Just my feckin' luck.
 

Lower back surgery has developed a staph infection at the incision site. Returned to the hospital on Friday and currently undergoing some varied antibiotic treatments. Might have to have additional surgery.



Yay. Ain't life grand? :p

Sorry about that. Hoping for the best. Do not give in to dispair.

Take care and mend up.

Feel the meds will do the job.

Hoping for a speedy recovery. Take care.

Best of luck Bob and wishing you a speedy recovery. Take care.

Dang, I get pissed anymore if I get the sniffles. You must have been seething! Heal up, you'll feel better!

Isn't gettin' old a blast? I had knee surgery, followed by Covid-19 and topped off with a TIA stroke. Yee Haw!

Anyhow............ You got this, man!

Sorry to hear that. Get well soon.

Thanks everyone, I truly appreciate it. At least it isn't the MRSA infection.

Still here in the hospital, a relic of the 1960s with settling floors and all the craptastic building flaws of that era and it isn't fully unionized, dirty, rotten bastards! They oughta knock this shytehole down and replace it a gleaming new tower named after Biden or Harris, better yet call it the FDR Memorial here in the center of reichwing Orange County, Ca. ;)

Hope you get out soon.

Me too old friend. Looks like I may be home tomorrow with a pick (sp?) line installed for intravenous antibiotics. The staff here is great but this crappy wifi drives me batty. :p


How's your back holding up?

Going to the Y pretty much every morning and working out some. Then also doing some exercises and stretches they showed me at PT. Balance and back weakness issues are getting better. Slower then I like of course...

I still have some pain and take it easy lifting. After the scare a few months back moving a picknick table around, thinking I'd done some damage. Got lucky and just irritated it big time.

Sitting for long periods also cause back issues. Learned how to stretch to help this also from the PT.

Ask them at PT for printouts of the routine to take home and get some of the elastic straps.

Heating pad is a friend to keep close.

Don't worry it will get better. One day at a time , one foot in front of the other will get you there.

Made my escape a couple days ago. Got a shoulder bag with a pump and IV bag full of Nafcillin that is my constant companion for the next six weeks. Oh joy. Turns out a PICC line is a peripherally installed central catheter. It starts just inside my right elbow and runs 33 cm up and over to my heart. The two ladies who run the catheter lab are master plumbers, imo.

The only gripe was she has Bose speaks. j/k. It took about hour to thread the line in while I listened to the Moody Blues.

Neat trick.

Good to read you are on the mend and home again. I'm approaching the one year mark and getting better on most days. Still have little setbacks, all in all it is the time lost due to the healing. This is what I hate the most.

I try from time to time to stop the anti-inflammatory pills. Get by for awhile then start back up. Going PT after surgery then and now to the Y daily has been a big help. Some days it is a struggle to be honest.

Hang in man it will get better. Be patient and remember to follow the instructions of the pro's.

Here's to a speedy recovery, my good man!:) I had some gloriously attractive young nurses, myself. In particular a young, blue eyed Belarusian woman named Tatianna and a petite Nigerian by the name of Chiggame', pronounced Chig-uh-may. (It means "Gods Will").

I had knee surgery last October and I've had Covid-19 and a TIA stroke since then. I have been told I must lose weight and improve cardiovascular conditions so, I have returned to cycling after a decade long hiatus. However, a week ago I pushed myself too hard and ended up in a world of pain for several days. I'm not 25 anymore, that's for sure and 17 miles just over an hour proved to be crippling.

(For reference, I checked my old log and my best time ever was in 1998. A 40 mile course in 1hour, 59 minutes......:eek:)

Thanks Dave. After all this walking one block to the mailbox leaves me aching. Saw the surgeon yesterday and he's telling me to just take it slow until they remove the catheter. A little walking is OK but no lifting over 5 lbs, no twisting, no bending, no nothing. Oh well.

Listen to the man!

No long term sitting too! Rolling up a towel and placing in the small of the back does help some when sitting.

It is hard to keep, just follow instructions.

Go the PT when they allow you and listen to the pro's there.

It will get better. Just not as fast as you want or like.

It's not just the hospital you're in bob, it's the craptastic system. Anyway, I'm rooting for the antibiotics. Hang in there.

Thanks.

Got the stiches out but still have some drainage from the incision. Just lovely.:(

edit - saw the surgeon again today and there was a lot of "hmmms" and "that's unusual" about the drainage. Just what you don't want to hear from one of the supposedly top surgeons in the area. I did thank him for installing a nipple in the middle of my back. (rolls eyes)

Geez, that is miserable. Be strong, Dude.

I remember when they kept me in the hospital overnight after I had a WART removed from my wrist. (1970s). Last year, they shoved me out the door four hours after taking a saw, hammer and chisels to my leg. Between what I pay and what my employer pays, my insurance costs around $1100 a month. Then, I pay again in the form of copays and deductibles that added up to a couple grand.......in the name of saving me money..:confused: But, yeah......Conservatives tell us we have it SO great. Tell us they're saving us money because national healthcare would mean higher taxes. Absurd premiums, deductibles and copays for something I can lose at the drop of a hat vs. higher taxes for something I cannot lose until I die........ Do you see my point, Ike?

Conservative = Asshole.

But are you still having the back pain?

Better then a week ago?

Might not be as fast as one would like. You will heal up. Just want the pain to go away and get mobility back.

Started PT yet?

No talk of PT until the wound finally heals, Barney.

Welp, the surgeon went back in on July 1st and they took a sample to culture. Results say nothing grew in the petri dish. Got a several more stitches that are due to come out on Wed. Looks like the infectious disease people will pull the catheter on Tues.

Time for some PT preceded by some good ganja.

Next up is my left knee? I dunno...:confused:

That's great news!

Thanks Mark.

Good to read your on the road to recovery.

Hope you are doing better today, Bob.

Thanks Barbara. I am feeling better, finally.

Thanks Barn.

Catheter is out, stitches are out, I think I'll celebrate with a long hot shower. It's been almost three months. :eek:

Woo Hoo! Celebrate!

Good to know!

This is great news!!!!!

:( Getting my r-shoulder worked on March 8th. Arthroscopic surgery outpatient. Last time they worked on it was about 7-8 years ago. Some bonespurs are giving me fits lately. Getting old bites.

Mama don't let your kids grow up to be roofers. :rolleyes:

Good luck. I am close to needing knee replacement surgery on my right knee, but keep putting it off when symptoms improve a bit. Decades of skiing and basketball took took its toll.

Get all healed up, ya know summer a coming.

Had shoulder and arm pain, did PT for months, it finally went away immediately when I tried discontinuing the Atorvastatin I'd been taking for years for no good reason.

Hope your procedure goes perfectly!

Did you discontinue the Atorvastatin?