Dr. Rozbruch stryde 27th Jan 2021!

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Good luck, Chemistryde! Will be following your journey.  Stay strong 💪👍

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Nice..Wouldn't it make more sense to do the distraction in NYC itself since Dr R can address any issues immediately?I guess it will also be more safe to do it that way..

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Quote from: Chemistryde on January 29, 2021, 11:39:14 PM
It's day 3 and I'm still not moving my bowels and that's why I'm q bit concerned. But I am assuming that'll only happen once I go back to my hotel room.

Congratulations on your surgery man, you are in good hands! Tell your doctors about your bowel problem, they may be able to help you with some medication.

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Realistic yeah I am planning to stay longer. At least a month, and it seems like I can easily work from home from the hotel, they have a good internet connection.

Arcon, Yesterday I tried to poop but no luck, will ask for some more stool softeners today. But I am looking forward to clearing PT and getting discharged, fingers crossed.

Everything has been okay so far on day 4. Only my pulse was a little too high, and they gave me an IV for that, they also asked me to do some deep breathing and lung excercises since the epidural can relax internal muscles and might take a toll on your lungs.

I am officially on 5 mg oxycodone, don't feel the need to take the full 10 mg anymore. One of Dr. Rozbruch's assistant visited in the morning and she said that the swelling is normal, and all sensation seems to be good. So I am relieved that everything is fine on the nerves part.

Today's Saturday and there are some trainee nurses in the hospital, and they are learning with me haha. So that feels good, at least I am able to help them professionally grow.

To be honest I feel like I can code and work all day now, and working from home should be perfectly okay. I just need to figure out a plan that includes work, PT and enough stretching to make something out of the following 6 months.

I definitely feel my arms are getting stronger as I'm able to lift and move my body much more compared to the first day. I am also focusing on eggs chicken and fish to do good to the biceps.

I'm still on the blood thinners and just want to start ambulating asap to reduce any risks of embolism. In terms of pain management, oxy and Tylenol help a lot, and spacing them out throughout the day reduces my dependency and need for opiods.

I will try to walk more in the PT session today and also get a good 2 hour dose of CPM on each leg. And then hopefully make it home by evening!

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Cool..Quick question that you do not have to answer..Do you work at Microsoft since you said that you are moving to Redmond and you are a coder:)?If you are working in a similar big tech company, did you face any discrimination based on your height?

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I do work at Microsoft yeah. Nope never really felt being discriminated against based on height.

Did you?

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Nope..I do not think swe folks would be discriminated based on appearance in most of the companies...All they care about is whether you are a good engineer producing great software ...Perhaps people in sales or other positions could be..It has affected me only in dating to some extent.. I was associated with a bunch of  stupid people who would constantly talk about appearance back in my high school days that has affected my perception..And the Internet has kind of validated that..So whatever discrimination that short people experience is exaggerated in my brain and makes me feel bad..If I could just normalize that somehow, objectively, I should not have any major concerns with my height provided I get lucky with dating..I should NOT include  height as a major thing in my idea of the "self" but I am struggling to make that shift in my thinking..

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Yeah I mean people will make judgements, it's up to you, how much of a damn you give

Personally for me LL has always been this exciting thing which will help me get out of the boredom of day to day life. But it's never felt like a need, more like an adventure.

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It is good to go with an adventurous mindset..Dr. Rozbruch is great and I am sure he would be handling all "corner cases"..I would be following and cheering you as you progress on this journey!

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Thanks man, yeah all corner cases. I think he has written a lot of "test cases" to be where he is lol.

So it think PT cleared me for discharge, and looks like I am scooting in and out of bed all right. All set to go home. Just getting a couple of CPM sessions in and my last dose of oxy at the hospital, and then the ambulate will pick me up in 2 hours from now.