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Pre-op bloodwork came back
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 490887" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Oh. </p><p></p><p>One thing I can tell you about is rehab. Boy do I know rehab. It is one reason I am putting off getting my knees done. I simply dont have the mental energy to put myself back into what I can only remember now as PTSD. I would probably have been a much harder patient if I had been in my right mind which I am now. It was hell then. I could only imagine what it would be now. I remember it feeling like people were torturing me and I had no choice in the matter. Having to be strapped to tilt tables and tilted up and my body falling forward against the straps because I simply couldnt put weight on my legs. Learning to bicycle my arms to get the feeling back in them so I could use them again but it taking forever. the completely and utterly helpless feeling of having to wait for someone to come feed me or take me to the bathroom or dress me. Trying to stand for 5 then 10 seconds for a drink of diet coke. I remember when I walked the link of the parallel bars. I thought I was gonna die it was so hard. Then I got the clots in my lungs and my leg and ended up back in the regular hospital and had to start all over again. </p><p></p><p>No...I am not in a rush to do all that again. The one thing they taught me that has never left me is how to get in a car. Butt first. I never put my foot in the car first anymore. I open the door and stick my butt in on the seat and then turn to put my feet in the car.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 490887, member: 1514"] Oh. One thing I can tell you about is rehab. Boy do I know rehab. It is one reason I am putting off getting my knees done. I simply dont have the mental energy to put myself back into what I can only remember now as PTSD. I would probably have been a much harder patient if I had been in my right mind which I am now. It was hell then. I could only imagine what it would be now. I remember it feeling like people were torturing me and I had no choice in the matter. Having to be strapped to tilt tables and tilted up and my body falling forward against the straps because I simply couldnt put weight on my legs. Learning to bicycle my arms to get the feeling back in them so I could use them again but it taking forever. the completely and utterly helpless feeling of having to wait for someone to come feed me or take me to the bathroom or dress me. Trying to stand for 5 then 10 seconds for a drink of diet coke. I remember when I walked the link of the parallel bars. I thought I was gonna die it was so hard. Then I got the clots in my lungs and my leg and ended up back in the regular hospital and had to start all over again. No...I am not in a rush to do all that again. The one thing they taught me that has never left me is how to get in a car. Butt first. I never put my foot in the car first anymore. I open the door and stick my butt in on the seat and then turn to put my feet in the car. [/QUOTE]
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