Hey Johnbarry,
Ohh, don’t worry I’ll be sure to let you all know if/when things progress either way, that is, if/when they decide to go chop-chop or if things go backwards any further. Presently it’s all a case of wait and see. Waiting, waiting…
Thanks
Merl
I’m sorry, Merl. That waiting would drive me bananas. What’s up with that? Are there not enough doctors to do it before that in your area? Around here they Chop Chop as soon as they get the chance it seems like.
Hey Aly,
“…That waiting would drive me bananas…” Me too, but then I can’t do much about it all. We’ve just had a massive new hospital built, seemingly the most expensive building in the southern hemisphere. Part of the theory was that with a new hospital things would run smoother and quicker, but that has not been the case. If someone has an operation they are still going to need a similar recovery time, new hospital or not, so their ‘quicker’ theory is doomed before it even starts.
Our medical system is similar to what the planned ‘Obamacare’ was to be ie Free for everyone. If it’s deemed ‘urgent’ there’s no waiting but if it’s deemed elective, well, some people can be waiting years for things like knee replacements, unless they have private health cover. The private insurers won’t touch me as I have a ‘pre existing medical condition’ and as for the term ‘elective’, I didn’t elect for them to leave a plastic tube floating around inside of me. I’m in pain due to it but the pain won’t kill me, so they say “That’s elective” Grrrr.
Damn doctors.
Merl
Aye mate, please let me know
Merl, I hate that you are going thru this. I guess there is nothing you can do, except hang in there. Doesn’t seem right at all. If you are in pain, it shouldn’t be elective. I know we aren’t talking about a minor headache, either.
I know a lady who had 3 aneurisms, the drs found them a few months ago, and she had surgery a week ago. Now, something isn’t right because she isn’t waking up and the drs keep saying they think she will, but its been almost 7 days, and she has not. Have you ever heard of anything like that? I have not.
I still think your situation is a bunch of bunk, but realize you can’t help it at all.
Hope everything else is going as good as it can be.
Yes, I have both heard and seen this occur. As I’ve mentioned before I’m sure, I worked with people with disabilities for many years. Depending on where the neurosurgery was needed, there may be significant swelling and this could alter both blood and CFS flows. These alterations can take time for the body (and mind) to adjust too. One aneurism can have major effects, so three? WOW, that could well be life changing and take quite sometime for the body to normalise from. I’d say, don’t be losing hope yet. The best thing for a body to recover is sleep and the situation may well be slowly, slowly right, down to VERY slowly. But a week into recovery?.. That’s like the blink of an eye in neurosurgical terms.
As for my situation, ahh well, as (again) I often say “It’s all s&*t, it’s just the depth that varies”, and you are correct it’s not right, but it’s not up to me unfortunately. I have to accept I have no control and for a control freak like me that’s one difficult thing to accept. But here we are…
Merl
You sound more like a doctor than a TBI survivor. You were right, my friend woke up earlier and her son said she was drinking coffee. I should have waited a bit longer to get worried, I guess.
LOL, your saying is correct. Ha ha. You have a great attitude about it.
Thank you for saying that, but, don’t get me wrong here, I still have those days of ‘F$#% the world and everybody in it’ and I do not have all of the answers, in fact, not at all. But the way I look at things is sure things aren’t great, but in saying that, I also know that they could be worse, a hell of a lot worse.
I think that’s because I’ve been on both sides of the equation, both as a worker and as a patient/survivor. It has assisted me over the years as I strongly believe, had I not worked in the field, my frustration with the systems and my own recovery would REALLY have done my head in (No pun intended).
Merl
So, today I got ‘the’ call. Initially I thought it was simply one of those follow up calls, but it turns out that my number has been called and I’m to have surgery on Monday. Previously I was told this would all occur in consultation with the neuros, now it seems this is not the case ??? The consultation may all be ‘in-house’ ???
I don’t know, I’m just the patient. We’ll go along on Monday and see what the story is from there I suppose. Wish me luck.
Merl
We wish you luck!..I guess its a good thing being short notice?..Dont have much time to dwell on it…Keep us informed please.
Thanks davOD.
I do agree about the short notice. The less time for me to be thinking of all of the ‘What if’s’ is a very good thing.
Thanks again
Merl
Well things aren’t travelling along to badly. Healing up well. A bit of discomfort twisting or reaching but it’s to be expected, they’ve cut my belly. No change with the headaches but I wasn’t expecting any either. It’s just one less thing the dr’s could point at and say ‘Well, maybe ‘that’s’ the cause…’. They can’t say that now 'cos it’s gone and so are the abdominal pains it was causing. All Good.
Merl