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The sixth week and results
I got fed up of waiting for the results and everything. It seemed to be like a game in which me, as one side, and the doctors as the other side were waiting what the other side would do. I have to admit that I was the one who blew a fuse and I decided to sign a revers and go home. Before I left, one of the doctors, the head one came to me and we had a short talk. I only got to know that my stage is incurable (I had already known that). Weiterlesen
The fifth week in the hospital
A new week and new check-ups which should show how the pathways between my legs and head are damaged. These check-ups will measure the evoked potentials which are the electrical signals generated by the nervous system in response to sensory stimuli. The first one would be somatosensory evoked potentials or just SEPs. They consist of a series of waves that reflect sequential activation of neural structures along the somatosensory pathways. The stimulation in my case was done at the tibial nerve (it is on the inner part of the calf. The result of this is important because of intraoperative monitoring during the spinal cord operation. The check-up was done by a really great doctor who was very kind to me and explain the whole procedure to me, so I was very calm and without fear. The result of it was not good. The signals coming from my legs are so low that they are not suitable for intraoperative monitoring. Weiterlesen
Third week in hospital
I was finally transferred to the other hospital where I should have been operated. As I was leaving, my surgeon told me the operation would be at the end of next week. The new hospital did not look very good – I really did not like the rooms and also the people do not look very friendly, so during the enter check-up I was so nervous that they could hear my heart beating as they were measuring my pressure. Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit hospital, operation, rehab
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The second week in hospital
The second week started and I have still been waiting for some news. I have tried to talk to the doctors here, but they only told me that I must be informed by my surgeon who is not very often here. Weiterlesen
New troubles- new start…
As a disabled person you face not only the change of your entire health. You also have to face the system and the other people which can be quite tough sometimes. Most people have no idea what it means to be disabled and what everything is included in it. Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit disabled, health, my life, my story, operation, problems, rehab, wheelchair
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Next part of the treatment
Next part of the treatment was standing up or firstly sitting up. Maybe you think it is nothing hard, but then you are wrong. This was really difficult especially because of low orthostatic pressure and the fact that the first time they sat me up I was still having the drainage system in my lungs. Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit lungs, operation, part, sitting up, stand up, treatment
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First operation – part 1
Information – this is what people miss most here. You get to know that you are going to be operated and the name of your diagnosis, but nothing is explained to you. Of course, when a doctor says to you that everything is going to be ok, only a few of us are interested in what the whole health problem is about. Mostly we are just lucky that we are going to be ok again. In my case the problem was discovered too late, and also I was struggling with the system a lot. Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit ct, examination, hopes, information, mri, mrt, operation
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