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NorthernRedneck

Finally getting somewhere! The chest tube comes out tomorrow. They are starting me on blood thinner pills and want to keep me till Thursday to monitor the levels. Then I go home and it's blood work twice a week for 3-6 months to monitor the levels and adjust pills as needed.
I'll say it feels great being able to breathe again semi normally.
 
great to hear Brian...your doing good sir as if it was me i would moan like a ungrateful bitch, not only have you been to hell and back but in the process you have shown nothing but dignity i :applause::tiphat::thumb:to you sir.
 
Oh. I've done my share of moaning. I know I've been through hell the past month. I've had emotional highs and lows. It's been tough on my wife and children.
My wife brought our oldest and youngest to visit yesterday. My oldest was very emotional with tears coming out.
I've done allot of praying while laying here alone in this hospital bed. This has been a very tough battle both physically and emotionally for me and my family. I'm just soo thankful to know im alive and will have the opportunity to see my children grow up.
 
NorthernRedneck said:
Oh. I've done my share of moaning. I know I've been through hell the past month. I've had emotional highs and lows. It's been tough on my wife and children.
My wife brought our oldest and youngest to visit yesterday. My oldest was very emotional with tears coming out.
I've done allot of praying while laying here alone in this hospital bed. This has been a very tough battle both physically and emotionally for me and my family. I'm just soo thankful to know im alive and will have the opportunity to see my children grow up.
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You were never alone, dear. :smile:
One day, you'll look back on the accident like it was a bad dream.
 
I know I'm not going through this battle alone. It's just been very difficult emotionally for everyone involved. I am now facing the fact of going to have blood taken twice a week for 4 months while I'm on thinners.
 
I've been off-line for a few days and just read 4 pages of posts.

Sounds like you've been on quite the roller coaster ride with the ups and downs but glad to hear that things are much better for you at the end.
 
NorthernRedneck said:
I know I'm not going through this battle alone. It's just been very difficult emotionally for everyone involved. I am now facing the fact of going to have blood taken twice a week for 4 months while I'm on thinners.
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After i had a health scare early last year i had to have regular blood checks to which this is now ended, at first it made me very worried at what they would find and gave myself and my wife sleepless nights,it was a burden in some ways but as time went on i just looked at it as a case of regular ticks in the box that i was doing just fine.

Your on a roller coaster of emotions Brian and just maybe you need to have a good session of moaning to blow of some steam,you deserve it,we will not judge you,if it will help i could send you something in the post that is so random it will either make you laugh or make you call the police,i dare you to PM me your home address....come on i dare you:yum::yum::yum:

Brian your doing great, your family is 1 in a million.
 
I'm saving all my moaning for when I get home and feel well enough to. ...... them young nurses are all looking pretty fine these days.

Gawd. It's been a long month. [emoji12]

So the doc signed off on me getting a handicapped parking permit due to my breathing. No more searching on the other side of the lot for a parking spot for me. [emoji4]
 
Drain tube is now out. Nice to be unhooked from that tube. I don't have to carry around that plastic box full of fluid that drained out of me.
 
Omg. I just survived one of the most unbearable pains known to man. They had basically half my side all taped up with large bandage in order to hold the drain in place. I just relived the scene from 40 year old virgin with the waxing. Omg that hurt pulling off the tape. Especially the one over my right nipple.

https://youtu.be/rkzUlH9xGI0
 
NorthernRedneck said:
Omg. I just survived one of the most unbearable pains known to man. They had basically half my side all taped up with large bandage in order to hold the drain in place. I just relived the scene from 40 year old virgin with the waxing. Omg that hurt pulling off the tape. Especially the one over my right nipple.

https://youtu.be/rkzUlH9xGI0
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:yum::yum::yum: no pain no gain....if tape hurts then the memory of the pain caused at the start really is starting to fade:wink:
 
I have had a lot of thoughts and memories come back due to your accident Brian..some not to pleasant but some a wake up call for me to share with others as i class myself a good driver due to haulage driving and knowing to drive with my mirrors.

It was a good 20 odd years ago a dear friend died in a similar accident to yours just sadly his point of impact was head first,killed instantly,i wont shy away as he was to blame riding without due care and attention,in short showing off,Sandy was a good friend,dearly missed.:sad:

Closer to my heart was the sad loss of my brother who at the time he was 16 years old and me a young 19,a road accident of a different kind,he was a passenger in a large haulage truck when the driver hit a low bridge in Paris France,he was ripped from the vehicle and died at the road side,he never stood a chance bless him,the result of this caused dad to die of a broken heart at the age of 52 and it also resulted in my family being ripped apart through bitterness/anger to which i have not spoken to my Mother for the best part of my adult life,death causes so many issues and sadly my family was not strong enough to cope with the loss.

This is where i envy you in a smart way,your here,daddy is here,husband is here,son is here,yea a few glitches to iron out but you were chose to be here,i know you do a important job so you are still here for them in need,in short your family will heal as your here and thats all that counts.

