I'm now post-op!
Probably the worst "in hospital" post-op care I have ever received...but I'm all fixed.
At +48 hours, I am bearing weight and my bride is pushing me through my physical therapy/ROM torture sessions like a pro.
An oddity though...my dressings AND bandages were thoroughly bloodied, and the standard line from the hospital was not to change them for the first week because they were "sterile when applied in the OR"
Now, since bacteria and whatnot travels 300+ times faster in a liquid medium than in a clean dry dressing, I thouhgt this didn't make much sense. Add to that, the medium here is organic (blood) which would lead me to wonder about smell and colonization.
So, for the time being, I have changed my bandages but left my dressing in place.
I have some pretty cool scope photos that I will try to scan and post after a bit.
I have said before, nothing adds to the provider perspective like being a patient.
I think that calls for the start of another thread...
Eagle
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Primum non Nocere
"I have hung out in dangerous places a lot over the years, from combat zones to biker bars, and it is the weak, the unaware, or those looking for it, that usually find trouble.
Ain't no one getting out of this world alive. All you can do is try to have some choice in the way you go. Prepare yourself (and your affairs), and when your number is up, die on your feet fighting rather than on your knees. And make the SOBs pay dearly."
The Reaper-3 Sep 04
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