I did over a month in the hospital when my appendix burst in 2011. I had a 14 inch incision down my abdomen area and was hooked up to a wound vac. My bowells shut down completely and I couldnt eat or drink for close to three weeks. Did have minimal sips of water but had the tube in my nose and would throw up if i cheated. Every other day my father would come in and between the two of us straining, I would attempt to get onto the bowell chair. It was scary with no results, pain, passing out on the chair but it had to be done and the nurses werent going to do it. I normally straight cathe independently, but was hooked up to a foley and that got plugged up and i went dysreflexic bad, and they still didnt believe it was clogged til I went crazy. The same hospital that taught me how to live as a quad and about dysrelexia, suddenly didnt know what i was referring to. I told the infectious disease doc to please look it up and at least prescribe something to lower my blood pressure during these times. It was crazy to be in bed and deal with so much, lorezapam helped me from going crazy at night. I just kept hoping I could get out of there without any secondary complications, but I got c-diff. Then everybody treated me like I had the plague..........wearing gowns and masks. My family refused to wear them because it was pointless because they were so involved with my care.........my gf at the time and father did about everything to keep the nurses happy. Somehow i made it out of there and could very slowly and dangerously get in bed and cathe myself. Dad went back to second shift the day I went home and i had to survive from 2 to midnight alone. I wasnt sure how fast or if I would fully recover. I wouldnt say Im as good as b4 all that happenned , but Im good enough to make it . Gf broke up with me, swim organization changed things so i couldnt go back, counselor quit.......and I fell pretty hard emotionally. Im still here though and with that there is hope. Ron
________________________________ From: Gmail <[email protected]> To: greg <[email protected]> Cc: "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Stuck in bed for over a month Greg, I was in Nov. 2013- May 2013 and AGAIN now 5 weeks without getting up AT ALL!!!! What do you do to keep your mind busy? I read, write, watch TV and on my life saver the ipad. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Oct 29, 2013, at 5:42 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: Yes, since July. >But I do get up for a couple of hours a few days a week. >Pressure sore on my butt >I just don't think I can do the surgery. Having to go 4-6 weeks with no >getting up at all. >I need a bit of sun a few days a week. I went a whole week once and it did not >heal any faster that week. >Greg > >> Hi All, >> Is there anybody else right now who has been stuck in bed for a >> month or more? Just wondering. Bobbie >> >> Smile Everyday
