I don't think so I would be too afraid of falling without my leg on. That's what the PA said too but I know I would end up falling.
Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven
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I'm going to call the prosthetist tomorrow and possibly he could do something to my leg so it is not putting pressure on that spot. Thats what the problem is I need new sockets and they are going to make an appt with a doc who specializes in that and he will meet me at Hanger and does all the paperwork for Medicare. I'm not feeling that great. Had this infection for over a month.
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Well, I got my second cataract surgery done yesterday. This one was (and is on the next day) quite a bit more uncomfortable, but not outside the bounds of what I had been told. I may have misjudged the distance I asked for (16" - 40 cm) as it seems a bit far for reading, and maybe a bit close for the computer.
At least this time I didn't have my heart rate drop to 30 bpm while I was waiting on the gurney. (Which is what it did last March, and what has caused me to spend the past six months "doctoring" instead of getting the second eye done last March.) I will say that having your heart rate drop to half speed really makes for a lot of excitement when it happens in a hospital setting.
Ah well, too soon to say for sure whether I chose the wrong distance yet. I need to give the second eye (my master eye) time to settle in before I decide about all that. I will miss being able to change focus naturally though.
At least this time I didn't have my heart rate drop to 30 bpm while I was waiting on the gurney. (Which is what it did last March, and what has caused me to spend the past six months "doctoring" instead of getting the second eye done last March.) I will say that having your heart rate drop to half speed really makes for a lot of excitement when it happens in a hospital setting.
Ah well, too soon to say for sure whether I chose the wrong distance yet. I need to give the second eye (my master eye) time to settle in before I decide about all that. I will miss being able to change focus naturally though.
Oh my! So much for a routine cataract procedure ... surely not in your case. Was any reason found out for your heart rate drop? Hoping the 'distance' thing works out for you.
Oops, never thought of that. So, you really need to use a wheelchair. Even if it means having someone take you places so that they can get the wheelchair in and out of the vehicle.
That sounds really scary, Pat. Are you on antibiotics?
Congr atulations on the great news, legs and ginny. It certainly looked like an awful train wreck in slow motion. Medical science has advanced so far in the past few years.
I just discovered a story, not for the squeamish. Google Lucy Thurston mastectomy 1855.
my computer died and I am now on my kindle. I went through some busy hours getting exceptions for resumed telephone service, cheaply. Not the best time for such an event. My right b oo b is sometimes uncomfortable, and I am eager to get it chopped off. Nervous about pathology report, but once I pass through both of those events, the anxiety will settle down. Thankful for my new juice.
I just discovered a story, not for the squeamish. Google Lucy Thurston mastectomy 1855.
my computer died and I am now on my kindle. I went through some busy hours getting exceptions for resumed telephone service, cheaply. Not the best time for such an event. My right b oo b is sometimes uncomfortable, and I am eager to get it chopped off. Nervous about pathology report, but once I pass through both of those events, the anxiety will settle down. Thankful for my new juice.
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During the pre-cataract-op physical exam, they found a previously undiagnosed Atrial Flutter but said to go, ahead with the cataract surgery and get the AF attended to later. Dunno if the AF caused the bradycardia (slow heartbeat), but it was decided (without much input from me) to toss me into an ambulance for a 2 block ride to the main (University of Michigan) hospital where I was shoehorned into a lot of people's schedules for pre-op testing and catheterization/ablation where the doc sent in a probe with sensors, camera, and a tiny RF transmitter (like a mini-microwave oven). The doc looked things over, checked where the nerve impulses were travelling or not, and burned away a few errant pathways until my heart was beating properly to his satisfaction. I was asymptomatic for the entire time; I felt nothing unusual.
Anyway, between that and all the followup doctoring, and the medications they wanted me on, I didn't get back to get my left eye worked on until Thursday.
I hope it settles in at the right place for you. I need to get an eye exam.
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That's why I hate going to the Dr. They always find something.
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Well PW I hope that was enough excitment for one day.
Seriously though, are you following up with a cardiologist to Check all these heart issues out?
Yep; cardiology was most of what I was doing for the past 6 months. Nuclear stress test, another catheterization (besides the ablation), and essentially nothing found. I'll go in next month to get fitted for a Holter monitor (portable 12-lead EKG) that I will wear for a couple of days. If it wasn't for doctorin' I'd have no social life at all.
Oh and then there are "My" Contacts on ECF and continuing to post these messages, quips, and also entering the contest on ECF too . . . So all in all - meaning that it is a life well lived . . .
Just Sayin' . . .
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Same here. In the past 6 months hubs got very chummy with a retina specialist when he had a detached retina. Later was diagnosed with coronary artery disease, had one surgery for a stent, another for double bypass and I lost count on his CT scans and X-rays because of the complications following the bypass…ended up with Dressler's syndrome.
And we found out he's pre-diabetic…more doctor visits…despite the fact that he's not overweight, super active, exercises daily and eats a low fat, low salt vegetarian diet…but he has three close relatives who are diabetics and doc said diabetes can be genetic. Luckily he can manage it with pills.
Good luck to you getting to the bottom of this.
Yep 3rd round of em. I'm trying to do what he said and keep that leg off as much as possible, also taking the rubber inner sleeve off and the band aid adding more neosporin. We don't have anything we have to do till Monday. The Palliative Care nurse is coming on Wednesday along with the Social Worker.
Wow. Yes, it does seem that the older we get the more time we spend with the medical stuff. I'm glad you came through it all ok.
Got to spend some time on the phone with my Nephew today. He is a Veteran. The only one in our immediate family. He is precious.
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I hate to admit, I am getting old. I am watching, "The Longest Day". Going through the list of the cast and crew, the number of actors and actresses who have gone to the big screen in the sky is depressing!
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