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Post by rob on Sept 18, 2015 23:38:11 GMT -7
So I'd been feeling pretty rough this week and despite one trip to the doctors Monday I was getting progressively worse until yesterday so I decided to go again, anyway long story short turns out I have appendicitis and had surgery last night to remove it.
Anyone else had this done or something similar and know how long it will be before I'm back in action? All went well I think with the surgery so they only had to make 3 small insertions as opposed to one large one. But still feels pretty tender at the moment!
In a way it will kind of benefit me as I've started to take the long-term approach with my shoulder injuries and take some well-needed longer rest periods for the past 2 weeks (which seems to have helped more than anything), so at least it will force me to wait a bit longer. But I miss climbing way too much already!
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Post by Chris W on Sept 19, 2015 6:03:36 GMT -7
Rob, my appendix blew out when I was in college. If memory serves, it was 3-4 weeks before I was back in action with no restrictions. It will likely be 4 weeks, but your surgeon will be a better guide. Mine was a laproscopic surgery, same as yours, but I let my appendix rupture and was borderline septic before I went in to the hospital. I was sick as a dog and in the hospital for almost a week. Fun times.
I'm sorry to hear about your surgery. I think you have the right approach though. You can use the time to rest/rehab your injuries and let the psych build. Absence makes the heart grow fonder!
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Post by rob on Sept 19, 2015 9:55:42 GMT -7
Thanks Chris, good to know. Yeah at least I'll be super psyched and motivated to train when I get back to it!
I'm actually home already, so only spent 2 days in hospital and about 12 hours after the surgery because there were no complications, but I'll probably be bed bound here for a while. They gave me no advice at all on recovery times which was a bit annoying, but I just wanted to get home to the family.
You must have been lucky to still have larascopic surgery given that it burst? Most people have to have full surgery in those cases don't they?
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Post by Chris W on Sept 19, 2015 17:44:37 GMT -7
I had a good surgeon and they can do a lot with laproscopic surgery these days. Funny thing is, he was one of the attending physicians where I did my surgery rotation in school years later. I couldn't quite figure out if he recognized me or not.
I would assume that you have a pending follow-up appointment, and you can grill the surgeon then. There will be specifics to your case, but recovery time is pretty standard. Once you feel like you're able to do something, you'll be pretty close to being able to do it. I wasn't restricted to bed, but I sure didn't feel very good afterwards. I had significant inflammation and infection throughout my abdomen, so I was walking very gingerly for about 10-14 days following the surgery. Any time you laugh, cough, sneeze, or turn funny you'll swear that you're ripping your wounds open from the inside out. That's typically how it feels at first, but it's much harder to rip open those wounds than you think.
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Post by MarkAnderson on Sept 19, 2015 18:37:13 GMT -7
I have nothing helpful to add, but I want to share this story which I think pretty well sums up my childhood... When Mike and I were in 4th grade (~10 years old?), our older brother Dan had a paper route. Over the summer he went to Boy Scout summer camp for a week, and "hired" Mike and I to cover his route while he was gone. The first morning Dan was away, the two of us woke up at 5am to begin the process of rolling and then delivering the papers. From the moment he woke, Mike was complaining of a stomach ache. He protested repeatedly to our unsympathetic mother, whom I recall vividly saying "I don't want to hear it--you promised your brother you would do his paper route, now do it!" So Mike hobbled around the neighborhood delivering his share of the papers as promised. The pain only seemed to get worse, and so around 10 am our mom begrudgingly took him into the Pediatrician. He immediately diagnosed the acute appendicitis and Mike was in surgery later that day. Post script: I had to do the entire paper route by myself for the rest of the week, not that I would dare complain about that to my mom
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Post by rob on Sept 20, 2015 3:06:25 GMT -7
There will be specifics to your case, but recovery time is pretty standard. Once you feel like you're able to do something, you'll be pretty close to being able to do it. Any time you laugh, cough, sneeze, or turn funny you'll swear that you're ripping your wounds open from the inside out. That's typically how it feels at first, but it's much harder to rip open those wounds than you think. Good to know re: Recovery. I'm still struggling to do much at the moment, very frustrating but to be expected this early on... Probably not too bad for people who like to sit around and watch TV all day, but not for active people like us! Haha yeah I sneezed this morning and swore I'd ripped the stiches out. I hadn't, but wow it hurt.
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Post by rob on Sept 20, 2015 3:15:07 GMT -7
Post script: I had to do the entire paper route by myself for the rest of the week, not that I would dare complain about that to my mom I bet you didn't! So did you think he was just trying to escape the duty of doing the paper route as well? I know I thought my brother was just trying to get a day off school when he had it! Brotherly compassion and all... I was still convinced even when he was in hospital. There's a strange satisfaction in finding out there's a genuine reason for your pain (mainly so it doesn't seem like you were putting it on), but that quickly fades when you realise the implications of the cause...
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Post by Chris W on Sept 20, 2015 4:11:39 GMT -7
I have nothing helpful to add, but I want to share this story which I think pretty well sums up my childhood... Ha! It was also not advised to complain to my mother about any bodily injury or ailment. She was a nurse and she had NO sympathy. You were better off telling Dad you got hurt or were sick.
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Post by MarkAnderson on Sept 20, 2015 20:53:40 GMT -7
I must admit, I didn't think it was anything serious either.
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Post by slimshaky on Sept 21, 2015 15:37:02 GMT -7
i had a bilateral inquinal (IIRC) hernia repaired laproscopicaly (IIRC) 5 years ago. i am not sure how these would compare (when it comes to anything dealing with biology of any sort i have literally less than zero knowledge). i think i was able to walk swiftly or light jog within a week, really light climbing at around a month, more serious climbing around 2 months or something like that. i didn't do any inversion offwidths for maybe 4 to 6 months or something one semi-funny story. of course i was obsessed with getting out of climbing shape, so as soon as i could light-walk i would go to eldo after work. i would grab these two rocks that were maybe 5 lbs each, and pinch grip them for my whole walk. one night, an eldo ranger comes hauling ass up to me in his jeep and asks me what in the heck i think i'm doing. i said 'carrying rocks'. he got pretty bent out of shape about the thought of rocks being carried up a small hill. i told him not to worry - i always bring them back down and put them in the same place. he said 'ok, but i don't want to see any net movement in those rocks!"
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Post by Chris W on Sept 21, 2015 20:13:40 GMT -7
Bilateral? Ouch! I think the recovery time will be very similar.I know about as much about inversion offwidths as you do about biology.
As for the ranger, was he bored? I don't climb in areas with rangers...
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