Another wrong turn and I ended up in the hospital for 11 days - 11 days longer than I was counting on! Came home on Tuesday and am delighted to be here.
In the hospital I had 3 more procedures for a grand total of 6 times under anesthesia. Among other things, an infection needed to be cured, anemia taken care of and low protein levels identified. The docs encouraged me to gain weight and then would remind me I couldn't eat after midnight since I was having a procedure the next day. Needless to say I'm eating much better at home and even managing a daily protein drink.
Today was the day of terror - changing my dressing. It turned out that removing the old dressing was tolerable but putting on the new one and then turning on the acti-vac pretty much destroyed the rest of the day for me since I've been unable to control my pain with the range of permitted medications. Tomorrow I'll call the pain clinic for help. Right now I'll do a little research on the internet.
Good news! yes - I do seem to be going in the right direction now, It will take a long time but the day will come when I'll be able to be an active person again.
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