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Thread: Surgery update
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16th June 2015, 01:42 PM #1
Surgery update
Hi all, well I had my spinal fusion and left hand carpal tunnel release done on 2 June in a 5 hour operation. Going home this Friday, 19th. Absolutely staggered at how well it all turned out. I was expecting to be out of action for up to 6 months. Instead, I'll be back in the shed in a week or two at most. Best of all, I can play my guitar again. Many, many thanks to my excellent surgeon, Michael Knight and the excellent staff at Monash Dandenong Hospital and Monash Kingston south rehab hospital in Cheltenham. Amazing, major spinal surgery and home - fit - in 17 days. No one better knock public hospitals within my earshot.
Cheers
MikeIf you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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16th June 2015, 02:39 PM #2
Well done Mike
and I hope it continues to go well for you.
Chris
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Life isn't always fair
....................but it's better than the alternative.
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18th June 2015, 11:20 PM #3
Great news for you Mike. Good to see someone who appreciates the medical facilities that we enjoy in Australia.
Having lived in South Africa for the first 37 years of my life where expensive private hospitals are equivalent to what we have in our public hospitals, I can only be very thankful for what we have here.
Regards and hope it only gets better for you.
Les
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19th June 2015, 09:40 AM #4
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Good to hear Mike, hope it continues to go well for you.
Cheers
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19th June 2015, 10:18 AM #5
Beauty.
Cliff.
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19th June 2015, 10:38 PM #6
Still here...bugger!
Still in hospital. Damn diabetes has caused some complications.
white platelets too high because of very high blood glucose number. Home Monday they think now if I can keep blood sugar below 10 Mmol/l. Currently stuck stubbornly around 15-16.
Grrrr!!
Wanna get home. Got some interesting goodies from Germany arrived today for my Duesenberg build. Can't wait to check it all out.If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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20th June 2015, 12:05 AM #7
Bugger, hang in there.
Cliff.
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24th June 2015, 03:45 PM #8
Surgery Update
Free at last. Home now after the diabetes complication dramas. Had to give up my first born to get out. Wanted to keep me another week. Buggy that I said. Anyway, taking it easy with a lot of bed time. Walking more each day with my Missy. Here'sa pic of the scar if you need proof that I actually had a spinal fusion.
And no, I'm not a plumber!
If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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24th June 2015, 03:50 PM #9
Erk.
Cliff.
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24th June 2015, 04:54 PM #10
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My BIL left the staples in his back op photo he sent me - creepy!
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24th June 2015, 06:56 PM #11
I didn't have staples. Dissolving sutures internally and ordinary ones on the incision. I'm just amazed. At no time since the surgery have I had any pain in the surgical site. I was up and walking the next day. Plus I got back the 35mm in height I'd lost over the past 3 years. All the post operative complications were due entirely to my diabetes. Mind you, taking so many damn pills I rattle when I fart 😬.
cheers
SheddyIf you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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24th June 2015, 08:11 PM #12
as I said elsewhere - take it easy and hoping for a full recovery
regards
Nick
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24th June 2015, 08:14 PM #13
And try not to fart.
Cliff.
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24th June 2015, 08:42 PM #14
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30th June 2015, 05:31 PM #15