Caretaker
Jan 30th 2021 | 12:06 pm
#17
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From: SW Ontario
Re: Caretaker
Get a good night sleep and enjoy the hard boiled egg / scrambled egg / cereal / toast for breakfast!
Hope you are suitably dosed up with pain meds..
Jan 30th 2021 | 12:13 pm
#18
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Re: Caretaker
Good to see you're back in the land of the living, that's a long time to be in surgery. I'm glad you had a general anesthetic (eventually), who wants to be awake when all that's going on.
Rest up, obey the nurses (!) and I hope you get something tasty to eat when you're feeling up to it.
Rest up, obey the nurses (!) and I hope you get something tasty to eat when you're feeling up to it.
Jan 30th 2021 | 12:20 pm
#19
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From: Western Australia
Re: Caretaker
Jan 30th 2021 | 12:31 pm
#20
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Re: Caretaker
I'm with you. Since my last pain procedure under sedation, when I aspirated and stopped breathing, I've been given two choices - general anesthetic or no anesthetic/sedation at all. General's a bit radical for pain injections but no sedation when having injections deep into inflammed spinal tissue, facet joints and nerves? Decisions decisions
Jan 30th 2021 | 1:38 pm
#21
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From: Regina Saskatchewan
Re: Caretaker
They gave me the full syringe in the IV in recovery, but over a 2 hour period. Hydromorphone doesn't hit me that hard for some reason and I have better results from oxytocin-ratio or T-3. The best thing for pain is that good old black Chinese opium, but it was always rare and still is. I'm getting oxygen through a nose hose now and it leaves my throat parched so not sure how long I can keep that on.
Jan 30th 2021 | 1:50 pm
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Re: Caretaker
They gave me the full syringe in the IV in recovery, but over a 2 hour period. Hydromorphone doesn't hit me that hard for some reason and I have better results from oxytocin-ratio or T-3. The best thing for pain is that good old black Chinese opium, but it was always rare and still is. I'm getting oxygen through a nose hose now and it leaves my throat parched so not sure how long I can keep that on.
Jan 30th 2021 | 1:52 pm
#23
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Re: Caretaker
All my very best.
I have always enjoyed being part of your life...especially the edible bits...get really well, very soon.
I have always enjoyed being part of your life...especially the edible bits...get really well, very soon.
Jan 30th 2021 | 2:02 pm
#24
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Re: Caretaker
Sorry to hear you are crocked. Get well soon. I will try to eat more interesting food until you are able to.
Jan 30th 2021 | 3:47 pm
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Re: Caretaker
Ouch!
Good luck to you and your recovery.
Good luck to you and your recovery.
Jan 30th 2021 | 10:28 pm
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From: CT
Re: Caretaker
Pretty sure I heard "toast" mentioned.
Jan 30th 2021 | 11:15 pm
#28
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From: Regina Saskatchewan
Jan 31st 2021 | 3:07 am
#29
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From: Ontario
Re: Caretaker
Good Luck, mate.
Jan 31st 2021 | 3:38 am
#30
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Re: Caretaker
Going to have to check his trivia scores now to see if the transplant worked.
