RUAJedi2 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 I got this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Why? Seems inconvenient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 My wife had to have emergency surgery and had to have 2 feet of her intestines removed. She is in the hospital for another few days. My dog, Murray, is starting to have old dog problems...back hip keeps giving out, accidents in the house, etc. He is mentally still very much in the game and doesn't appear to be in any real pain. But in some ways, that makes things harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Oh crap! Sorry to hear that about your wife. I was terrified I’d have to have emergency surgery for my large intestine last spring and was so glad I was able to let things heal up for elective surgery. I had almost a foot of mine removed. How is your wife doing with her recovery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUAJedi2 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 14 hours ago, RUAJedi2 said: I was on top of Hawksbill Mountain taking some pics, turned around, there was a wet area from rain the night before, the rock was slippery, and I fell on my ass. Literally. Sort of tried to catch myself, and now have one bruised ass and one sprained wrist. Actual medical term: FOOSH (fall onto out-stretched hand). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUAJedi2 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 10 hours ago, Hobbes said: My wife had to have emergency surgery and had to have 2 feet of her intestines removed. She is in the hospital for another few days. My dog, Murray, is starting to have old dog problems...back hip keeps giving out, accidents in the house, etc. He is mentally still very much in the game and doesn't appear to be in any real pain. But in some ways, that makes things harder. Hope she recovers quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 12 hours ago, Jacen123 said: Oh crap! Sorry to hear that about your wife. I was terrified I’d have to have emergency surgery for my large intestine last spring and was so glad I was able to let things heal up for elective surgery. I had almost a foot of mine removed. How is your wife doing with her recovery? Thanks. I guess as well as you can (she has had IBS for decades causing her intestines to flair up and slowly shift around. After decades, the intestines got tangled up). This weekend is Oktoberfest at the local ski resort and a huge autumn art festival in downtown...she thought she would be able to attend those, but now she doesn't know what she is thinking--she will be in the hospital for a bit more. I think they are taking the epidural out today which she is not excited about. How long was your recovery? 7 hours ago, RUAJedi2 said: Hope she recovers quickly! Thanks! I have been by myself with the boys for the last week. It is crazy how quickly the three of us can degenerate into eating nothing but cereal and fast food when left alone. We still have a few more days to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Oh man. Sending good healing juju. I had this surgery too but it was many years ago but not caused by its but ulcers. My total recovery was I guess three months but I am not in shape and it got worse afterwards in a way because I couldn’t lift more than ten pounds and the diet restrictions sucked. It’s rare I eat a greasy meal but I pay for it in a way later. Oddly I forgot I had it until recently when going through some old medical records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Ugh, that history with IBS sounds absolutely miserable to deal with. While emergency surgery is definitely not good, I hope this leads to a better standard of living for her with it done. The immediate aftermath of my surgery went pretty smoothly since it was planned and I am still on the very young and otherwise healthy side for having the sigmoidectomy. I was up and walking around the next day and on solid food again after a few days. I was expecting the return to a normal diet to take a far longer time than it did. I had to stay in the hospital for six days after the surgery, though most of that was due to elevated creatinine in my blood work. After the surgery, I was only on Tylenol, ibuprofen, and tramadol for pain, not even anything like morphine. I’m sorry your wife had to have an epidural. My surgery was laparoscopic, so the recovery has also been a bit easier in other ways. They didn’t need to give me an ostomy bag. I needed to refrain from lifting and doing much pushing or pulling for 6 weeks. The lifting part was the hardest since I couldn’t pick up my son. I have now cleared that 6 week mark, so I can pick him up some now. Most of my incisions from the surgery are healed now. The only one that isn’t completely scarred over now is the bigger incision that they used to actually take out the part they removed. I hope your wives recovery goes smoothly. Hopefully, once this initial period of immediate recovery is done, it will be easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedigoat Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 This thread felt incomplete without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 One of the Girl Trippers has died; this makes two of us gone. One of the Jersey Girls, Helen, died on Tuesday. We still have few details. They're having a service in Jersey, two of the satellite Girl trippers from Erie will be there. The rest of us are going out to one of her favorite restaurants, then out to the beach where we stay in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUAJedi2 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 What's up with the plague of gut surgeries w/ Nightly folk??? I have a consult for an umbilical hernia October 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 I guess we just can’t stomach the world like we used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 9/17/2023 at 11:32 AM, monkeygirl said: One of the Girl Trippers has died; this makes two of us gone. One of the Jersey Girls, Helen, died on Tuesday. We still have few details. They're having a service in Jersey, two of the satellite Girl trippers from Erie will be there. The rest of us are going out to one of her favorite restaurants, then out to the beach where we stay in March. My Condolences, MG. Sorry to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of Helen, too. Sometimes losing close friends is just as hard as losing family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 She was only 72. This seems to young to me to just drop dead. And that's what she did...she was powerwashing a deck. Someone in the basement heard it and went up to see what happened and she was just gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUAJedi2 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 That's terrible. I'm sorry you lost your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 I’m so sorry to hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Have a Kindergartner who said that their mom's pet pitbull attacked his older sister (a 4th grader at my school) and watched as mom's boyfriend beat the dog to death in front of the kids killing the dog. The mom then dumped the boyfriend for killing her dog. Meanwhile the 4th grader is hospitalized and required over 100 stitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Oh fucking Jesus, those poor kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 50 minutes ago, Jacen123 said: Oh fucking Jesus, those poor kids This is the same mom that told her kindergartner to beat up any kid that pushes him. I was like, "kindergartners are pretty clumsy and run into each other a lot so its not on purpose". Mom didn't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 I don’t even know how to respond to this and can’t imagine how you handle parents like that. It just seems completely unimaginable that people are actually like that. Just heartbreaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Yeah it is ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 welcome to teaching. it's like being a psychologist, policeman, comforter and sometimes I teach. Giant hugs, Tami. I kinda want to go like that. Just doing stuff and it's sudden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Well, I"d much rather go like Helen did than be eaten by a pitbull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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