A few things to expand on from my last post. <\/p>\n
I will be in isolation, but here’s the set-up for the room: a desk, a built-in computer with internet access, a plasma TV and a DVD (not to mention, the bed and some chairs, cabinets, etc).<\/p>\n
This all according to Dr. K. He told me after I asked if they’d finished moving the transplant service from the eleventh to the eighth floor. Yes they had, and those are the amenities.<\/p>\n
Pretty amazing. I’ve never heard of any hospital with that kind of a set-up, even for private room patients (mine is not a private room – I will be the only occupant, but it is an isolation room).<\/p>\n
I am not happy with the idea of needing morphine for several days in the middle of the three weeks. I am a minimalist when it comes to medicine and don’t want to have to use the most addictive legal painkiller available. Hard to believe that mouth sores and a sore throat can cause that much discomfort. However the transplant service assures me that most people do need morphine, so we’ll see. I’ll certainly use it if needed.<\/p>\n
I’m happy I got the OK to bring the dumbbells in for the three weeks – Dr. K said I could use them if I felt up to it. But now I have to come up with a dumbbell regimen that takes into account my always<\/u> having IV’s running into my port (below my left clavicle), as well as sometimes into a catheter that will be installed (probably near my right clavicle). And at times both<\/u> will be running. I will have to do exercises where there’s zero chance of me pulling out the tubing for the IV’s. If I damage the port or catheter, well that would be a "dumbbell" move all right!<\/p>\n