So... I've crossed the 2 weeks post op mark and in 4 days I'll be 3 weeks po!! I think I'm coping quite well at the moment. I've stopped painkillers on the 10th day I think? (hope I don't jinx it!!!) I don't really feel pain anymore, it's just the soreness if I stand up for too long or strain myself unintentionally. Yesterday, I heard a "click" sound from my back cos I accidentally did a twist haha. It ached for a while but it's gone now! My bowel movements and appetite are stabilising, thankful :)))
So to anyone who's recovering, TIME HEALS. I'm feeling about 60% back to my normal self now? Just that it's a bit annoying cos I made A LOT of adjustments to simple everyday routines. And how am I gonna wear pants and jeans :/ guess it's time for shopping haha I see dresses as my staples now.
Today I am determined to reorganise my wardrobe.
Can't wait for the day I'll get to binge on sashimi and seafood! It's true that the more you can't do something, the more you'll want to do it.
More free time = more time on blogger. Hehe I like it!
Showing posts with label Scoliosis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scoliosis. Show all posts
Friday, 20 March 2015
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
Finding strength in this beautiful song.
Today is Tuesday. So it will be exactly one day post operation in about 7 hours? Hmm. I really don't know how to feel honestly. Don't know if op is a good or bad thing. I was NEVER ready. Not ready to adjusting and adopting to everything. I can't bend. I need help in most stuffs. Simple things like brushing my teeth- I have to make adjustments to it cause I cannot bend over the sink. lol. I guess all these will pass with time. I'm so sick of feeling pain and sore. The painkillers are slowly losing their effectiveness I feel. AND I AM FREAKING CONSTIPATED. FOR THE LONGEST TIME. 7 days. So imagine a bloated hard heavy stomach and a super straight posture...it strains my back man. Leaving me in soreness and misery. If this is how pregnancy feels like... I need to consider having kids
Haha. Hopefully it will get better la. Trusting God it will. He already gave me a smooth operation so smooth recovery will be mine! Full recovery takes 1 full year but I'm hoping after this 1 month confinement I'll be more independent. Typing this out so hopefully I can document my journey and look back to see how far I've progressed. :)
Oh and I haven't had a good night sleep for the longest time too urgh
Please let me shit now please please pls amen amen amen
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Scoliosis
Lately I've been reading up intensely on other people's experience of Scoliosis surgery on the net. Damn, I even went to watch a YouTube on what happens in the OT. Bad, bad choice. I won't deny I am scared. Hell, I am petrified. What if I take a long period to recover? What if I can't go back to my "normal life"? What if the surgery fails? What if... I become paralysed...?
I am afraid of IV too, which is something I cannot steer clear of. Shrieks.
Stumbled upon this whilst clearing my room months back. This was an X-ray taken in 2010. 4 years have passed and it is much worse right now. I'm hanging around the late forty/fifty degree plus for both curves I think. It affects me when I see a 'hump' protruding on my right side and my waist, it is uneven. I have to avoid wearing tight fitting tops. It really gets to me especially when I am body checking. I remember being laughed at once in secondary school, but the dude apologised in the end. I have aunts chiding me for not wearing my brace and not taking care of my spine, which I get really mad when I think about it. I do admit if I had worn my brace religiously, I might not be in this sticky situation. What's done is done anyway. Though my doctor said genetics do not play a role in scoliosis, I refuse to believe him. During my last posting, my horrid back felt really sore at the end of almost every 8 hour shift. Not sure if it is due to the shoes I'm wearing or just because.
God doesn't like to rush things right? Everything is made perfect in his image, yes? Holding on to this teeny-weeny bit of faith I have left. It is tiring out every cell inside me and I cannot be bothered to push on and try any more. I am upset. Still I am anticipating August/September. I would want this chapter of my life to close.
One thing my doctor said that lingers in my mind, "Any spine surgery is a major surgery."
Oh, I found out last night King Richard III and Usain Bolt has scoliosis too.
I am afraid of IV too, which is something I cannot steer clear of. Shrieks.
Stumbled upon this whilst clearing my room months back. This was an X-ray taken in 2010. 4 years have passed and it is much worse right now. I'm hanging around the late forty/fifty degree plus for both curves I think. It affects me when I see a 'hump' protruding on my right side and my waist, it is uneven. I have to avoid wearing tight fitting tops. It really gets to me especially when I am body checking. I remember being laughed at once in secondary school, but the dude apologised in the end. I have aunts chiding me for not wearing my brace and not taking care of my spine, which I get really mad when I think about it. I do admit if I had worn my brace religiously, I might not be in this sticky situation. What's done is done anyway. Though my doctor said genetics do not play a role in scoliosis, I refuse to believe him. During my last posting, my horrid back felt really sore at the end of almost every 8 hour shift. Not sure if it is due to the shoes I'm wearing or just because.
God doesn't like to rush things right? Everything is made perfect in his image, yes? Holding on to this teeny-weeny bit of faith I have left. It is tiring out every cell inside me and I cannot be bothered to push on and try any more. I am upset. Still I am anticipating August/September. I would want this chapter of my life to close.
One thing my doctor said that lingers in my mind, "Any spine surgery is a major surgery."
Oh, I found out last night King Richard III and Usain Bolt has scoliosis too.
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