Post by Veritee on Jan 10, 2006 10:28:55 GMT
Dear All
Tomorrow I am going into hospital to have quite a large operation (4 hours) on my leg where they re-break my leg, pin it and fuse it to my ankle.
I have been waiting for this operation on the NHS for quite some time now and the idea is to lessen the pain and get me more mobile since the horse riding accident I had in 2003 which disabled me and left me in pain and not able to walk far.
I will not be in the hospital for that long, perhaps 3 days to a week as they chuck you out these days as soon as they can if you have someone home 24 hours to look after you
( this onerous task falls to Barry who, as I will be in a wheelchair for several months, will have to do everything for me plus all the housework careing for Caja etc and for the first week or so absolutely everything including bedpans etc - poor Barry, I weigh 12 stone he only 10 so you can see the difficulty!! but he's a strong lad, just weighs this as unlike me he is very fit and slim for his age , so he should manage)
But I do not know when I will be able to get back on the forum. I will not be able to sit at my PC for some weeks as I have to keep the leg which will be in plaster elevated - but I do have an old laptop that will get me on line form my bed - it only depends on when I feel up to going on line.
When I had my last operation on the leg I felt too unwell for at least 3 months but that time I had a bone infection - all being well this will not happen this time ? and hopefully I will be back on in a week or too.
Anyway I am not writing this for support or anything I just needed people to know that I just will not be around for a while.
But this should not matter at all.
We have a great team of moderators and forum advisor's who have access to the forum to do all the things I can and I shall also give them these powers today for the chat room.
One person is not important on here as this is our forum not mine and we run it as a team these days - so I am sure everything in the meantime will be absolutely fine.
If anyone has any queries - please contact a moderator or forum adviser
In the meantime - look after yourselves
Love Veritee
Tomorrow I am going into hospital to have quite a large operation (4 hours) on my leg where they re-break my leg, pin it and fuse it to my ankle.
I have been waiting for this operation on the NHS for quite some time now and the idea is to lessen the pain and get me more mobile since the horse riding accident I had in 2003 which disabled me and left me in pain and not able to walk far.
I will not be in the hospital for that long, perhaps 3 days to a week as they chuck you out these days as soon as they can if you have someone home 24 hours to look after you
( this onerous task falls to Barry who, as I will be in a wheelchair for several months, will have to do everything for me plus all the housework careing for Caja etc and for the first week or so absolutely everything including bedpans etc - poor Barry, I weigh 12 stone he only 10 so you can see the difficulty!! but he's a strong lad, just weighs this as unlike me he is very fit and slim for his age , so he should manage)
But I do not know when I will be able to get back on the forum. I will not be able to sit at my PC for some weeks as I have to keep the leg which will be in plaster elevated - but I do have an old laptop that will get me on line form my bed - it only depends on when I feel up to going on line.
When I had my last operation on the leg I felt too unwell for at least 3 months but that time I had a bone infection - all being well this will not happen this time ? and hopefully I will be back on in a week or too.
Anyway I am not writing this for support or anything I just needed people to know that I just will not be around for a while.
But this should not matter at all.
We have a great team of moderators and forum advisor's who have access to the forum to do all the things I can and I shall also give them these powers today for the chat room.
One person is not important on here as this is our forum not mine and we run it as a team these days - so I am sure everything in the meantime will be absolutely fine.
If anyone has any queries - please contact a moderator or forum adviser
In the meantime - look after yourselves
Love Veritee