful bowel movements that had me sitting with my butt up in bed weak and worn out and pain riveting thru that part of my body like it was no tomorrow. Sitting was a real treat you needed to get the spot just right, forget about posture and ergonomics…the butt dictates everything!! How you sit, stand, sleep, walk. As I was saying before I had a hard time with walking after surgery and I was discharged with a walker. So home we went with the walker and we were told that I would get some at home physio because of the problems I have experienced. I’m like ok. I messaged my regular physio to let him know what went on with my surgery and his opinion on this at home physio thing. He was like yes that’s fine have him come and then once you are back driving and walker-less come to me. Sounds good. So the outpatient physio comes to my house and I explain to him that anything chest up is off limits as I am currently working with my regular physio on this. Name drop clinic and physio first and last name, no reaction. Told him if you would like, you can call him if you have questions about anything. I tell him that I am not a “normal” case and explain the central sensitization and the headaches and that if we do exercises that depending on what we are doing I may have pain in my teeth.This guy looks at me as if he is a 5th grader that just got a rubik’s cube to solve for the first time ! Here I am trying to keep an open mind and ….nope ! So he gives me his exercises and I do them to the best of my ability as I am smart enough to know to not go into the pain range. I know he wants me to go there but it’s not happening. He calls me up in a week and half for another appointment. At this time I have ditched the walker and I want to be rid of it but he is like no don’t do that. Keep it in case you have a setback, (no freaking way that thing is staying here permanently). I kept it for a few more day and called for a pickup. At this point I am seeing my old physio and this guy and he thinks he’s helping me when it’s actually the taping and the modified exercises my old physio has dreamed up. I have one last at home appointment with this guy and he calls me as he happens to be in my building a bit early and wants to see me. I told him I’m on my way but am stuck in traffic and we can reschedule. He’s like oh well we can do this over the phone. Huh? Yup asked me about my mobility, I told him it was much better due to the taping my other physio did on my lower back and I am still walking slowly and limping but at least it’s not with a walker. Ok then I will discharge you and note you are going to outpatient physio.
I went to my follow up appointment with my surgeon and he apologized for ditching me during the time when I was admitted into the hospital. He says he still doesn’t know what caused the 3 day stay at Casa LHSC….no one really knows but everyone can speculate! We have flare up, too much meds, and possibly too much anesthesia as well as my body going through a whack tonne of stress before the surgery. A combination of everything???
(Evil Bank Lady + Bank accounts disappearing + House not closing on time + anything else you can think of + surgery = Giant Cluster and shutdown of all things ME )
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