WheelyCurious wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:52 am However I wouldn't mind if they wanted to chop it off and replace it w/ something from F.W. Webb (big local plumbing fixture supplier)

WheelyCurious

Why not a firehose?

Seems like a long time still, but that day will be here before you know it. Congrats and good luck.

Why not a firehose?

I'm pretty sure F.W. Webb carries those, or at least the valve https://www.fwwebb.com/product/Fire-Pro ... -00/252973

WheelyCurious

I know that Wheely is already taken, but when I first read this headline, I had to laugh at the "finally got a date."

Slight delay... I had a conflicting event w/ the initially scheduled pre-op virtual visits, so had to reschedule one of them... When the hospital rescheduled, it pushed them both forward quite a bit, and said that their rules required the visits be at least 30 days in advance of the surgery, so they moved the date from Sept 26th to the 28th....

Annoying... Two days isn't a huge deal, except that I normally do a volunteer desk shift at the maker-space on Monday nights... From what folks have said about recovery times, I had been planning that w/ surgery on Tuesday I'd have 6 days to recover and probably would be able to do my shift... With only 4 days, it seems less likely, but will have to see....

WheelyCurious

Congrats! Not sure what your pain tolerance is, but I would give yourself atleast a week to recover mentally as well as physically.

Thanks... The volunteer shift is not terribly difficult - mostly sitting behind the desk (I'm USED to sitting...) and dealing with questions in person / email, signing in students etc... Occasionally taking visitors around on tours, so not a big deal... I can skip it if I have to but figure there would be less questions if I could make it... Otherwise I will stay home and mostly in bed...

I plan for major food shopping beforehand so that I won't have to do that for as long as possible before needing to do it again.

My pain tolerance is mostly pretty high - between various stuff related to my injury I live at about a 3 out of 10 as a pretty much baseline, w/o drugs... The surgeon says that most of his patients do fine w/ just standard OTC painkillers, which is good because I want NOTHING to do w/ opioids...

WheelyCurious

Wheely, four days to recover is very little!

You will need to move less, for at least two weeks you should not be distracted by different trips, but it is better to postpone them for a month.

It is strictly necessary to control blood pressure for at least two months!

(By the way, medical devices “do not like” at the time of measuring pressure the presence of radiation from smartphones nearby, etc.)

Of course, you may be bored, but it is desirable that your social activities that disturb your inner peace be temporarily limited.

(Of course, this is my personal opinion based on my own experience only.)

Valery_V (imported) wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:07 pm Wheely, four days to recover is very little!

You will need to move less, for at least two weeks you should not be distracted by different trips, but it is better to postpone them for a month.

It is strictly necessary to control blood pressure for at least two months!

(By the way, medical devices “do not like” at the time of measuring pressure the presence of radiation from smartphones nearby, etc.)

Of course, you may be bored, but it is desirable that your social activities that disturb your inner peace be temporarily limited.

(Of course, this is my personal opinion based on my own experience only.)

Thanks for the advice Valery, I'm definitely planning to avoid heavy activity for several weeks, but I don't have the same concerns w/ walking and standing that most have, so it almost seems like there wouldn't be a lot of difference between sitting at home and sitting at the maker-space... Driving also seems like less of an issue since I have to use hand-controls...

It may also make a difference that I'm not getting a penectomy, (I believe that is what you had?) so not quite as severe a surgery.

WheelyCurious

You have a very serious operation!

(In my case: I was somewhat younger at the time, and yet I was under medical supervision.)