Patchious Patch

This is going to be an all-out open post on my potty experiences, so I would suggest to those with a faint heart and all those clean freaks to skip this post and move on to the next 😁 Furthermore, this answers a few friends who had enquired about how I go about managing my business 😊 I believe you might have read the post “potty training” and understood the reason why I had to get used to it. If…

During the week between the 2nd and 3rd review that was coming up, there were a lot of changes and learning curves, the slight itch the docs mentioned in the last review wasn’t anywhere near the slightest. There would be nights I would get up and be scratching over the paddings. to my heart’s content. But the more I scratched the more it itched. With some time I did learn to handle the commode…

The stretcher helper The stretcher helper has always been one area we struggled with, but Alhamdulillah managed it somehow. For the last review, Rajettan had returned to help out, but this time he had taken up a job and couldn’t come. I was happy that he had finally found a job. God bless him. My dad although the handyman around the house, at his age was impossible to handle the stretcher and me…

My Crazy Sedative Experience – 1st skin graft review!

So with my new skin under the wraps of a white bandage, The reviews were weekly. I was inquisitive about how it looked, but I guess I still wasn’t that sure about seeing it. 😬 Although I knew the vac foam was placed on the cuticel gauze, I was still slightly concerned about how they would pry the foam off. It was the usual, to begin with, the stretcher transfer, ambulance ride, and then getting…

Skin Grafting Recovery at home

Skin grafting recovery was a new experience altogether. When I got back home, I had both my legs gift-wrapped. The gift wrapping on my right thigh would be changed weekly and my left thigh gift wrapping would never be touched until and unless the dressing became loose or it came out on its own. It wasn’t easy being bandaged up on both legs, and to top it off the 1st day at home was tremendously…

A bit of a Flash Back As I mentioned earlier I have had many good people accompany me on this journey of mine, some I had to say goodbye to sooner than expected. This time it was my 2nd home nurse Rajetten, who had come in place of Akthar. He was a solid person, with a lot of physical will and grit. He could easily help carry me on the stretcher to the ambulance while going out for reviews at…

Room 873 – days of recovery

When I was wheeled into room 873, the whole room’s image had changed for me. That morning I had left the room totally disoriented and disturbed. Now I was back in the same room, feeling better and hungry !! ( I had been on an empty stomach since 11 pm the previous night ) As mentioned in my last post, my partner, my parents, and a glass of Avil milk were waiting for me. 😊 PC: Dad, He took this…

We got off on the 6th floor and I got wheeled through the large flap doors with a sign that read SICU !! Thanked Dr. Shahid in my mind. As I entered the SICU I wondered if this was the same one I was here back in January. There was something very different. I wondered if the good staff I had befriended in January was still there. I remember a few of the staff’s names, Nurse Krishna and Nurse…

Hasim accompanied me to the OT room. There I saw two more browns outfit persons. They seem busy preparing for the surgery and awaiting the patient ( Me ). Hashim said goodbye and said will catch up once the surgery is done😊 I was shifted onto the OT table and I could see them strapping my arms down. I felt the guy who strapped me down seemed like he’s been doing this for ages. I don’t know if it…

The elevator opened to the large doors of the OT area. I waved salaam to my family one more time. I had to change the trolley in the corridor area and hand over the bed sheet that I had on me. I usually have a pillow to support my leg. That also had to be replaced with a pillow from OT. After that, the staff wheeled me off to the Pre OT and parked me between the other patients. I was still…

Photoshoot /Crazy ride /Cochin re visited : part 6 ( The ride back )

Room 873 – Night of Agony

I had a little bit of dinner and thought of having a bit more a little later coz I had to be on an empty stomach the next morning, the time I could have food up to 12:00 midnight. As usual, the doctors had already come for their rounds. We chatted cracked jokes and they left The nurses came around for their routine check. The professor Later I had a visit from a strange yet interesting…

The 3rd Vac change- Skin Grafting here I come…

The 3rd Vac Change, was the same drill, the ambulance ride, the stopover at Casualty for the shot of pain killer. Then wheeled down to Dr. Shahid’s OP. The only difference was this time I brought along my Jacket for the cold AC, just in case I get parked right under it. They all were kind to switch it off for me, but I felt its too much to ask for just one person in the room, so put on my jacket…

Ever since the accident in January, my pain spectrum had been manageable to an extent minus a few times. For a person with a low pain threshold. I can say I have come a long way in tolerating pain. But when Lightning Mc Queen strikes I lose it all. ( for those who don’t know, I have named my shooting pain ( neurological pain ) after the Pixar movie – “Cars” Character “Lightning Mc Queen” 😄 The…

Salute to the services – Vac Man !

The day the vac foam gets changed, I usually go into shooting pain episodes towards the night. This time it was a wee bit too much, starting early as 7:00 pm. It wasn’t easy dealing with the shooting pain I did have some all-out screaming incidents before I could finally get some sleep. The meds that I take do have a sedative effect, and can initially fall asleep, but I am up as soon as the pain…

The 2nd Vac change – My day out…

Every Wednesday, I got to see the good doctors and the staff at the hospital. This was becoming more of a thing for me. My day out if I could call it that 😊. This is the only day I leave my bed, get to travel, meet people, and of course joke and chat with the doctors !! In spite of the pain sessions, I am extra happy that day! 😃 Now don’t get me wrong, I do have talks with my family and we have…