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My arm surgeon OT
Well, he doesn't give up, does he?
He phoned me in June because I wanted to delay my surgery to release trapped nerves in two places in my arm on the basis of my vegetable plot. He kindly agreed to wait three months. So the day before I had it in my diary to phone him, his secretary was on the phone today to say "Your procedure is booked in for October 11th" Aargh! It seems the only year I haven't had a operation since 2001 was 2010 so I made up for it with two in 2011. This won't help me use my arm that was damaged so badly by falling over Boyfie, it's to bring the feeling back into my fingers. I won't be able to drive for weeks :-( it's my changing gear arm, and the nearest shop is a mile and half away and even so I could only carry one bag back with one arm. I must have some seriously bad karma catching up with me. Tomorrow I am back to hospital about my smell & taste which has not improved much. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... Well, he doesn't give up, does he? He phoned me in June because I wanted to delay my surgery to release trapped nerves in two places in my arm on the basis of my vegetable plot. He kindly agreed to wait three months. So the day before I had it in my diary to phone him, his secretary was on the phone today to say "Your procedure is booked in for October 11th" Aargh! It seems the only year I haven't had a operation since 2001 was 2010 so I made up for it with two in 2011. This won't help me use my arm that was damaged so badly by falling over Boyfie, it's to bring the feeling back into my fingers. I won't be able to drive for weeks :-( it's my changing gear arm, and the nearest shop is a mile and half away and even so I could only carry one bag back with one arm. I must have some seriously bad karma catching up with me. Tomorrow I am back to hospital about my smell & taste which has not improved much. Tweed Are you able to do your grocery shopping online with Tesco or suchlike to get you through the recovery period? I know there is a delivery charge added on but I think the cost varies depending on what time of day you want the delivery, cheapest being during the daytime on a weekday. I also understand Tesco will bring the delivery into your kitchen so that would mean you don't have heavy bags to lift. Have the hospital acertained what may be causing your taste and smell limitations? I'm curious because my boss has exactly the same problem. Sending purrs for a successful outcome at your hospital appointment today. Sharon & Smudgie |
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"Sharon & Smudgie" wrote in message ... Are you able to do your grocery shopping online with Tesco or suchlike to get you through the recovery period? I know there is a delivery charge added on but I think the cost varies depending on what time of day you want the delivery, cheapest being during the daytime on a weekday. I also understand Tesco will bring the delivery into your kitchen so that would mean you don't have heavy bags to lift. Yes, I can do that, and have done but the minimum spend is £25, and I never need as much as that. Have the hospital acertained what may be causing your taste and smell limitations? I'm curious because my boss has exactly the same problem. I hope he is having it investigated as there can be some sinister reasons for it, including a brain tumour. Given my history of cancer, I got MRI and CT scans which ruled this out. My consultant has decided that a very severe upper respiratory infection I got at the time was the cause, the virus caused the destruction of nerve cells in my nose. Whether or not they will recover is in the lap of the gods. Sending purrs for a successful outcome at your hospital appointment today. I saw a registrar at first, very pleasant chap and he hastened to add that Mr Murty (consultant) would see me after he did. Although he had my notes, he wanted me to tell the whole story again, so I did. Then Mr Murty came in the room and instructed his registrar to look up my nose with one of those scope thingies. I was hoping to avoid it, as it's very uncomfortable, but I guess he has to learn. I was limping just out of plaster at one of my ENT appointments, and Mr Murty remembered and asked me about it. When I told him I had to have yet another op in 3 weeks time he said "Oh, you poor wee thing, haven't you had more than enough?" He's Scottish, obviously. Some hospital consultants are full of themselves - the one who operated on me once for my incisional hernia was like that. He forgot he'd done it before on me and it had failed. I had to go in as an emergency and some other surgeon did it, and it has worked up to now. When I had to go back after a few weeks, he was very jovial with me, too familiar I thought and when he said "how did it go?" I told him "it wasn't you who repaired me after you mucked it up the first time." Well, consultants don't like patients saying things like this. Normal patients say yes to everything asked and thank you so much. Consultants are so used to being like gods in the hospital that they forget they aren't sometimes. My eye consultant never thought he was exalted, and also my gynae, and I add my ENT chap to this list. the one who did my hernia op swept through the ward to look at his patients on his ward round with all his students around him. I found him to be quite rude, he asked me if I smoked and I desperately wanted to say "you are really hugely fat" but of course, I didn't. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote:
Well, he doesn't give up, does he? He phoned me in June because I wanted to delay my surgery to release trapped nerves in two places in my arm on the basis of my vegetable plot. He kindly agreed to wait three months. So the day before I had it in my diary to phone him, his secretary was on the phone today to say "Your procedure is booked in for October 11th" Aargh! It seems the only year I haven't had a operation since 2001 was 2010 so I made up for it with two in 2011. This won't help me use my arm that was damaged so badly by falling over Boyfie, it's to bring the feeling back into my fingers. I won't be able to drive for weeks :-( it's my changing gear arm, and the nearest shop is a mile and half away and even so I could only carry one bag back with one arm. I must have some seriously bad karma catching up with me. Tomorrow I am back to hospital about my smell & taste which has not improved much. Tweed I know you're very fond of Mr F, but maybe it's time to think of trading him in for an automatic. I hope your operation goes well and you get the use of your arm back sooner than you expect. -- Adrian http://community.webshots.com/clowderuk |
