ACDF ( Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion) x2, baby.

It's been 4 months, and I feel like I'm back to about 35-40%. Too, the timing was incredibly inconvenient. I was 3 or 4 days post-op and had to show up for Nursing School orientation. This boy was heavily medicated. I remember almost nothing. I was given papers (I'm told), a list of things to do.

I spent the first several weeks in an opiate fog penetrated by an instructor voice saying "don't forget x must be done by Monday! It's on the list!" I don't know how I got through that time, and have spent the first semester in a state of 'WTF is happening'. I also was out of work for over a month so money was tight.

I'm broke, my baseline heart rate is up 20 points and my b/p now rests at the prehypertension line. I'm more overweight than I've ever been, and my lipids are not good.

I want my mommy.

I have wondered what percentage of fat, forty-something nursing students have a major cardiovascular incident before graduating.

It's almost over. 2 weeks left in the first semester. I'm gonna go fishing. It would also be great if the piece-of-ass fairy could tap me with her wand. Y'all cross your fingers for me. 😊

 

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