One of our long time moderators, AllisS, is having surgery tomorrow. (I PMD you last week, Allis. But having computer problems. Going to Apple tomorrow.)
Please, everyone, prayers and good thoughts for Allis.take your computer with you and let us know how you are doing.
Allis
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AllisS
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Thanks for all of the well-wishes. Surgery last Friday seemed to go well. I've been back from the hospital since Monday. Good early mobility (or so I'm told), but it's a nuisance have to stagger around the house on crutches or a walker and unable to bend to pick things up, carry coffee cup from one room to the next w/out help, etc. All relatively minor, transient complaints, I realize.
Allison
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If your illness was preceded by use of a medication, e.g., an antibiotic, please fill out an FDA Adverse Event Report at http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/default.htm
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roy
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Nice to hear your back home and doing well.
Hospitals kick out patients fast now.
Not long ago you would be in for at least a week and maybe two.
It's the same with maternity units.
In the UK they discharge after 4 hours but when my kids were born in the 80s it was a week in hospital.
The main reason is the risk of HAIs.
Hospitals kick out patients fast now.
Not long ago you would be in for at least a week and maybe two.
It's the same with maternity units.
In the UK they discharge after 4 hours but when my kids were born in the 80s it was a week in hospital.
The main reason is the risk of HAIs.
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AllisS
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Thanks, Beth and Roy. No HAI so far (knock on wood); not sure what average duration is for risk of this. I am walking well, increasingly with crutches and less with walker. Unfortunately, cold, borderline-wintery weather is about to descend ... quite early for this. I had always hoped to avoid a wintertime recovery, which poses ice danger. And I will have to rely on a stranger -- aide from private-care company -- to drive me anywhere I may have to go, as my sister is returning home on Saturday. Perhaps I can resume driving at the four-week follow-up or soon thereafter, as I'm pretty certain I won't be taking any of the prescribed opioids by then. (Though may need them, depending on election outcome!)
If your illness was preceded by use of a medication, e.g., an antibiotic, please fill out an FDA Adverse Event Report at http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/default.htm
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