Ziyal is HOME

[Nerys Ghemor]

I couldn't help saying that. I split my skirt once at a school dance. Or more accurately, going to the house for the after-dance party, where we were all going to watch football. I was running, jumped the curb, and heard/felt...RIP. I had to hold that skirt shut for the rest of the night!

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Oh, no! How embarrassing. LOL

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

It was, a little. Luckily, I think someone at the home we went to had safety pins, so I was able to pin my skirt and finish watching the football game, which for me was more important than the dance...I'd spent half the dance with a group of guys gathered around a miniature TV. (The technology for THAT has come along big time. These days, I guess it would be somebody's iPad!)

 

[ancientone51]

May you find blissful sleep with the noise gone. May the progress last a long time with no troubles again.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Congratulations, Ziyal. I hope that wound vac is gone for good.

Now I've got that song running through my head, too.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Thanks, you two.

RJ, at least it's a good one!

 

[trampledamage]

I hope the good news stays good this time

A great start to 2012!

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Yes, it's a wonderful start! Thanks, Trampled.

 

[JayOwl]

Great news! Hopefully everything will continue to improve!

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Okay, let's try this again... Hopefully, the second time will be the charm...

My wound vac is off. Again. Hopefully permanently. The nurse is really pleased with how the wound is looking.

With the exception of that week or so in October, tonight will be the first night since March that I won't be attached to anything. At first it was IV's (I was thrilled when they got it down to just one), then it was nine months of the wound vac.

I'm so excited, I'm practically dancin' in the street!

I should've known better than to post that. The second time was not the charm. Vac is back on. [Insert the profanity of your choice.]

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

It's definitely sounding like they need to find a more effective technique than this.

Are there any clinical trials, by any chance, that have progressed sufficiently to where they're now likely to yield better results?

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^ Not that I know of. Good thought, though.

Last time I saw the plastic surgeon, she said she wasn't going to get too concerned unless I developed a bunch more tunnels. Like ten or so. So far this is one more. And the home health nurse said it isn't that unusual for them to have a patient on a vac for a year or longer.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

Just wondering...that would take some careful research, of course. But who knows...

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Yeah, I've done some research. Not sure I'd call it "careful."

 

[RJDiogenes]

Sigh. Sorry to hear that. Do they give any reason why this keeps happening?

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^ Nope, not really. I can't begin to tell you how monotonous this is getting.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I can imagine.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Not a big deal, not really worth posting, but I need all the good news and pats on the back I can get. Ten months after the surgery...

(1) I am finally not anemic. Yes, I could've sped that process up considerably, but I was experiencing an unpleasant side effect from the iron supplement, and it was dose-dependent, so I wasn't willing to take the higher dose that my doc recommended.

(2) In the TMI category... You know I had months of total urinary retention followed by months of partial incontinence. Well, I'm finally functioning well enough during the day that I can wear real underwear. I'm a big girl now!

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

Congratulations!!

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Thank you, ma'am!