Marcia, good luck tommorrow with surgery

[sammyo1]

Marcia, good luck, I am now glad I went first. I am anxious to see how your surgery goes. I think you have a much more informative doctor. Make sure you ask how long the intial pain from the surgery will last. I have been so upset with my husband for not asking the specific questions I told him to ask. Like how long & often to wear the sling & so on... He has been asking the lady he works with & I have to be honest I am not so sure whether to believe her, she told my husband she did not even need the pain pills hardly, really, come on, the script from the doc reads 1 to 2 every 4 to 6 hrs, what does that tell you. He is kind of comparing me to her & I am seeing red.
Remember comfortable clothing, I wish I would have thought about that, I really don't have alot of button or zip up tops. I have been raiding my daughters closets, the zip up is the easiest. Since the day after seemed to be the worst for me I am glad you are staying over night, I am sure you already know but make sure they give you a good dose of pain meds before going home. I look forward to talking to you. Did your chair arrive? I will keep you in my prayers. Sammy
ps I have put up a thread for Fred, he had this sugery years ago, but I am kind of worried about him, have not seen him on here lately. I hope all is well.

[SpinalMalady]

Marcia:

You will be in my prayers tomorrow. I so hope that this is the beginning of a new beginning for you in terms of quality of life. I will pray that the surgeon and his team as well as your caregivers in the hosp. take the best care of you and bring you safely, (and well medicated LOL) back to us soon. God Bless.

[skych]

Marcia,

Yes tomorrow is the big day! I am glad that your staying over night. I remember asking you a few days ago in on e of the posts and I am glad you responded wiht a yes.
I amsure that everything will go will as you will be in Gods hands.
I will be thinking and praying for you.

All my best....
Chrissy

[zoey1]

Marcia,
lots of good thoughts being sent your way and we are agreeing that things go wonderfully well for you .

[feelbad]

you guys are SOOO cool.this was just what i needed today.i am scared.really scared about what is just going to be there after that block wears off.i also have central pain syndrome in both shoulder blades that started out as a huge ten at one time but has slowly desenitized itself over the past four years,this could be "woken up' if the area underneath it gets too pissed off.i still have it in my left arm at about a 7-8 every day 24/7.it just hurts.this possibly showing back up would be about as bad as if my RSD spread up there too.i try not to think about that possibility tho.still having the "tooth' issues too.nothing there but my screwed up nerves that keep doing nasty things in that jaw.hopefully this will dissapate soon.i just really didn't want the tooth thing to even be there so thats why i made sure i got this done BEFORE my surgery but all i suceeded in doing is actually creating a much bigger problem for myself.kind of the way things go for me sometimes ya know?

my 'chair" wont be delivered til post op here at home(friday) from what they told me yesterday at the bracing appt to get my pretty new 'slingshot II' wondersling?is this what you have sammy?its a huge sucker.but mine is actually a medium,but of course a small would have been really nice as you already know.she did some manuvering to kind of get it right for me tho.sammy,tell your hubby that depending upon how bad things are BEFORE any surgery is what dictates just how bad your post op hell will be.geez.you just cannot compare one persons surgery to another,there are way too many variables that just make no two surgeries alike.you were in agony before your surgery and i am sure whoever he is talking about was not as bad as you were.the extent of damage and what they have to actually do in order to fix it also makes a huge difference.tell your hubby "until you have to have this type of surgery,please withhold any judgements".i know four people who have had the same type of surgey i am having and none of them did things the same time or way as the others.highly individual.

i will be speaking with my ortho tomorrow before the surgeryto work out all my little needs like the valium for my spasticity to be ordered PRN,on top of my "usual' daily crap and of course the MS for BT pain.this is kind of a standard we just put into place everytime i have a surgery.the dilaudid PCA will be very very nice once that block wears off.this is the part that scares me the most.i just dont know what will actually be there.having your spinal cord cut into just creates a nightmare(like with my tooth right now)for all other body systems so nothig can really be 'expected' or just plain 'normal' anymore.too much damage including my pain pathway to the pain receptors in the brain?my NS told me way back in 03 right after that spinal cord surgery severely damaged my spinothalamic tract in my cord,that all my pain signals,espescially the bigger ones will now become 'deranged" .it does explain ALOT about how things actually go when it comes to anything affecting a nerve or any cutting into my body anywhere.i am a walking freakshow now.so i do have some bigger fears that wouldn't be there at all if my body was just like a normal one?

you guys have been wonderful and sammy,your info is really priceless right now.chrissy,i do hope things are getting better or at least tolerable for you hon,you don't deserve to have to keep suffering thru this crap.i don't know when i will be able to get back on here again.my surgery is really late in the day at 3:00 so from there,who knows ya know?just don't expect great typing,like it is now??lol.my left hand just lost alot of fine motor function and of course the right hand wont be working at all for awhile,so this really should be interesting.i will try and at least pop in on friday to let you know i survived.if you don;t see anything by friday,well,hopefuly you will.i will try and make some kind of contact tho.even if its just an 'ouchie' or something to let you know,K?just keep those fingers crossed for me at 3;00.i can use all the help i can get right now,lol.take care guys.i WILL keep ya posted somehow even if i have to put my youngest online to do it.thanks sooo much for everything.i just love you guys.Marcia