BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Rowan
Date: 08 Feb 09 - 03:58 PM

Just a quickie to let those of you who know Lynne Stone, the Alleways and Frank & Mary (all from Marysville, where there's only four buildings left standing), they're all safe and relocated around Victoria. Lynne, and the Murphys have lost their houses but Dave and Di's house "is" 5km out of town and we don't yet know its status.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Charley Noble
Date: 07 Feb 09 - 09:08 PM

Sandra-

I do hope you are permitted to imbibe a little alcohol to mitigate recovery. Judy and I recommend "rusty nails," a mixture of Drambuie, Scotch, and ice cubes.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 07 Feb 09 - 05:22 PM

thanks for your good wishes, Mary.

Sydney & Melbourne are about 900 kms apart, but we do have some fires to the north of Sydney on the Central coast, about 80 km away & there was a fire in a harbourside National Park about 12 km from my place.

temps will be 33 in my harbourside bit of Sydney, with 43 in Sydney's west, 75ms away - Sydney is a large region. And I'm staying inside again today.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: SINSULL
Date: 07 Feb 09 - 10:17 AM

Is the smoke from the fires near Melbourne reaching you, Sandra? Reports here say that it is bad.
Windows closed in 100+ degree heat can't be fun.
Stay safe and take one day at a time. By March 1st this will be behind you.
Mary

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 06 Feb 09 - 10:16 AM

thanks for the good wishes & prayers - this healing lark is sooo bloody slow! I felt more comfortable when I left hospital, before my wound started swelling up. It's hard to get comfortable with (old) sore back & legs & (new) swollen wound.

More liquid removed today (& he as he said, he didn't find that nerve again!) - about 200ml, the first lot was a cup & a half & I'll be needing several more sessions next week. I forgot to ask how long the swelling would last, but I don't suppose I could get an accurate answer!

sandra (not getting any skinnier!)

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: SINSULL
Date: 06 Feb 09 - 09:14 AM

Great news, Sandra. Sure he's not doing liposuction?

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: wysiwyg
Date: 05 Feb 09 - 04:58 PM

Been praying fer ya... (Will contiune.)

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 05 Feb 09 - 07:16 AM

hugs to you Sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Feb 09 - 12:17 AM

That's great news, Sandra!! Keep at it and heal up, all the way!:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: TRUBRIT
Date: 05 Feb 09 - 12:01 AM

Good girl Sandra --- take care.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Rowan
Date: 04 Feb 09 - 07:51 PM

Great news, Sandra

My big sister nearly crippled a dentist when she was young in the same manner.

And I bet it involved a particular part of his anatomy that was the basis of a schoolyard joke on the same theme that was widespread in my youth; I'm pleased it had some basis in fact.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Megan L
Date: 04 Feb 09 - 06:42 AM

That is good news Sandra. :) for future reference make sure you are positioned in such a way that if the doctor is male you can assure him you will not hurt him if he doesnt hurt you. My big sister nearly crippled a dentist when she was young in the same manner.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: gnu
Date: 04 Feb 09 - 06:37 AM

Great news. Hope you heal fast.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: freda underhill
Date: 04 Feb 09 - 02:33 AM

that's faaanbloodytastic news Sandra. I'm VERY pleased to hear it!

amalina

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 04 Feb 09 - 01:55 AM

I saw my surgeon today & as I knew - he had cut out soooo much flesh around the site of the original cancerous thingy that there is not a trace of cancer anywhere in the area.

YAH! & even better I don't need to wear those white stockings when I'm out & about.

the only problem is the swelling above & below the scar which he dealt with by sticking in needles & syringing out lotsa' liquid. I kept my eyes shut & chatted brightly except when one needle hit a nerve. I have another appointment Fri to get more removed & he assures me he couldn't find that nerve again if he tried!

My leg is much more comfortable & I'm sitting more easily.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Carly
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 11:51 PM

I just got here...I am glad to hear that you are home and doing so well. I sympathize about the surgical stockings; they are such a pain, particularly in hot weather! Heal fast, well, and completely.