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"Adrian" wrote in message ... I know you're very fond of Mr F, but maybe it's time to think of trading him in for an automatic. I hope your operation goes well and you get the use of your arm back sooner than you expect. - I will never get rid of Mr F until he cannot be repaired. He's so brilliant. He starts every time I turn. the key. Next week he gets his MoT, hold your breath for Tuesday. Besides I don't know how to drive an automatic. I would be one of those people that drove them into a shop window like you see on the telly. Tweed |
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Christina Websell wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message ... I know you're very fond of Mr F, but maybe it's time to think of trading him in for an automatic. I hope your operation goes well and you get the use of your arm back sooner than you expect. - I will never get rid of Mr F until he cannot be repaired. He's so brilliant. He starts every time I turn. the key. Next week he gets his MoT, hold your breath for Tuesday. Besides I don't know how to drive an automatic. I would be one of those people that drove them into a shop window like you see on the telly. Tweed, if you can drive a stick shift, you can certainly drive an automatic. Automatic transmission requires *less* skill. -- Joyce We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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I wrote:
Christina Websell wrote: I will never get rid of Mr F until he cannot be repaired. He's so brilliant. He starts every time I turn. the key. Next week he gets his MoT, hold your breath for Tuesday. Besides I don't know how to drive an automatic. I would be one of those people that drove them into a shop window like you see on the telly. Tweed, if you can drive a stick shift, you can certainly drive an automatic. Automatic transmission requires *less* skill. But I didn't mean to argue that you should sell your car. Just pointing out that there's nothing to learn if you were to switch to automatic. I used to enjoy driving a stick shift, but the last time I bought a car, I wanted an automatic because I drive through a lot of stop-and-go traffic (when there's so much traffic that it's going really slowly and often comes to a complete stop). That is such a pain with a stick shift. Plus, I like to drink tea while driving so I need that other hand. -- Joyce A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. -- Groucho Marx |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Adrian" wrote in message ... I know you're very fond of Mr F, but maybe it's time to think of trading him in for an automatic. I hope your operation goes well and you get the use of your arm back sooner than you expect. - I will never get rid of Mr F until he cannot be repaired. He's so brilliant. He starts every time I turn. the key. Next week he gets his MoT, hold your breath for Tuesday. Besides I don't know how to drive an automatic. I would be one of those people that drove them into a shop window like you see on the telly. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anyone who knows how to drive a stick shift also knows how to drive an automatic. With an automatic, you will use only an accelerator and a brake; you will not use a clutch. I learned on a stick shift, and it was child's play to move to an automatic. The reverse (automatic to shift shift) would have been more difficult. Of course, that does not have anything to do with the question of whether you *want* to make the transition. I do understand Adrian's suggestion--an automatic would not place the same strain on your arm and shoulder because you would not have to shift gears. MaryL |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:21:31 +0000 (UTC), Bastette
wrote: Christina Websell wrote: "Adrian" wrote in message ... I know you're very fond of Mr F, but maybe it's time to think of trading him in for an automatic. I hope your operation goes well and you get the use of your arm back sooner than you expect. - I will never get rid of Mr F until he cannot be repaired. He's so brilliant. He starts every time I turn. the key. Next week he gets his MoT, hold your breath for Tuesday. Besides I don't know how to drive an automatic. I would be one of those people that drove them into a shop window like you see on the telly. Tweed, if you can drive a stick shift, you can certainly drive an automatic. Automatic transmission requires *less* skill. When I learned how to use a manual transmission I felt "in control" and developed and interest in the mechanics of the vehicle. I'm on your side tweed - keep the automatic as long as possible! Besides, that two leg exercise to engage clutch along with gas is a GREAT exercise! Good luck on your surgery. Sarah_Sue |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Sharon & Smudgie" wrote in message ... Sending purrs for a successful outcome at your hospital appointment today. I saw a registrar at first, very pleasant chap and he hastened to add that Mr Murty (consultant) would see me after he did. Although he had my notes, he wanted me to tell the whole story again, so I did. Then Mr Murty came in the room and instructed his registrar to look up my nose with one of those scope thingies. I was hoping to avoid it, as it's very uncomfortable, but I guess he has to learn. I was limping just out of plaster at one of my ENT appointments, and Mr Murty remembered and asked me about it. When I told him I had to have yet another op in 3 weeks time he said "Oh, you poor wee thing, haven't you had more than enough?" He's Scottish, obviously. Some hospital consultants are full of themselves - the one who operated on me once for my incisional hernia was like that... ...he swept through the ward to look at his patients on his ward round with all his students around him. I found him to be quite rude, he asked me if I smoked and I desperately wanted to say "you are really hugely fat" but of course, I didn't. He sounds very much like an "old school" surgeon - just like the character played by James Robertson Justice in the "Doctor..." series of films, Sir Lancelot Spratt. (or is that "Sir Lancelot's Pratt"?) :-) -- MatSav |
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