Anyone experience a medical trauma or surgery?

I was 17 when I had an accident. My ankle fractured into three places.
I remember the doctor twisted my broken ankle back into place. I screamed my head off, ofc.

Had surgery the next morning. But man, I did not like the hospital stay because I'd have some people approaching me asking me questions without terp present, and I had no idea who they were apart from the fact they work there.
 
Wow!! Some interesting stories here. I bleed and spotted continuously for a couple of weeks. That is when I went to the doctor and found out the IUD I had was partially out of my cervex. They pulled it out and that is when I decided to go get my tubes tied 5 years ago.
 
Beach Girl - I am primary caretaker for my mother. She is 72 now and has ICU-induced dementia as well as advanced cirrhosis of the liver. She decided not to deal with a liver transplant 10 years ago basically due to the fact that she felt it would be better served by someone younger who may need it. She felt having outlived her husband, seeing all 3 of her children married and seeing all 6 of her grandchildren grow to teenage years, she had a full life and there was no need to prolong it. Anything more in a natural route is just gravy to her. My kids are the youngest, the other 4 have now graduated from high school. Oldest brother's kids are 24 & 20, other older brother's kids are 24 & 17, mine are 17 & 16. Circumstances with mine are a little different as far as graduating, but mom has lived with us since right after I got married.

She is still active. Does all of the laundry and only messes up with who's is who's. She also does the dishes, but sometimes I have to redo it, since she is known to forget to use dish detergent. She keeps busy knitting and reading, sees her doctor's every 4-6 months right now and her last visit to both was just 2 weeks ago and they are pleased with everything. It's mainly a day to day thing with her care. Some days are good and some days are not so good and I am known to send Jillio an email or PM when things are real bad. It ain't easy living with both mother and mother-in-law.
 
I'm sure not! Bless your heart for doing it, though. It sounds like your mom is doing as well as can be expected, and bless her for still wanting to contribute, with her doing the laundry and the dishes and her knitting and so forth. She sounds like she has reached a contented place in her life, despite all the health difficulties.

She's more at peace than you, no doubt! Hope you have some good friends who can help you take a break once in a while.
 
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