Re: The wimp's bliss

[Guest guest]

It's amazing what pleases some

I had disolving stitches.....I was afraid of the staples they look

scary. My incision is a thin white line. I have been showering since

day 5, would like to figure out how to have a soak.

My thrill today, day 13, I hobbled out to my truck, crawled into the

driver's seat and drove myself to our horse stable, 1/2 mile to see my

new baby " Maddie " , and yesterday I did laundry. Now laundry baskets

are a great physio tool, pushing it, loaded with your bad foot. Chris

are you able to walk without aids yet? Nights are still difficult for me.

Sincerely the She Wimp

Dannielle

- In surfacehippy@y..., " twyko64 " <twyko64@y...> wrote:

> Oooh. Arhhh! That hits the .... spot. Day 14. Stitches removed.

" What a lovely wound, " says the visiting nurse. (It looks like a crude

bit of repair butchery to me but what do I know.) The swelling is down

a little. The pain/discomfor is down a little. The bruises are

changing colour and .... I found a way to get in the bath.

>

> Ahhh! A nice hot, foaming relaxing bath. Lovely. I lay there

luxuriating and making plans for more walking. Is there anything quite

as re-vivifying than your first post-op soak?

>

> Regards to all,

> Chris.

[Guest guest]

Yes I can walk without aids but I have certainly not tried playing football with

a laundry basket!

Chris.

> It's amazing what pleases some

>

> are you able to walk without aids yet? Nights are still difficult for me.

> Sincerely the She Wimp

> Dannielle

[Guest guest]

Hey

One must get cheap thrills wherever one can under these circumstances

Try it, maybe you'll get a " kick " out of it

Dannielle

> > It's amazing what pleases some

> >

> > are you able to walk without aids yet? Nights are still difficult

for me.

> > Sincerely the She Wimp

> > Dannielle

[Guest guest]

Stiches removed?

I thought Koen said to just snip off the exposed part and the rest

is absorbed. My nurse couldn't find the knot so just removed the

part she could reach.

Still experiancing no swelling, little pain, sleeping on all sides,

but I'm still using the sticks.

Monday we walked the gardens at Versailles from 12-4:30 PM

without a break. And yes, we made it home yesterday. And then

my first looong hooot shower. GREAT.

Where is ?

Later,

Verne

> Oooh. Arhhh! That hits the .... spot. Day 14. Stitches removed.

" What a lovely wound, " says the visiting nurse. (It looks like a

crude bit of repair butchery to me but what do I know.) The

swelling is down a little. The pain/discomfor is down a little. The

bruises are changing colour and .... I found a way to get in the

bath.

>

> Ahhh! A nice hot, foaming relaxing bath. Lovely. I lay there

luxuriating and making plans for more walking. Is there anything

quite as re-vivifying than your first post-op soak?

>

> Regards to all,

> Chris.

[Guest guest]

Hi Verne,

I wrote sloppily. The stitches protruding above the skin were snipped off. The

rest were left for the body to absorb. So you are back home - it must seem like

you have had an action-packed two weeks. I think is home also.

Cheers,

Chris

[Guest guest]

Hi

I have contacted De Koem and am considering travelling to

Belgium. How long were you in hospital?

Is there any follow up, will our district nurses visit if you have had an op

abroad privately. I assume you are from the UK? I have been quoted £8.100 at

Tunbridge Wells I understand Belgium is £5,500. Has anybody any info on costs,

hidden or otherwise, chunnel travel hotels Anaesthetists (etc.)

Len

Re: The wimp's bliss

Hi Verne,

I wrote sloppily. The stitches protruding above the skin were snipped off. The

rest were left for the body to absorb. So you are back home - it must seem like

you have had an action-packed two weeks. I think is home also.

Cheers,

Chris

[Guest guest]

Dear Len 'Spendless'

I was in hospital from Monday, op on Tuesday and out on Friday. The distric=

t nurse came on Saturday to check and change the dressing. Get him/her to pr=

escribe Tegaderm (clear plastic) as the outer covering for your dressing. It=

lasts and and lasts under clothes and pyjamas. I obtained the district nurs=

e's telephone number from directory enquiries.

Follow-up requires me to send information to Dr. De Smet at c 6 weeks post-=

op. If I have any pain from the hip (beyond wound healing tightness) then I =

might expect to return to Gent and he would take an x-ray and check the situ=

ation. My GP is quite happy with this situation.

Your UK quote is like mine which ranged from £8500 to £10500. The channel t=

unnel is best booked as much in advance as you can. It may be more expensive=

r than Air but the convenience of it is unbeatable in my view. We booked=

return tickets (Monday out, Saturday back) which cost more than a Monday ou=

t/Friday back. DR. De Smet gave me a certificate of surgery (attestation) wi=

thout prompting which solved any objections to our turning up a day early at=

the Calais tunnel terminal.

My wife stayed B & R+B in the hosptal for c£10/night. She drove me back and i=

t was straightforward. I'd highly recommend your partner or a friend going w=

ith you. You may feel low, quite low after the op and partner visits perkk y=

ou up no end.

I'm finding the post-op period a bit of a grinding trudge with swelling - n=

ow going down - bruising - now going down - and discomfort. But I have no do=

ubts whatsoever about having had the op done. The hospital staff were great.=

English is spoken quite well enough. I can provide maps of how to get to Ge=

nt and where to go in the hospital complex. It's basically like driving to B=

ristol from London with a tunnel in the way and the hospital is 5 minutes of=

f the motorway.

Dr De Smet has carried out 270+ of these operations and is both highly skil=

led and very approachable.

If you want to know more or discuss anything call me on 0 or em=

ail me on chris.pentire @ btinternet.com. (Remove spaces either side of @ sy=

mbol.)

> Hi

> I have contacted De Koem and am considering travelling to=

Belgium. How long were you in hospital?

> Is there any follow up, will our district nurses visit if you have had an=

op abroad privately. I assume you are from the UK? I have been quoted £8.10=

0 at Tunbridge Wells I understand Belgium is £5,500. Has anybody any info on=

costs, hidden or otherwise, chunnel travel hotels Anaesthetists (etc.)

> =

Len

> Re: The wimp's bliss

>

>

> Hi Verne,

> I wrote sloppily. The stitches protruding above the skin were snipped o=

ff. The rest were left for the body to absorb. So you are back home - it mus=

t seem like you have had an action-packed two weeks. I think is home a=

lso.

> Cheers,

> Chris

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi

Thanks, I will e-mail you and if you don't mind I will telephone

you, my main concern is

Will they need me to bring anything from the UK e.g. X-RAys, Ive heard earlier

on this bulletin board/yahoo groups that the Gent Hospital advised bringing your

own crutches??, I suppose I could buy some. Are you near London, I live in

Bromley, Kent. How long since the Op, was travelling by car only 5/6 days after

the Op very uncomfortable. I assume they give you painkillerrs etc to last for

some time after the OP

Len Spendiff (I

quite like the new name spendless)

Re: The wimp's bliss

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>

> Hi Verne,

> I wrote sloppily. The stitches protruding above the skin were snipped o=

ff. The rest were left for the body to absorb. So you are back home - it mus=

t seem like you have had an action-packed two weeks. I think is home a=

lso.

> Cheers,

> Chris

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