Guest guest Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 Hi Great that you have your surgery date.It is a wonderful Christmas present.you will be up and back to normal by Christmas.I bet the fear you think you are feeling is more excitement and relief!!Take care! Dora Weber Nucleus Volunteer Advocate dora_weber@... Bilateral N22-96 N24C-01 Cochlear Otosclerosis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 So glad that you were able to get a surgery date finally! I am so surprised that you were told to expect to be in the hospital for maybe 7 days. Here in the US it is usually outpatient surgery from what I hear. So sorry you may be in the hospital for Xmas that just bites! I have not had my permanet implant yet but I was told if I did get it I would not be able to bend, lift, twist, etc for 6 weeks to let the leads scar down. HTH Kim Date for Surgery Hi everyone, I've at long last got a date for my SCS replacement op. Dec 16th Yay!! Looks like its going to be a bit of a marathon though. I have to be at the hospital on 14th and according to the neurosurgeon I'll be in hospital for anything up to 7 days post op. I saw my pain doctor today as well and it looks as though I'm going to be hospitalised in my local hospital when I get back so that they can keep an eye on the wounds and screen me for stuff like MRSA. Seems like I may be spending Christmas in hospital, fab! I was wondering, could those of you who have permanent stims fitted let me know what you were told that you could and couldn't do afterwards and for how long? If any of you are on your own how did you cope with doing houshold chores and grocery shopping etc. Take care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 My stimulator surgery was outpatient. I think I spent an hour in recovery and then they let me leave. I live 2 hrs from my pm though so I stayed in a motel the night before and after scs surgery. > > > So glad that you were able to get a surgery date finally! I am so surprised that you were told to expect to be in the hospital for maybe 7 days. Here in the US it is usually outpatient surgery from what I hear. So sorry you may be in the hospital for Xmas that just bites! > I have not had my permanet implant yet but I was told if I did get it I would not be able to bend, lift, twist, etc for 6 weeks to let the leads scar down. HTH > Kim > Date for Surgery > > > Hi everyone, > > I've at long last got a date for my SCS replacement op. Dec 16th Yay!! Looks like its going to be a bit of a marathon though. I have to be at the hospital on 14th and according to the neurosurgeon I'll be in hospital for anything up to 7 days post op. I saw my pain doctor today as well and it looks as though I'm going to be hospitalised in my local hospital when I get back so that they can keep an eye on the wounds and screen me for stuff like MRSA. Seems like I may be spending Christmas in hospital, fab! > > I was wondering, could those of you who have permanent stims fitted let me know what you were told that you could and couldn't do afterwards and for how long? If any of you are on your own how did you cope with doing houshold chores and grocery shopping etc. > > Take care > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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