Wow, that's longer than I thought.
The Endocrinology department that I go to is at The Christie in Manchester (UK).
This coming Sunday (10th July) they are holding a Christie Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride. That’s over 60 miles.
Anyhow, I’m going to have a go at doing it. Silly me. It’s going to hurt! I won’t be able to sit down for a week I’m sure.
Anyhow. If you’d like to follow my progress, and push me along with your support, then please visit my page for my bit in the event at www.justgiving.com/trys/
Just over a year ago I had my surgery to remove a macroadenoma, so I really want to support The Christie in this.
It’s quite amazing the work of the endocrinlogists, and the research they do!
Thank you.
Trys
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Hi Trys,
good luck with the bike ride!
I’ve got acromegaly and am having surgery at Salford next week with KG.
They told me at Christies about your blog.
I just wondered how long after surgery it took you to get back to work? I hear that I have to take it easy for a while after surgery (possible risks of brain fluid leak!, etc)
I read your posts, about how it was immediately after surgery, but then how did you feel?, is it a gradual recovery?
I’m based in Cumbria where I run an arts project, I’m just trying to plan my return to work.
Best wishes
Nick
Hi Nick,
It’s great of the folk of Christies to tell others about this blog. They are an amazing team.
You’re in excellent hands with KG, but I think you know that. If you can get one of those ‘helping hands’ things (Argos sell them) to pick things up without bending down then that will help. It’s difficult to say when I was really ready for work – I eased back into it working from home. It was well over three weeks before I really started feeling like myself again.
There’s no pain as such after the procedure. I didn’t even have a headache. I felt a big dazed and not quite with it for about two weeks. My wife took me out with her on her sales calls (she’s a rep), and I read loads whilst waiting in her car!
If your work involves lifting and bending down then you’d probably want to avoid activities like that for a fair while. I lifted a man into his wheelchair, a couple of weeks after surgery, and I really felt quite queezy afterwards.
You’ll do great. The op is absolutely fine, no problems at all. The food at Salford Royal was better than I expected too.
Trys
Hi Nick
I too underwent a transspenodial opertion at Hope Hospital last October 2010, for the removal of a Macroadenoma tumour. Pleased to say I am now feeling O.K. – it took a long time (18 years) before I was given the correct diagnosis. Yes Dr Kearney, Mr Gnanalingham and their support team certainly know how to go about obtaining the best results.
I found the 1st week after the operation difficult (probably because I don’t make a very good patient) – I found the return journey home to York tiring and had pain in my ear, but apart from that I had nothing else to complain about.
If you listen to your body and don’t try to push things too much, you seem to make a quicker recovery.
Do try to keep on top of all the appointments you will have, I found the staff were very helpful when I explained I had a round 200 mile journey, so I had a lot of tests done on the same day. I contacted Dr Kearneys & K G secretaries
for assistance both very helpful. I found it helped to make notes of things I wanted to ask.
My painful joints and mussels returned about 3 months after the operation – but I have found acapucture very good.
Best of luck – facing the unknown is worse than experiencing it.
Jess