A Good Post DS Hospitalization
on 8/4/11 6:43 am
Good news: Ortho surgeon and nursing staff were super about my supplements and vitamins. They encouraged the use of shakes and came around to tell me to take my home vitamins, just like they were a part of their protocol. Good thing I had the shakes, hospital food left much to be desired. Now just to recover from this surgery....much harder than the DS.
"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us." Stephen Covey
Don't litter! Spay or neuter your pet
Hang in there, it really is worth all the therapy , even though there are rough days ! It is DEIFNITELY a harder recovery than the DS, but wait until you can walk everywhere without pain ! It will happen ! Just takes time.
Ginger<><
Revision #2 Dr John Rabkin June 21, 2013; First Revision DS - Dr Maguire 5-18-09; First DS 7-15-2003 Dr Clark Warden = Third time is the charm
on 8/5/11 2:21 am
(Didn't I read that you got to visit with Val at Porky Capones? We were In OH before my surgery and had the BEST bbq there. Truly was a pleasure to meet Val as she has always been one of my DS heroines. And the BBQ? Leave it to a DSer to do meat right; moist and tender... I'm drooling just thinking about it.)
"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us." Stephen Covey
Don't litter! Spay or neuter your pet
With your knee, just keep thinking end result ! It is hard, but this summer I about outwalked my DH ! LOL.. He was impressed with all the walking I did on a couple of side excursions on the way home. I now tell ANYONE having knee problems, just to fix it, as I waited to long to do mine and I think that really hindered my recovery as my leg muscles had already loss stength by the time I did it. I hope you got yours done before that happened !
Ginger<><
Revision #2 Dr John Rabkin June 21, 2013; First Revision DS - Dr Maguire 5-18-09; First DS 7-15-2003 Dr Clark Warden = Third time is the charm
on 8/5/11 2:11 am, edited 8/5/11 2:22 am
This is another reason why this forum is so important. The encouragement we get to be self-advocates really went well for me. I wasn't rude, just very insistent and knowledgeable. It will help the next WLS patient who goes there and insists on taking their own "stuff". The surgeon was impressed with me "upping" my protein.
"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us." Stephen Covey
Don't litter! Spay or neuter your pet