Without the urine bag I had 1 bag left. The CSF lumbar drain bag. This meant that I can have more mobility. I wasn't about to take a shower for fear that the lumbar drain might get infected, after all, this is poking into my spine. Mr cheang came around asking if I had any CSF leakage from my nose, I said no. The lumbar drain had been blocked for a while so if it were to leak I would have. So he says that it should be ok to remove the drain. I was not too keen on this as if it were to leak again puting that thing back in must be agony and not to mention dangerous. I wasn't too keen on anyone buggering around in my spine. But it was to go. On the bright side the sooner it goes the sooner I go home. Then he checked my calf and thigh muscles. He said when I get home I should do some exercises. Who me? I was fit as a fiddle. Did the exercises before being warded.
So it was to go. Dr thinnesh had the privilege of doing it. So I go to the treatment room to get it out. I laid on the bed so I couldn't see how they did. I felt some stinging feeling. Don't know if there was something strong holding it. Then one more sting to get the needle out and that was it. I was FREE! He then sprayed something probably antibacteria or something.
I was now able to move around, shower, poo etc. (I was wearing diapers all this while and I had been avoiding heavy foods to avoid soiling my daipers. There was no way I was going to poo in diapers.) I then realise what the doctor meant. My muscles had atrophied. I couldn't even squat. Damn. This is gonna take a while to recover. No wonder he said I will need to exercise. What a burden.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
no bags please
don't know why I am having so much trouble with accessing google and yahoo. Publishing blogs is also a problem. This popped up after I did an update on OSX. I'm sure something bad happened or have my ISP given be the finger? Also the date on my pc screwed up because the cmos battery went down, can my certificates have any effect?
To continue it was time to remove the urine bag, including the tube. This is a good thing, it means I am closer to going home but I have heard stories from the ward that this is going to be an experience. One guy mentioned how painful it was to remove but said it depended on whether the balloon was deflated and who was doing it. There was also the post removal. One guy said that it was painful to urinate (excruciating actually). I've had painful urination before, the burning sensation and it IS excruciating. Urination is not an off on thing, once it comes out it gushes for a while and is difficult to quell.
Well I have no choice just trainees are going to do it! I ask them whether they have done this before, they said yeah. That's reassuring, but how pleasant is this going to be?
I take off my standard issue pants, actually this will be the first time I will have seen it because all this time I have not looked at it. I was surprised that the tube seemed relatively large for the hole that it was going into. Poor thing. Morning glories are also uncomfortable, I have to think about unpleasant things to deflate it. I do feel a tingling at the end of my 'willie'. I know what that means. Wonder if they talk about peoples sizes later in private? You know fred astaire was small but he can dance! Anyways she took a syringe and said she was going to deflate the balloon. Balloon? What the hell is a balloon doing in my bladder? Then I noticed a branch in the tube where the syringe goes. Interesting. Well she sucked all the water out of the balloon via the access tube. Then signalled she was about to remove the tube. I ask if it will hurt, she says no but adds take a deep breath. Huh? That usually mean pain. Well, what can I do? She was gonna pull it and there was nothing I can do. So she starts pulling, it wasn't painful, rather smooth but uncomfortable. The tip passed some sensitive places, the prostate, the G spot, the perineum, etc. It WAS uncomfortable. Can't imagine this tube going in although I have heard my bed neighbour getting it and sounded like it was irritating and painful.
Then it was out. It was long! Oh well it's out now and hope it's the last I'll see of it. The tip did have something like a deflated balloon at the end of it. Now I have the choice of going to the toilet and let some out probably painfully but a little or I wait as long as I can later and let the tip of my willie recover but it's gonna gush uncontrollably. I took the latter option, it's a chance. So that night I had to go, I couldn't hold it back any longer. Thoughts of agony from other 'users' crossed my mind so I try a little as best as I can and felt painless, so I let it all out, relieved like you wouldn't believe.
To continue it was time to remove the urine bag, including the tube. This is a good thing, it means I am closer to going home but I have heard stories from the ward that this is going to be an experience. One guy mentioned how painful it was to remove but said it depended on whether the balloon was deflated and who was doing it. There was also the post removal. One guy said that it was painful to urinate (excruciating actually). I've had painful urination before, the burning sensation and it IS excruciating. Urination is not an off on thing, once it comes out it gushes for a while and is difficult to quell.
Well I have no choice just trainees are going to do it! I ask them whether they have done this before, they said yeah. That's reassuring, but how pleasant is this going to be?
I take off my standard issue pants, actually this will be the first time I will have seen it because all this time I have not looked at it. I was surprised that the tube seemed relatively large for the hole that it was going into. Poor thing. Morning glories are also uncomfortable, I have to think about unpleasant things to deflate it. I do feel a tingling at the end of my 'willie'. I know what that means. Wonder if they talk about peoples sizes later in private? You know fred astaire was small but he can dance! Anyways she took a syringe and said she was going to deflate the balloon. Balloon? What the hell is a balloon doing in my bladder? Then I noticed a branch in the tube where the syringe goes. Interesting. Well she sucked all the water out of the balloon via the access tube. Then signalled she was about to remove the tube. I ask if it will hurt, she says no but adds take a deep breath. Huh? That usually mean pain. Well, what can I do? She was gonna pull it and there was nothing I can do. So she starts pulling, it wasn't painful, rather smooth but uncomfortable. The tip passed some sensitive places, the prostate, the G spot, the perineum, etc. It WAS uncomfortable. Can't imagine this tube going in although I have heard my bed neighbour getting it and sounded like it was irritating and painful.
Then it was out. It was long! Oh well it's out now and hope it's the last I'll see of it. The tip did have something like a deflated balloon at the end of it. Now I have the choice of going to the toilet and let some out probably painfully but a little or I wait as long as I can later and let the tip of my willie recover but it's gonna gush uncontrollably. I took the latter option, it's a chance. So that night I had to go, I couldn't hold it back any longer. Thoughts of agony from other 'users' crossed my mind so I try a little as best as I can and felt painless, so I let it all out, relieved like you wouldn't believe.
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