Scary Weekend

Jorge in Oz · September 11, 2018, 08:38:50 PM

Hi guys,

I hope you are all well.

Had an interesting weekend. I had a deviated septum operation about a month ago. All was going well till Saturday morning around 2am. My nose started bleeding and my wife being a nurse was able to get it to stop after about an hour. So went back to sleep then woke up at 5am with blood flowing down my throat. This time the bleeding didn't stop so Maya called the ambos and they shipped me off to the hospital emergency. By 9am they eventually got it to stop. Sent me home around 10am. Slept a few hours then sat down to watch the footy at around 5pm and the floodgates opened up again. I was on my Pat Malone (alone) so I had to call the ambos again while holding my nose and bleeding into the bathroom sink. They arrived quickly and off I went again.

This time they put these long thin balloons up the nostrils and pumped them up to stop the bleeding. They were so painful they decided to give me some morphine for the pain. With only 2.5mm of morphine my blood pressure dropped to 40 on 60 and I thought I was on my way to meet my maker as I felt the life drain from my body. I was praying hard telling Him it wasn't my time yet. The staff juiced me up with some fluids and I started to feel a bit better.

Ended up getting shipped to a hospital with an ENT specialist. I was released from hospital on Monday afternoon and I have to be off work for two weeks to recover. I lost over 1 litre of blood. Glad to get through that. Missus won't let me do anything at home but rest a have cold showers, no hot drinks or hot food, no lifting and no magambo either. Can't have any pressure in my head.

So time for reading, sleeping and watching a bit of Netflix.

Prayers for full recovery are most welcomed.

Cheers Jorge.

gitano · September 11, 2018, 08:49:02 PM

Yikes! Glad to hear you aren't quite ready to meet your maker yet!

This kind of seals something for me. I crashed a motorcyle on my 21st birthday, and among other things, I broke my nose. Which lead to a deviated septum. I have in the past year or so been considering having an operation to 'set it straight'. Your experience just sealed that deal. I've lived with it for the past 46 years, I suppose I can live with it 'til 'the end'.

Prayers for for your speedy, complete recovery!

Paul

branxhunter · September 12, 2018, 02:03:11 AM

Quote from: Jorge in Oz;151552Prayers for full recovery are most welcomed.

You got it mate.

Marcus

sakorick · September 12, 2018, 02:38:23 AM

That is a very scary episode. Did they ever tell you what went wrong? I'll pray for your full recovery, Jorge!

Paul Hoskins · September 12, 2018, 02:44:26 AM

Praying for better things for you jorge. Been thru deviated septum surgery myself many years ago. No problems for me from it except waking up during surgery. Best of everything to you. ......Paul H

Jorge in Oz · September 16, 2018, 02:36:41 AM

Thanks for your responses, prayers and well wishes guys.

I won't be recommending this surgery to anyone if they can avoid it.

I think there was a vessel that wasn't quarterized properly plus I got a bad cold which didn't help. also my brother-in-law walked out on my sister so there were things that made things worse and made my blood boil.

I just have to take it easy this week and rest and will be back to work the week after.

Cheers
Jorge

recoil junky · September 16, 2018, 10:26:14 AM

BE CAREFUL Jorge!!

I hope your shooting (later after full recovery) is not affected.

And sorry to hear about the Sis and her troubles.

RJ

gitano · September 16, 2018, 03:32:33 PM

Quote from: Jorge in Ozand made my blood boil.

Paul

Jamie.270 · September 16, 2018, 08:25:06 PM

Sorry for your troubles Jorge, and I'm glad you're still with us, here on the topside of the grass.

But as someone looking at sinus surgery in the VERY near future, I really didn't want to hear this.

When I asked the Doc if this was really necessary, he said: "Oh yes. You need those passages drilled out or they'll never drain right again."
"DRILLED OUT?" says I?
"Yep" he said.

So now I'm quaking in me boots!

Jorge in Oz · September 23, 2018, 11:15:45 PM

Hey just an update. Still home crook. My brother's wedding is on Thursday (Friday is a public holiday) and I am the best man so I have to get better soon so for the ones praying please remember me. Going on holidays on Friday for a week, to a country retreat and will just need to relax while I'm there. Booked way before my op.

Jamie, I am in the 5% where something can go wrong so you should be fine.

branxhunter · September 30, 2018, 03:58:48 AM

Quote from: Jorge in Oz;151632Hey just an update. Still home crook. My brother's wedding is on Thursday (Friday is a public holiday) and I am the best man so I have to get better soon so for the ones praying please remember me. Going on holidays on Friday for a week, to a country retreat and will just need to relax while I'm there. Booked way before my op.

Hey Jorge only just read this update. Hope it all went well for the wedding and praying that the country retreat is a relaxing restorative!

Marcus