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*bounce bounce thud*
Well, this one was much easier. Turns out they did have to go in surgically, but it's not bad at all. Almost no pain at *all*, and my range of motion is *SO* much better, even with the latent soreness.
I've got another ice chiller, but this one doesn't have a pump, so it is much quieter, and untethered, hallelujah. Definitely a keeper piece of equipment.
No brace, came home in a paper sling, can already do yoga poses I couldn't do yesterday. :)
As for pain... almost nothing. Why? An infusion drip of mercaine directly into the surgical site via a thin catheter, by a dirt simple little *spring driven* pump called a Pain Care. It's a honking big thingamajig, compared to the insulin pumps I have more experience with... about 2.5x4x7 inches.
So between the direct mercaine into the tissues (*NOT* the nerves!), and the percoset (which I'm not even sure I need right now), I barely even have a throbbing. Very very cool.
The anesthesiologist was *very* nice today, and agreed that my electing to forego the nerve block was not only acceptable, but reasonable, and the right decision in her mind. We discussed the redhead propensity for anesthesia 'wackiness', and I found out that another bit of it is that we wake up... unpredictably. "What, we get belligerent?" "*laugh* Sometimes. Sometimes really really talkative, sometimes hallucinating, sometimes just waking up with a start." No word on how I woke up. :)
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ginkgo is attending to my every need, feeling quite good, and so DAMNED happy to have something resembling normal motion again. :)
I've got another ice chiller, but this one doesn't have a pump, so it is much quieter, and untethered, hallelujah. Definitely a keeper piece of equipment.
No brace, came home in a paper sling, can already do yoga poses I couldn't do yesterday. :)
As for pain... almost nothing. Why? An infusion drip of mercaine directly into the surgical site via a thin catheter, by a dirt simple little *spring driven* pump called a Pain Care. It's a honking big thingamajig, compared to the insulin pumps I have more experience with... about 2.5x4x7 inches.
So between the direct mercaine into the tissues (*NOT* the nerves!), and the percoset (which I'm not even sure I need right now), I barely even have a throbbing. Very very cool.
The anesthesiologist was *very* nice today, and agreed that my electing to forego the nerve block was not only acceptable, but reasonable, and the right decision in her mind. We discussed the redhead propensity for anesthesia 'wackiness', and I found out that another bit of it is that we wake up... unpredictably. "What, we get belligerent?" "*laugh* Sometimes. Sometimes really really talkative, sometimes hallucinating, sometimes just waking up with a start." No word on how I woke up. :)
So, home again,
ginkgo is attending to my every need, feeling quite good, and so DAMNED happy to have something resembling normal motion again. :)
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And very very cool on the pain management.
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I could not be happier with how low your pain levels are and how well foregoing the nerve block worked for you. I just hope I don't whack your shoulder in the middle of the night and, for that matter, that Bob doesn't curl up on it like she did last time. :/
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We'll see if that holds after tomorrow's *real* PT session. ;)
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But please don't whack the shoulder! :O
And you can make Keep Clam jokes if you can find me Ivar's clam chowder. ;)
Keep Clam!
Fantastic!
Excellent!
Re: Excellent!
This pump thing is so *cool*! :D
And there was much rejoicing.
yay!