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Post by Art Vandelay on Nov 22, 2011 8:54:47 GMT -5
Now, back to trying to play RTSs and FPSs one handed. If you have a joystick most flight/space sims are quite playable with one hand. Maybe that'll help make gaming while recovering more bearable.
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Post by lighthorseman on Nov 24, 2011 0:02:11 GMT -5
Officially tube free today.
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Nov 24, 2011 0:07:29 GMT -5
Awesome to hear!
*stares at kitty sig*
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Post by John E on Nov 24, 2011 0:08:21 GMT -5
Yay! No more tubes!
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Post by davedan on Nov 24, 2011 0:23:04 GMT -5
Glad to hear you are tube free and hopefully enjoying the taste of something different.
I missed this thread at first so I will join with the rest in offering my concern and congratulations on what appears to be a quick recovery and hope that it keeps going. Hopefully you were right handed to begin with so you won't have to learn to wank with the wrong hand (which just never feels right).
Have you had the chance to speak to your daughter and let her know you are all right?
It seems particularly cruel to happen to someone who doesn't drink, smoke or do drugs - personally I would be hopping into the medical grade morphine and amphetamines in the hospital as soon as I was better, at least then you have a reason when your body performs a coup detat.
all the best and I hope they are taking care of you in Blackwall? Or have they moved you to Brisbane.
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Post by lighthorseman on Nov 24, 2011 1:37:04 GMT -5
Glad to hear you are tube free and hopefully enjoying the taste of something different. I missed this thread at first so I will join with the rest in offering my concern and congratulations on what appears to be a quick recovery and hope that it keeps going. Hopefully you were right handed to begin with so you won't have to learn to wank with the wrong hand (which just never feels right). Have you had the chance to speak to your daughter and let her know you are all right? It seems particularly cruel to happen to someone who doesn't drink, smoke or do drugs - personally I would be hopping into the medical grade morphine and amphetamines in the hospital as soon as I was better, at least then you have a reason when your body performs a coup detat. all the best and I hope they are taking care of you in Blackwall? Or have they moved you to Brisbane. Thanks Dan and everyone. Improving on left hand side, now self mobilising with assistance. completely tube free , no catheters, canulas, NG tubes, oxygen lines or telemetry. Speech I'm told is improving but I'm still really self conscious about it. Still severe impairment on the left, but I am indeed right handed so that's another tick in the "could be worse" column. Probably the biggest problem facing me in recovery is something called " emotional lability" (I seem to have the more unusual uncontrolable laughing variety) My daughter is with her Grandparents whom she loves. She just knows "daddy's sick" nothing more than that. I wanted to talk to a psychiatrist or psychologist before I see her because I don't want to mess her up worse than neccesary. They flew me to Rockhampton initially, now waiting for a placement in Brisbane but have to wait for a rehab slot. I'm not critical any more so might be a bit of a waiting game.
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Post by ironbite on Nov 24, 2011 1:53:03 GMT -5
So for awhile there you were a series of tubes? Damn.
Ironbite-missed my chance to stuff and entire internet in there.
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Post by lighthorseman on Nov 24, 2011 1:53:34 GMT -5
Waiting game sux. Let's play Hungry hungry hippos!
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Nov 24, 2011 4:13:07 GMT -5
Regarding your daughter, your best bet is to offer her a very simplistic explanation for what happened. Simply telling her that daddy was sick but got better will leave her with too many questions -- she'll know that you're leaving things out, which will cause her to worry about all the What Ifs she's left with. Basically, be truthful about what happened, but explain it in a heavily sugar-coated, kid-friend way.
Additionally, it's wise to start and end the explanation by telling her that you're going to be okay, making sure to tell her why you're going to be okay (again, in the kid-friendly way) so she doesn't think you're just trying to make her feel better. Let her know that the doctors knew how to "fix" you, etc. Hearing that a doctor told you that you're going to make a full recovery should help her feel a bit better -- kids tend to respond fairly strongly to information that comes from those kinds of authority figures.
In any case, she's going to worry and be upset, no matter what anyone says. That's something you can't avoid. So, if she cries or seems otherwise upset, it doesn't mean that you're doing a bad job of explaining it to her -- she's just behaving like any child would when they're worried about their parent.
That's my 2 cents, anyway. Obviously, you're much better equipped to know how your daughter will react to things.
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