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Very sorry to hear that. Yes there is a future to all of this. Keeping a longer term view is really, really important. Find a thing that keeps you motivated. Feel free to write it all down here.
A top tip is to get some bio live yogurt / kefir / yakult. That will keep your guts happy.
The morphine and codeine will destroy the functioning of your digestive system. I didn't eat for 5 days after my surgery as my post operative meal shut everything down and I was given anti-emetics injections every few hours. One yakult and I felt human again.
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Right, thanks for all the information above, gives me some hope of making a full recovery.
After riding 10k kms this year, I managed to have a spill on the way into work on Tuesday, landed on my back and fractured my T12 vertebrae pretty badly. No one else involved. Currently still in hospital in Whitechapel. Still have use of everything so that's a massive bonus but on a mix of Codeine and Morphine as the pain is fairly bad. Wearing some fetching socks and getting injections of blood thinner. Haven't had a poo in 3 days.
Could have been far far worse, I can feel and move everything except my bowels.
They've given me the option of surgery or a brace. I've opted for the brace as there wasn't really much of an upside to the surgery which I may have to ultimately have anyway.
Sounds like a longish road to recovery.
My emotions are all over the place. Up one minute, so far down the next. Just want to be at home with my partner and children.
Hopefully, if you don't mind, will document my recovery here.
Jesus, I feel so fucking down.