Surgery done...

Well,
After postponements and date changes since last November, I finally had my long overdue shoulder surgery today in Melbourne.

I am fully aware of how pathetic and trivial my situation is when compared to the utter crap that others have going on in their own lives, so I can't complain at all.

The staff at the hospital I am in just couldn't be any lovelier, they are making my stay just so easy.

I had a really interesting discussion with two nurses who were wheeling me into surgery. When they discovered that I was a teacher, they asked me about my views on ' holiday homework'. When I asked what they meant, they told me that their own primary school aged children had been loaded up with homework for the holidays!

Now, don't get me started on homework as I am totally against it and I could bang on for ages as to why I disagree with it so much. Just to hear how upset these two people were with how their children approached the holidays was heart wrenching. At a time when these kids were meant to be excited about holidays, they came home stressed about having to complete a large swathe of homework over the holidays. Talk about raining big time on someone else's parade!!

As I had a dvt late last year after my little knee op, the doctors here were very concerned about it and have taken every precaution to avoid anything resembling a repeat.
I am now back in my room, and resting up, feeling very sore but generally okay.
I am hooked up to a machine that constantly massages my calves and gently squeezes and releases pressure on them. It is pure bliss!!! There is also a fair bit of calf to look after !!!

One positive has been that my addiction/obsession/dedication to maintaining my fitness has resulted in a very low heart rate. Every so often the other machine that I am hooked up to goes off when the rate drops below 50, so a nurse comes in and turns the alarm off. Not sure if they have considered re-setting it. It's also ironic that part of the reason I am in here is because of my exercise dedication, so it's a bit of a win some/lose some situation!
Although I won't be able to donate my limbs to science when I fall off the perch, at least my heart and lungs might be able to benefit someone. Then again, with the amount of work I've had done on my legs, perhaps they might be useful to science to examine the effects of sport on the body!!

So tonight will be just resting up and getting ready to go home tomorrow, followed by a rehab that I will be very careful with.

Until my next post...

Cheers!