I cant bring back my dear friend Sandy or my cheeky brother Andrew but i have always served their memory by driving safer and encouraging others to drive by their mirrors as it as served me well,go forward and do the same and trust me you will sleep better at night.

Lady luck was on your side, take that luck and enjoy it.:clap:
 
Sorry to hear that galvi. Nobody can control those things. When your time is up it's up I guess. That said I know god has a bigger plan for me.

When I was five, I was struck by a pickup on my bicycle. Broken leg and jaw and in a coma for three weeks. All kinds of therapy as a child. Fast forward to when I was 16. I was rear ended by transport on my motorcycle. Came out with only a dislocated shoulder. Now this.

I know there must be a greater plan for me. I'm just thankful to still be here.
 
NorthernRedneck said:
Sorry to hear that galvi. Nobody can control those things. When your time is up it's up I guess. That said I know god has a bigger plan for me.

When I was five, I was struck by a pickup on my bicycle. Broken leg and jaw and in a coma for three weeks. All kinds of therapy as a child. Fast forward to when I was 16. I was rear ended by transport on my motorcycle. Came out with only a dislocated shoulder. Now this.

I know there must be a greater plan for me. I'm just thankful to still be here.
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Whoa! Hit while riding a bicycle at five, hit while riding a motorcycle at 16, now hit while riding a motorcycle again,
and survived all of them. If it were me I'd start wondering if maybe God was sending a me a message to stay the heck off
of two wheel transport!

Perhaps you should consider something a bit more rugged ... maybe a nice surplus 3/4 ton weapons carrier. :whistling:
 
Danang Sailor said:
Whoa! Hit while riding a bicycle at five, hit while riding a motorcycle at 16, now hit while riding a motorcycle again,
and survived all of them. If it were me I'd start wondering if maybe God was sending a me a message to stay the heck off
of two wheel transport!

Perhaps you should consider something a bit more rugged ... maybe a nice surplus 3/4 ton weapons carrier. :whistling:
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Lmao. I was thinking of a big plastic bubble and living inside it.
 
NorthernRedneck said:
Sorry to hear that galvi. Nobody can control those things. When your time is up it's up I guess. That said I know god has a bigger plan for me.

When I was five, I was struck by a pickup on my bicycle. Broken leg and jaw and in a coma for three weeks. All kinds of therapy as a child. Fast forward to when I was 16. I was rear ended by transport on my motorcycle. Came out with only a dislocated shoulder. Now this.

I know there must be a greater plan for me. I'm just thankful to still be here.
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Damn, you are lucky to be alive, have you ever thought maybe you should buy a lottery ticket? :whistling:
 
Maybe I should. Lol. I also forgot about the time in 2006 when I was struck by a forklift at the mill. 14000lb forklift with solid rubber tires. The fork lift turned into a machine before I could get by. The solid back wheels angled out and climbed up my right ankle. I was thrown to the ground and pushed ten feet as my toes touched my leg. No broken bones but tore every muscle and tendon in my ankle.
 
K. First off I'm still glad to be alive. That being said, why the h-ll do the doctors feel that I enjoy waking up at 5:30am every morning with a needle in my arm? Followed 15 minutes later by a nurse taking my vitals. Hard to sleep in this place.
 
NorthernRedneck said:
K. First off I'm still glad to be alive. That being said, why the h-ll do the doctors feel that I enjoy waking up at 5:30am every morning with a needle in my arm? Followed 15 minutes later by a nurse taking my vitals. Hard to sleep in this place.
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Clearly your a heavy sleeper and they just try and get a reaction:yum::yum::yum:
 
NorthernRedneck said:
Could be worse I suppose. Could be waking up to a rectal probe. [emoji12]
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Reminds me of a story...

guy goes to the doctors as he has a itchy bum,doctor says you have a worm and so he dont breed we need to do a new course of action.

Doc says for him to go home and for one whole week to twice a day morning and early evening to pop a boiled egg up his bum give it 10 min and then pop up a mars bar:unsure:

So he goes home and each morning his wife boils up eggs,he pops one up followed by a mars bar 10 min later,early evening he does the same:unsure:

He does this for a week and then pops back to the doctors for a early morning appointment,doctor tells him to drop his pants and bend over,produces a boiled agg and pops it up and sets his stop watch...

5 min passes and nothing....

8 min and nothing:unsure:

10 min and nothing to which the doctor pulls out a hammer:unsure:

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Then all of a sudden the worm pops out and says "wheres my fucking mars bar" and the Doc hits him over the fucking head:yum::yum::yum::yum::yum::yum::yum::yum:
 
NorthernRedneck said:
That being said, why the h-ll do the doctors feel that I enjoy waking up at 5:30am every morning with a needle in my arm? Followed 15 minutes later by a nurse taking my vitals. Hard to sleep in this place.
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It's because they need to know what's going on with you before all the MD's come in for the day.

It's not a MD taking your blood. They placed the order but it's a phlebotomist that does the actual draw.

The lab needs a couple hours to do their testing and get the results out.

Everything is then ready in your chart for your attending MD when he arrives in the morning. Now, it may be awhile before he actually gets to your chart, depending on how the doc does their rounds.
 
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