tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post7447157927956441795..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: The Gory DetailsZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-41397680775160616192010-04-17T22:00:16.050+01:002010-04-17T22:00:16.050+01:00Hello James - sorry this wasn't published befo...Hello James - sorry this wasn't published before, it got put in the spam folder, I don't know why.<br /><br />I see what you mean - the arms and the legs going forward - but the way I was walking didn't look very military and I wouldn't know how else to describe it.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-90952611811827511312010-04-02T18:53:06.765+01:002010-04-02T18:53:06.765+01:00Excellent description! This makes things so much c...Excellent description! This makes things so much clearer for those of us who feel they don't get enough information when asking about procedures. (But would mention that a "left, right, left" gait is not opposite, but correct military march!)tvpartyjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155822753802749835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-63039314663782673882010-01-29T01:01:30.209+00:002010-01-29T01:01:30.209+00:00I feel I'd be intruding by watching an operati...I feel I'd be intruding by watching an operation. I sort of would quite like to see my own, in a way - but if it were to upset me, I couldn't unsee it and it would always be there in my mind, so safer not. <br /><br />LZM, some people have told me that the pain had completely vanished when they first woke up - though they must have been on medication as it can't be true that there is no post-operative pain. I was talking to a nurse about pain and she said that one person simply can't be compared to another. Each has their own experience and we all have a pain threshold that we can't help either.<br /><br />Also, those who were most relieved had had great pain from the arthritis over a long period and your acute symptoms came on quite suddenly, I think. <br /><br />My legs first started hurting eight years ago. I've had a good mental block in place and tend not to acknowledge how much it hurts. If I admit it, I feel it more.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-57502294894262781842010-01-29T00:15:09.518+00:002010-01-29T00:15:09.518+00:00I must be a real baby because I had much more disc...I must be a real baby because I had much more discomfort (screaming pain) than what you described, at the surgerical site just after I woke, even though I had a morphine drip that I controlled with a button. Perhaps that was an added benefit of the spinal. I will definetely ask about being awake next time. Thank you for posting the details.luckyzmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176703683321469118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-15692973197840489222010-01-29T00:10:43.513+00:002010-01-29T00:10:43.513+00:00I remember seeing a locally anaesthestiesd hip rep...I remember seeing a locally anaesthestiesd hip replacement on 'Your Life In Their Hands'. I turned it over once the chiselling started....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-65378128922336717542010-01-28T21:16:35.252+00:002010-01-28T21:16:35.252+00:00By the way, Pamela, on your site you ask for feedb...By the way, Pamela, on your site you ask for feedback but I can't see where to give it - am I being dense?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-48319031169640207642010-01-28T21:03:48.509+00:002010-01-28T21:03:48.509+00:00He knew I specifically wanted to be awake, so mayb...He knew I specifically wanted to be awake, so maybe he was cautious with the spinal. I'd wondered if it would make me dopey, but I felt just the same. He made preparations for an epidural, but didn't need it.<br /><br />To be honest, I was not keen on the prospect of possibly making a fool of myself on coming round (control freak that I am) and that was one reason (not mentioned to the medics) for wishing to remain awake!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-80946096963255514292010-01-28T15:22:10.464+00:002010-01-28T15:22:10.464+00:00Hi
I had a spinal (11 weeks ago) and that knocked ...Hi<br />I had a spinal (11 weeks ago) and that knocked me out even before they topped it up with a light anesthetic. I'd just have soon gone without the (albeit light version of the) anesthetic. I come out anesthesia kicking and screaming just like I think someone has been cutting me up and I've got to defend myself :)<br />Luckily I'm not aware that I'm doing that and the more tactful staff tell me I was just "a little disorientated" the others tell me the truth (how embarrassing!)Pamela Maunsellhttp://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-68858762666743960622010-01-28T12:41:45.881+00:002010-01-28T12:41:45.881+00:00Matter of fact suits me nicely, Christopher.
Slig...Matter of fact suits me nicely, Christopher.<br /><br />Slightly embarrassing to write bits of it, CA, but otherwise I quite enjoyed it.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-31717795433065225492010-01-28T11:53:43.493+00:002010-01-28T11:53:43.493+00:00Thank you for that Z, it was really interesting.Thank you for that Z, it was really interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-20522447909937327892010-01-28T10:53:21.360+00:002010-01-28T10:53:21.360+00:00Thank you, Z. Please detect no callousness in my f...Thank you, Z. Please detect no callousness in my first reaction, viz. that if ever you need the other hip doing you've only to change right for left in the text and you've got a post ready made. But my second was of feeling very relieved for you.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-69055797022584056202010-01-28T08:22:49.485+00:002010-01-28T08:22:49.485+00:00I was trying to remember it all in order - I notic...I was trying to remember it all in order - I noticed the unemotional tone but it was just the way it came out. <br /><br />I don't know, LOM, I wonder if some ops might be a bit much to cope with if they are long or involve the face. I mean, for example, my mother had a stent fitted, which must have gone through her mouth all the way to her bile duct, God knows how. It would be ghastly to be awake through that, even sedated. And not all surgeons care for the idea anyway. I think the thing is to raise the subject early and sound very sensible!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-44109387506737455692010-01-28T07:50:51.574+00:002010-01-28T07:50:51.574+00:00I enjoyed that. Thank you.I enjoyed that. Thank you.Blue Witchhttp://blue-witch.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-43249995050917492892010-01-28T05:08:06.700+00:002010-01-28T05:08:06.700+00:00I got to the end, I knew someone who's mother ...I got to the end, I knew someone who's mother had a spinal to have her kneecaps replace. We all had a good laugh when she told us she thought they were repairing the bed when the banging started.<br /><br />Can they do any op with a spinal, I hate the thought of being knocked out.lomhttp://anewwayoflife08.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-24132036321800824252010-01-28T04:16:14.626+00:002010-01-28T04:16:14.626+00:00Wow. That was absolutely fascinating Z. I have won...Wow. That was absolutely fascinating Z. I have wondered, since you first mentioned it, what it would be like having a hip replacement with only a spinal - now I know - albeit second hand :-).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-30208561768278413082010-01-28T01:41:51.194+00:002010-01-28T01:41:51.194+00:00Well- I did read it all. You could be an acomplish...Well- I did read it all. You could be an acomplished medical writer. I find it unusual you took such an analytical view and not the emotional one as most do.Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907154817666327667noreply@blogger.com