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Week four and I fought with my Doctor. He changed the timeline on my brace release - he wanted to keep it on for two additional weeks. I said this is impeding my independence and making life difficult so I want it off when he initially said I could, i.e. two weeks. He begrudgingly said okay. I don’t know I guess the surgery was a positive thing but it really has taken me out of my routine. I’m also concerned the dent it’s putting in what’s left of my life - I’m 63 and don’t want to take a whole bunch of time recovering from surgeries - just no fun and the timescale ain’t what it used to be. Even when I get the brace off I still got to get my arm back into some kind of shape - probably another two months. What makes it bad is my support network - it ain’t there. So that gives me more time to build anxiety about this situation. Bottom line - I’m still chugging along but boy nothing has made me change my thinking about life’s crappy pitfalls and lack of compassion - peace
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I dont hear you saying that it feels so good that you dont think it needs another two weeks in the brace.
What if you are trading these two weeks for a (remaining) lifetime of pain and limited ability? Arent you supposed to be old enough to know better? It takes as long as it takes! Youre in the wrong generation - how did you do that?! |
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When you're 63, you don't heal like when you were 23. Better follow the doctor's advice or you'll end up with poor healing and continued problems. If you think your life is impacted now, wait until you develop some issue from trying to rush yourself out of a brace.
Also, if you have to have surgery for the other arm, expect this doctor to not want to do it. Nobody likes a non-compliant patient and he's not going to want to deal with you in the future. |
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He wasn’t angry about - he said it would probably be okay.....I’m sure if he thought it wasn’t a good idea he would have been more adamant....I’m not stupid - if his demeanor was different I’d be less inclined to take it off.
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Well, you DID use a four syllable word to describe his demeanor. That seemed portentious!
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