Ces-1
guilty by association
whoa... sorry to hear that. i felt lucky but didn't realize just how much until your post. thanks for sharing that.
*damn*
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whoa... sorry to hear that. i felt lucky but didn't realize just how much until your post. thanks for sharing that.
*damn*
Burning1
I'm scareoused!
I used to teach Martial Arts, while dealing with all kinds of sickness and injury. I learned that the most risky part of recovery was the last 10% where I would feel normal, but not be completely healed up.
Sometimes I'd find myself overdoing it and re-injuring myself. Othertimes I found pushing it made a full recovery take a long time. Sometimes it's best to be out of the game for an extra week or two, than to be stuck only able to give 75% for months on end.
Sometimes I'd find myself overdoing it and re-injuring myself. Othertimes I found pushing it made a full recovery take a long time. Sometimes it's best to be out of the game for an extra week or two, than to be stuck only able to give 75% for months on end.
BillSmith
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Get a good thermometer. If you start to run a fever, go back to the doctor immediately.
Had an appendix removed. It was taken out whole and all was supposed to be well. Apparently some bugs were present from my appendix or introduced through surgery. In less than two weeks, I was blessed with an abdomen like a misshappen sumo.
Three weeks of septic abdominal cavity clean-up and I was good as...well, not new, but eventually...two years later...feel I am back to normal.
If you aren't running bacteria inside, the stitches and surgery is inconsequential and you can ride reasonably aggressive rather soon. If they said two weeks bedrest...I'd take it real slow.
The alternative is not fun. Been there, done that.
Had an appendix removed. It was taken out whole and all was supposed to be well. Apparently some bugs were present from my appendix or introduced through surgery. In less than two weeks, I was blessed with an abdomen like a misshappen sumo.
Three weeks of septic abdominal cavity clean-up and I was good as...well, not new, but eventually...two years later...feel I am back to normal.
If you aren't running bacteria inside, the stitches and surgery is inconsequential and you can ride reasonably aggressive rather soon. If they said two weeks bedrest...I'd take it real slow.
The alternative is not fun. Been there, done that.
afm199
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I have had around 150 sutures, hands, arms, legs and head. Generally speaking you don't want to do anything at all in the first week to strain the wound, it WILL tear and open ( I have some great 1/4" wide scars) and by the end of week two it will be fairly well together enough to withstand MODERATE activity. I have removed the last 60-70 stitches myself at 2 weeks.
I had one gash on my little finger from putting my hand through a window. The e room doc as a plastic surgeon and had plenty of time. He put seventeen stitches in a 3/4" wound I can't see the scar unless I look for it. That size usually get 4 or 5 max.
I had one gash on my little finger from putting my hand through a window. The e room doc as a plastic surgeon and had plenty of time. He put seventeen stitches in a 3/4" wound I can't see the scar unless I look for it. That size usually get 4 or 5 max.
Ces-1
guilty by association
whoa gnarly...
yeah that being at 75% for a long time due to not healing fully is a brilliant observation. it's hard to put into words but you did it well.
the more i hear, the more fortunate i feel.
im going to continue to be easy & cool and wait for the incisions to look well closed.
i was told to remove my bandages the day after i was released. i did so, and damn if they weren't ready. i was in no hurry, just following docs orders. anyway, needless to say, after cleaning the damn wounds, i rebandaged them immediately.
thanks Kaiser!
yeah that being at 75% for a long time due to not healing fully is a brilliant observation. it's hard to put into words but you did it well.
the more i hear, the more fortunate i feel.
im going to continue to be easy & cool and wait for the incisions to look well closed.
i was told to remove my bandages the day after i was released. i did so, and damn if they weren't ready. i was in no hurry, just following docs orders. anyway, needless to say, after cleaning the damn wounds, i rebandaged them immediately.
thanks Kaiser!
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+ a lot
I ran cross country in high school. Did the entire season on a strained calve muscle. Pain killers just covered it up until adrenaline kicked in and I stopped feeling it until the race ended. Two weeks after the season ended my leg was back at 100%. Since I didn't want to stop training I kept re-injuring it daily instead of being smart and taking a break.
Flying Pig
Still learning to ride
I've had an my appendix burst back when it was my first week in sixth grade, almost 8 years ago.
My surgeon told me afterwards that if it took them two more hours to begin operating, she wouldn't be talking with me.
Stupid thing is like a ticking time bomb in our body.
Nobody knows what function it provides, yet everyone has one, and its only harmful (evident by people living normal lives with the absence of the organ).
Anyhow, I'd follow your doc's recommendations.
If your incisions are healed up, then its all based on your judgement. If you can put some pressure on the scar, and it still hurts, that's a sign you shouldn't be riding.
Heh back in sixth grade, I couldn't ride, but I spent two weeks after the surgery in the hospital playing N64.. lol. And I had to learn to walk again. Be glad yours didn't burst
My surgeon told me afterwards that if it took them two more hours to begin operating, she wouldn't be talking with me.
Stupid thing is like a ticking time bomb in our body.
Nobody knows what function it provides, yet everyone has one, and its only harmful (evident by people living normal lives with the absence of the organ).
Anyhow, I'd follow your doc's recommendations.
If your incisions are healed up, then its all based on your judgement. If you can put some pressure on the scar, and it still hurts, that's a sign you shouldn't be riding.
Heh back in sixth grade, I couldn't ride, but I spent two weeks after the surgery in the hospital playing N64.. lol. And I had to learn to walk again. Be glad yours didn't burst