Sent with best wishes from Carly

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 07:39 PM

thanks for the good thoughts.

latest update - I visited the Medical centre yesterday & am now on antibiotics cos of an infection. My nurse friend says it might be expected as my lymph system has been disrupted (she said some very techo stuff & my eyes glazed over)

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: skarpi
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 05:34 AM

I just saw you thread a moments ago ? I dont why it has gone by my
eyes , anyway , I hope you wil be well Sandra , ((( hug ))))
all the best Skarpi Iceland

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Micca
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 03:33 AM

I hope you are feeling better Sandra, I haven't even got a spectacular scar to show off (this time) for which I am Grateful!! It must be absolute TORTURE to wear support socks in those temperatures!!!, they make my legs ITCH something awful!! (I have to wear them when flying), So Get better soon, you have friends pulling for you everywhere, and this Mudcat Healing Power really does work!
Micca

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Rowan
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 11:40 PM

Glad to see all's well, Sandra, or at least on the mend.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: SussexCarole
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 03:44 PM

So sorry that we've missed this thread til now! All our very best wishes to you Sandra for a speedy recovery.

Andrew & Carole x

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 05:26 AM

Good to see you back and getting well again, Sandra.

I hope you remembered to bring Hugh Jackman back home with you...It'd be a real shame if you left him in the hospital! ;0)

A big, but very gentle, hug for you...(((x)))

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: JennieG
Date: 30 Jan 09 - 07:24 PM

I'm one of those folk who live in Sydney's wild wild west....although it's not as wild here as it is further west.....if you follow me.

Sandra, good to hear that things are proceeding as well as they should, even though you are uncomfortable. Each day will be better.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 30 Jan 09 - 05:35 PM

you're not wrong, spaw - sitting is extremely uncomfortable, but as long as I alternate sitting with walking & laying down, I'll survive to grumble & moan!

At least it's cooler where I live - we're only expecting 29 today here & for th rest of the week, unlike those in Sydney's west who will get 35+ & the folks in Australia's south-west where temperatures are in the mid 40s.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: catspaw49
Date: 30 Jan 09 - 12:51 PM

You're laying there with this huge, ugly, scar on your bod and the damn thing looks bloody and bruised and its still oozing gawd knows what.........Doctor comes in and says," Um-hmm...uh-huh.....yes........Oh yes, that's looking very nice."

Doncha' wanna' ask, "What the fuck reality are YOU in Doc?"

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Hrothgar
Date: 30 Jan 09 - 03:44 AM

Hasn't been over 35 Celsius in Brissy - 95 Fahrenheit, that is.

Now, the humidity - Urrrk!!!! well up in the 80s!

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Helen
Date: 30 Jan 09 - 01:42 AM

Oh well, I just thought I'd ask about Dallas because it is an unusual name for a woman. The Dallas I knew was starting out as a writer back then, and moved to Sydney for better opportunities. (One of my favourite ex-colleagues, BTW.)

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: GUEST,Peace
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 11:28 PM

43 x 1.8 + 32 = 109 degrees F.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 11:23 PM

I saw my Dr this morning & she admired the scar! - well, she said it was well done & doing well.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Megan L
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 06:27 AM

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Canberra Chris
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 06:26 AM

I didn't spot this thread - ask for songs and put it in the music forum! John Dengate would oblige.

But we did talk on the phone.

I used to work in an operating theatre but I'll spare you the inside (as it were) stories.

Except a couple. One was the time the two surgeons were arguing about which leg it was. I knew, and I was going to intervene if they got it wrong.

Over several months nothing so far as I was aware went wrong, so it seemed about as safe as crossing the road. But I can understand if you're chicken.

The main danger was probably to me, as I had to clean the theatre back in the old days with the cocktail of cleaners they tell you now (thanks!) never to mix, or use in a confined space.

Chris

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 03:22 AM

Trubrit - Joybell lives in rural Victoria, normally rather hot in summer, but currently a bit hotter! - see the Melbourne temperatures thread for more info on her day.

Helen - Dallas was not a librarian, she's a retired travel agent.

It hasn't been as hot here - tho wearing these bloody blood pressure stockings make it seem the same. And my scar is crossed by lots of nasty scratchy tapes - they certainly aren't holding it together - & they are annoying me, as is the puffiness. My left leg has been sore all day (old story, nuffin' to do with the wound) & I've found it hard to sit (as is often the case) & too hot to wander about

whinge whinge, moan, moan, grizzle, grizzle

sandra (does this mean I'm getting better?)

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Helen
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 01:07 AM

Glad to hear you have escaped from hospital. Get yourself well and enjoy the pampering.

(BTW, your friend Dallas didn't work in a library in Newcastle a decade or two ago, did she?)

Helen

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: TRUBRIT
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 12:29 AM

Joybell -- WHERE is it 43??????????

