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Post by kpnuts on Sept 18, 2016 9:43:15 GMT -7
Hi all got back from hols yesterday and at 5 this morning my missus lept out of bed with cramp then decided she needed the loo, then I heard a crash lept out to find her unconscious on the floor of the toilet with blood pouring from her head, I phoned an ambulance and after about 5 mins she came round and was very confused, the paramedics arrived then 2 more then an ambulance they managed to get her down the stairs on a special stretcher, she's broken a vertebra in her back got crush injurys to her back and concussion, but, they still sent us home said it's a stable fracture, I've never seen her in so much pain, I have to say I was scared, don't know what I would do without her.
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Post by AK on Sept 18, 2016 10:37:24 GMT -7
OMG! That IS scary! Hope she has a speedy recovery!
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Post by mike0157 on Sept 18, 2016 13:15:16 GMT -7
Omg I hope she has a very speedy recovery
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Post by Grandpabeast on Sept 18, 2016 17:48:51 GMT -7
Prayers !
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Post by Big D on Sept 18, 2016 19:36:58 GMT -7
I sure hate to hear of this happening to your wife Ken.I feel the same way about my wife, don't know what I would do without her. Both of us will certainly be praying for you and her and a speedy recovery.
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Post by kpnuts on Sept 19, 2016 5:03:47 GMT -7
Well I'm pee'd off with hospital gp agrees she should have stayed in, but that she seems stable enough now, what I'm really pee'd off with (my daughter in law is a Physio) we should have been given things like a bit you put on the loo to make it easier for Pam to get on and off the loo also the couch, they should have assessed our house for her to get around, for instance (a new experience for me) I had to shower Pam this morning, with a broken back an standing in the shower, she was being very brave but it hurt her a lot ( becky my daughter in law says we should have been given a chair which sits in the bath so she can sit down also a non slip matt) I thought I had a great idea and would use one of the plastic chairs from the garden but it won't sit stably in the bath, I'm really quite cross. I'm now going to make a seat which fits over the top of the bath out of an old kitchen work top.
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Sept 19, 2016 5:25:57 GMT -7
Oh wow - I sure hope you are able to get things handled for her to get around. I can just imagine the pain she must be in.
Thoughts and prayers for you guys
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Post by stitchdup on Sept 19, 2016 5:27:51 GMT -7
Ken, I hope Pam gets better soon. Not sure how it works in england but if you contact your local council social work dept, they might be able to arrange those things for you. They do up here in scotland, and they rebuilt our down stair bathroom to suit my granny for similar problems. She took a tumble and done in her ribs a few weeks ago
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Post by kpnuts on Sept 19, 2016 6:34:08 GMT -7
Thanks guys, yep you've got a great system in Scotland, ours stinks however.
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Post by stitchdup on Sept 19, 2016 8:58:42 GMT -7
The red cross might also be worth a try mate, they do all that stuff as well but it's not that well known
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Post by Big D on Sept 19, 2016 11:51:09 GMT -7
This is a hard road to go down Ken. When my wife had quadruple by pass surgery she was bedridden for two years and I had to take care of her and shop, cook and take care of the house and clothes. It was hard and I wasn't always good at it but I loved her and she would have done it for me. Just do the best you can and it will get better.
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Post by kpnuts on Sept 19, 2016 11:56:49 GMT -7
Yep thanks mate I'm just glad I'm fully house trained and can cook do the washing and ironing or we would really be in trouble.
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Post by warmachine on Sept 19, 2016 12:47:45 GMT -7
you got our prays kp i hope makes a speedy recovery ......................now house trained that's a good one we married folks are either learning or learn the two key words to long marrage lol yes dear
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Post by owhite3 on Sept 19, 2016 17:51:59 GMT -7
Prayers being said as I type
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Post by kpnuts on Sept 20, 2016 10:03:22 GMT -7
Hi all my daughter in law is a physio and phoned pam today and had a long conversation with her, she knows the layout of our house very well and is going to organise what she thinks we need. Thanks so much for all the kind advice and suggestions, so hopefully things will get easier, now I really must get back to the ironing hoovering and cooking dinner (never knew how indispensable pam is, here's hoping for and extra speedy recovery)
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Post by kpnuts on Sept 21, 2016 12:16:47 GMT -7
I don't understand how women do it, after a days work then doing all the house work, I've been doing it for 3 days and I'm knackered, I have a new appreciation of just how much Pam does.
(I manage to sneak up 3 or 4 times a day to check on her ) but even so, I take my hat off to her.
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Sept 21, 2016 13:53:42 GMT -7
You are indeed sir, a true gentleman.
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Post by stitchdup on Sept 21, 2016 13:55:34 GMT -7
I don't understand how women do it, after a days work then doing all the house work, I've been doing it for 3 days and I'm knackered, I have a new appreciation of just how much Pam does. (I manage to sneak up 3 or 4 times a day to check on her ) but even so, I take my hat off to her. I think they're just tougher than us, but don't tell them. Anyone that can squeeze out a baby must be, |
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Post by kpnuts on Sept 24, 2016 3:58:07 GMT -7
Hi all I and Pam would just like to thank roymattblack for this.  Very kind of you. I was looking at our hols pics and it dawned on me just how quickly things can change, this is Pam 48 hrs before  She won't let me take a pic now but she went from the vibrant funny person you see there to laying on her back unable to do anything with out a lot of pain in 48 hrs, live life in the now, you don't know what's round the corner. |
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Post by stitchdup on Sept 24, 2016 5:06:38 GMT -7
%hat's a kind thing for him to do, and it builds up nice too
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Post by kpnuts on Sept 17, 2017 12:56:08 GMT -7
Hi all well after just a year she has done a park run and continues to amaze me. She has after 15 yrs of pestering her finally agreed to marry me, I'm like a dog with three tails or an elephant who's discovered he's stood on a mouse, we're now looking at dates and venues.
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Post by mustang1989 on Sept 17, 2017 19:17:44 GMT -7
Hi all well after just a year she has done a park run and continues to amaze me. She has after 15 yrs of pestering her finally agreed to marry me, I'm like a dog with three tails or an elephant who's discovered he's stood on a mouse, we're now looking at dates and venues. Man that's truly great to hear there Ken. Congratulations to you two for the decision going forward. |
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Post by Grandpabeast on Sept 18, 2017 2:28:13 GMT -7
Great news !! Happiness can come at anytime and from any place ! Wish you both the best and we will want to see some pictures of the big day !
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Post by jkflash on Sept 18, 2017 6:38:08 GMT -7
That's wonderful news! Congrats!
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Post by kpnuts on Sept 18, 2017 22:28:04 GMT -7
Thanks for all the congrats
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