EPISODE 1052 SIXTEEN DAYS IN TRILIUM HOSPITAL, APRIL5 TO 20, 2024, WHAT WAS DISCOVERED?
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May 5, 2024
MRI — MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
“IF YOU GET SCARED PRESS THIS RUBBER BALL AND WE WILL GET YOU OUT”
“I WILL JUST CLOSE MY EYES.
“Why did he fall?’”
“Why did he not recover from surgery in a normal manner?”
“What was wrong with him?”
I would like to thank the staff at Trillium Hospital, Mississauga, for their
time and effort spent trying to discover why I fell and could not get up in
early April
Doctor Grant and Doctor Paige were in charge of my case and authorized
a host of tests to determine why I fell and lost control of my recovery from
knee surgery on d/ecember 12, 2023.
WHAT WAS DONE?
1) Four doctors tried to determine why I fell. Two used hammers to gently
see if there was a physical problem. They found nothing.
2) An MRI imaging machine was used twice. One of the occasions lasted for 35 minutes
Nothing was found. I kept my eyes closed but remain mystified how powerful
magnets and mirrors can provide doctors with images of the internal body
of human being
3) A host of tiny wires were attached To my brain to determine if I had
heart trouble. ECG – Electro Cardio Graph. Nothing irregular was found.
4) Sixteen days of observation most of which were spent flat on my back
in the geriatric ward where there were cases far more serious than mine.
Nothing was found.
5) Dr. Grant discussed the case in detail with my wife Majorie.
6) Dr. Paige authorized home care and released me from Trillium hospital
as an outpatient A professional therapist was assigned to supervise my recovery 7) Marjorie and our son Andrew rearranged our house — beds moved, railing installed,
five pull bars installed in shower and external doorway , House was was made safe.
Sending a man to bathe me seemed ‘over the top’ however.
7) Marjorie would take care of the rest. No easy task, Marjorie thought the problem
was a yeast infection which caused severe swelling in legs and groin.
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WORST PART OF HOSPITAL
Wearing adult diapers that were changed regularly by no nonsense nurses.
Most embarrassing.
END RESULT
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME.”
“Then why did you fall so often?”
“That will remain a mystery”
“Your task now is to begin therapy all over again.”
There are a lot of people who fall and have no one to help them recover.
I am a lucky man.
THANKS
Tg nurses from Tibet and Figi and a ll places in between. Additional thanks
to recreational therapists Natalie snd Pakizah who took me out in the
sunshine and awarded me a tiny chocolate bar when I won a game of
inpatient Bingol