The slide board process will be too difficult for you Mart, even on a bed it’s too strenuous. Does your son have a friend who can help?
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There is always help around by way of family or friends. We don’t need to use the board in the car normally because Mrs mart drives up and down the ramp of the WAV in her power chair. All that has to be done is to put the anchors in place.
In this case though, the logistics of swapping the chairs about would be more difficult than what we are doing. Our son is helping at present but he has to go home on Saturday. Another son will handle Mrs mart’s Saturday appointment. I never need to handle things on my own. The main problem is they try to stop me doing anything but being an observer (bless their cotton socks) 
I have been used to doing everything previously, so I find this difficult.
No problem at home because everything is at more or less the same level and she can handle transfers on her own. Having said that, we might have to rethink things. We have both lost strength through the recent bouts of illness. Life could be a struggle until we can both build it back up again.
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This is not a problem - it’s wonderful! But totally understand how you feel.
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Good luck Mart, I had a Stent a couple of years ago for Kidney Stones.
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Glad to hear your sons are looking after you and Mrs Mart. Take things very easy Mart, a virus can make it’s presence felt for six months. Muscle weakness is one of the after effects, don’t expect too much too soon…I’m probably teaching grandma to suck eggs because you are a very level headed guy with lots of experience and tolerance.
Chin up Mart and I wish you and Mrs mart all the very best.
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And we are still watching in for you you and Mrs Mart !
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Yes, it’s all just a procedure to follow day by day. The steps will work out one way or another. My turn today with the Nephrostomy tube change.
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Got home from the hospital at around 6.30 p.m. I felt OK until the time came to empty the bladder by opening the flip-flo catheter valve. That’s when the groan-worthy burning Urethra pain set in. It lasted until 11.30 p.m. Better now but still a bit sore. The Nephrostomy tube change went OK. A little painful today and the tube is coming out of the dressing in a slightly different place or angle. I will take all the Nephrostomy supplies with us to see if it can be sorted when we go to see Mrs mart this afternoon.
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Had to spend a lot of the time yesterday laying down. Total lack of energy. Off my food as well. I’m making the effort today because one of our sons is coming here. Then we head over to Farnham hospital to pick up Mrs mart and take her to Heatherwood Hospital (Ascot) for a scan. Then back to Farnham before heading for home.
Our other son who has been staying here has to fly home today. I’ll miss his him, He’s done a sterling job of helping out …but our daughter is coming back on Wednesday. This coincides with the day that Mrs mart should be coming home.
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That’s good that your daughter is coming back but a pity you have to go to Heatherwood today if you’re feeling so poorly.
I hope you feel a little better as the day goes on and that you managed to eat some breakfast. It’s always good to force down some porridge at least when you feel like this. Sometimes you don’t feel like eating but once you start the appetite kicks in.
Great news that Mrs Mart comes home soon. I hope her voice is a little better.
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@mart, it’s good to hear that Mrs. Mart will be home soon and that your daughter will be there; I’m sure it’s really taken the pressure off to have your kids around. I hope you can get your strength back with a little more nutrition and good rest.
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Mrs mart’s discharge is still planned for Wednesday. I’m pleased on two counts. Primarily, I will be really really really happy to have her home again …but I don’t know how long that feeling will last of course! 
Secondly, it will be a relief not to have to keep visiting the hospital. I have made it nearly every day but have not always felt like it. Thank goodness family has been around to do the driving. They have all been so good. I doubly love them all to bits now …but who knows how long that will last too!
I went for my LHRH injection at the GP’s surgery this morning. That was all OK. I drove myself as an introduction to driving again. Only a short distance away and no trail of disaster left in my wake!
LHRH injections and Abiraterone are both female hormone therapy. A few less hairs on my legs now but my voice is still deep They probably wouldn’t be so palatable for younger men but at my age? …well I had my times and am happy with that.
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Definitely a busy day for you tomorrow them Mart … and for Mrs Mart who I imagine is overjoyed at the thought of coming home as you are for finally having her there.
Hopefully your daily routine won’t be so full and so stressful and you’ll be able to rest up a little. Hospital visits everyday can become really draining.
Hope the weather’s nice for you tomorrow … fingers crossed.
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Thanks to all who post or have interest in this depressing thread. Your encouragement in getting through this difficult period has helped a lot. A way to go yet but the outlook is better. I’m eating properly again and hoping to bounce back a bit from now on. I am unlikely to ever meet anyone personally but I think it’s great that care and concern is given anyway. Bless the people of the forum!
I visited Mrs mart this afternoon. She hasn’t got her voice back yet but I think it is coming …then I’ll be sorry. All the paperwork and pills needed for the discharge have been sorted out and she has been told to be ready by 8.00 a.m. I’m sure it could be anytime with hospital transport but it is definitely happening.
My next appointment for a CT scan approaches and shortly after that, the one for seeing if they can remove the bladder catheter (that would speed me up a lot). After that comes the radio therapy and then hopefully, a period of nothing to mention.
All the best to all - mart
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You have been a tower of strength through all this, Mart. I am so pleased that you’ll be under the same roof in short order. There would be nothing better than the two of you having a cozy and restful day at home, where you wouldn’t have a healthcare provider within a fifty mile radius. I sure wish you well!
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Hi Mr Mart. Grad that you are doing well and eating well - definitely a plus. As always, we are rooting for you and good lady.
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That’s brilliant news Mart, and it will be a load off your mind and will certainly speed up Mrs Mart’s recovery. Although the care you and Mrs Mart have received while in the hands of the NHS is second to none, there is nothing like your own home for the ultimate in recovery.
You have been a rock, managing your own problems and still finding time to visit Mrs Mart wherever she needed to be. I’m sure that your strength will have been instrumental in Mrs Mart’s recovery also…
All the best Mart…and Mrs Mart, lets hope the future will be a healthy one for all the Mart family…
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That is certainly a goal to aspire to.
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I sometimes forget to tick the ‘like’ icon to show that I have read and appreciate every post (sorry).
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Don’t be sorry … there’s no need between friends.
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