M-Taliesin
01-25-2011, 01:50 AM
Howdy Folks!
Things went badly around 4pm in the afternoon, and I started bleeding out pretty profusely through the bandages. EMS was called, and I got myself delivered to the emergency room. They got it under control, and I returned home.
If you want to see a photo of the mess at the emergency room, just pop me a PM with your email and I'll send you the photo.
People with gun shots often lose less blood than I did that evening. So they put in a couple of stitches and resolved the problem. Only I couldn't walk so I had to call the fire department to get a Lift Assist to help me get out of the car and into the house.
Right now, things are mostly under control.
Thanks to you all for well wishes, prayers, and kind thoughts. Its nice to know there are folks out there who care. Much obliged.
Blessings,
M-Taliesin
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Howdy Folks!
In about 6 hours as I write this, I'll be headed back for another try at surgery to mend my knee. It has been a long and strange road getting here.
For those who don't know, I was at work when I tore my medial meniscus, and also badly damaged the lateral meniscus. Hyperextension of the knee that resulted from running into a stationary object really made a mess of my knee. The only cure is to get it fixed surgically.
First I was to have the operation at the end of August. That got put on the back burner when I developed a blood clot in that same leg, a few inches below and behind the knee. Once the blood clot was dissolved with blood thinners, I was scheduled for surgery on December 31st, and really wanted to put that particular memory of 2010 behind me. The last thing I wanted was to carry this into another year. But despite my showing up for surgery, getting all prepped up and suitably attired with one of them fashionable hospital gowns that let your backside catch some fresh air, the medical types couldn't get an I.V. started. Not that they didn't try. They poked me time and again, without finding a vein. If they couldn't start an I.V., they couldn't do the operation. So it got pushed back again.
Well tomorrow is the latest attempt.
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<Snip> The job got done!
Late afternoon, things turned bad.
Blessings,
M-Taliesin
Things went badly around 4pm in the afternoon, and I started bleeding out pretty profusely through the bandages. EMS was called, and I got myself delivered to the emergency room. They got it under control, and I returned home.
If you want to see a photo of the mess at the emergency room, just pop me a PM with your email and I'll send you the photo.
People with gun shots often lose less blood than I did that evening. So they put in a couple of stitches and resolved the problem. Only I couldn't walk so I had to call the fire department to get a Lift Assist to help me get out of the car and into the house.
Right now, things are mostly under control.
Thanks to you all for well wishes, prayers, and kind thoughts. Its nice to know there are folks out there who care. Much obliged.
Blessings,
M-Taliesin
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Howdy Folks!
In about 6 hours as I write this, I'll be headed back for another try at surgery to mend my knee. It has been a long and strange road getting here.
For those who don't know, I was at work when I tore my medial meniscus, and also badly damaged the lateral meniscus. Hyperextension of the knee that resulted from running into a stationary object really made a mess of my knee. The only cure is to get it fixed surgically.
First I was to have the operation at the end of August. That got put on the back burner when I developed a blood clot in that same leg, a few inches below and behind the knee. Once the blood clot was dissolved with blood thinners, I was scheduled for surgery on December 31st, and really wanted to put that particular memory of 2010 behind me. The last thing I wanted was to carry this into another year. But despite my showing up for surgery, getting all prepped up and suitably attired with one of them fashionable hospital gowns that let your backside catch some fresh air, the medical types couldn't get an I.V. started. Not that they didn't try. They poked me time and again, without finding a vein. If they couldn't start an I.V., they couldn't do the operation. So it got pushed back again.
Well tomorrow is the latest attempt.
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<Snip> The job got done!
Late afternoon, things turned bad.
Blessings,
M-Taliesin