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Joybell
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 10:44 PM

Great, Sandra. Well done and brave.
So it's only 28 there! Lucky you. Just as well. It's 43 here.
Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: SINSULL
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 05:46 PM

Stay very cool!
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 04:22 PM

It is good to get back home again. Stay cool and get well soon!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 11:03 AM

Super, you are home!! Thanks for letting us know and thanks to your friends who took such good care of you. Remember that, eh, and to let them know if you need more help.:-) Take it easy and slow.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: quokka
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 10:16 AM

Only just seen this thread too - here's good thoughts for a speedy recovery and a {{{{((((hug))))}}}}

Cheers,

Quokka

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 09:03 AM

Glad you are home Sandra. Hope you heal well and quickly.

Love

Khatt x

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: artbrooks
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:38 AM

Oh yeah...that last one was 100.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: artbrooks
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:33 AM

Of course Nurse Ratched is spending all her time with Micca - why else do you think he is spending all his time locked in the loo?

Good to see that you are out of durance vile and on the road to recovery.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:32 AM

not quite as much in central Sydney - only 23.0 ten minutes ago @ the observatory, but it's close to Sydney Harbour & so am I. We have 81% humidity, tho I'm not noticing it as I have a fan blowing on me.

We're expecting 28 tomorrow (with 36 out west) & I'm staying in!

It'll be cooler tomorrow in Brisbane - they're only expecting 30.

sandra (12.24am)

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: SINSULL
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:19 AM

Good to have you back, Sandra. 114 degrees in Brisbane? YUCH

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Charley Noble
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 07:44 AM

Home is nice!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble, preparing for another foot of snow in Maine

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: freda underhill
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 04:44 AM

I kept an eye out for Nurse Rathched when I was visiting, as Sandra let it be known she wasn't to be allowed in. Luckily, there was no sighting, I think she must be off causing trouble with Micca.

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 03:48 AM

Wonderful to hear from you! Should I open up the Recovery Ward now? There's a special annexe stuffed full of craft items (for the occupational therapy, we can't sell the stuff but the "special" patients here get such a kick out of being allowed to eat as much glue as they like), with windows that open out onto the gardens where you can watch Nurse Ratched pursue her burgeoning career as a Physio Terrorist. Or just pursue the patients that have escaped her tender care...

Keep up the good work of resting, it's the best thing you could do!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: Megan L
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 03:39 AM

Great to have ye back lassie Noo dinny dae onythin daft (OK try no tae dae onythin dafter than usual:) )

Hope you get good results from the specialist.

Awra best
frae
Dauvitt and his Meg

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Sydney
From: GUEST,Peace
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 02:15 AM

YAHOO!

Great to see you posting, Sandra.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts needed, please-Sandra in Syd
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 02:07 AM

back home after my adventure.

Another friend collected me from Margaret's place & took me & my bags to Craft group, where I wasn't allowed to move chairs & tables & carry stuff back to the storeroom! Not that I wanted to, or even thought of helping. We had our usual crafty & chatty time.

Nor was I allowed to carry my bags, or the fruit & veg we bought on the way home. Dallas pushed the trolley across the sloping market floor (good thing the trolley was stable, cos she is smaller & shorter than me!) & then drove thru early peak hour traffic, & carried almost everything up my 38 stairs! And offered her spare room if I find the stairs too much, but I'm planning to stay in for a few days, maybe take a short walk at night if I get too stir-crazy.

I do have some great friends - it's amazing to an island like me how helpful folks are if asked (& even if not asked!)

The only pain-killers I asked for (in the ward, dunno what I might have been given pre & post-op) were for my sore back - scar pain was ok, more a bloody (bruised!) irritation & annoyance, as it still is. And those little sticky strips that "hold" the wound together - wot a bloody irritation. And white surgical stockings are just the thing for hot humid Sydney days & nights, but I have to go around looking like a lady bowler until I see my surgeon again.

Hospital beds & chairs are not the best for chronic back pain, so after I could get up on Fri night I walked a round a bit - sometimes just out of our 4-bed ward into the corridor, later in the hospital grounds.

I read, knitted, embroidered & rested, & did the same at Margaret's place, tho she did allow me to chop veggies last night (I was hanging out for veggies & ate lots, yum!!), & I even sneaked in a small washing-up while she was arguing with her new computer. By-the-by, I couldn't submit anything on her computer, first message I had saved & we sent it to Charlie for posting, second disappeared after submitting & I couldn't retrieve it. One Of Life's Little Mysteries! (Two Of Life's Little Mysteries?)

thanks to everyone for your support & good wishes, now I just have to wait till my appointment with my surgeon in a week.

sandra (resting on a comfortable computer chair after half a day on another comfortable chair)

I'm sure my bruises are prize-winners, too!