For those of you who are interested...An update.

[OJ UK]

Well as you have read I spent a pretty horrendous 16 days in hospital after having to have my bowel removed ( a Laparotomy) which was an emergency procedure.

I've now been back home for a week and getting a sore a$$ from all the sitting! The wound which is healing is around 10 inches long, from my navel
and heading south. The nurse who dressed it today said that it'll probably be another month :yikes: of very limited activity before it can be considered to have healed.

So here I am reading about all the preparations for SF 016 and wishing I was going to join you. I was all booked up too! So I'm a little rueful and fed up.
It's also been fairly sunny and warm out there and I'm sure that I can hear my F3-S whining to go out and play!!

[Brentc]

Get well soon! Spyderfest 2017 is only about 385 days away.......:thumbup:

[PrairieSpyder]

I'm glad you're on the mend, Jeff. I hope that at least there's something to watch on the telly! :sour: This might be a good time to practice your isometric glute exercises. ;) I'll miss you at SF this year, but you should just concentrate on getting well and then enjoying your F3.

[murphybrown]

Glad you are healing and will miss our "talking" at Spyderfest...but SF reallllly is not that far away...keep us updated on your progress. Prayers for speedy recovery. :thumbup:

[cuznjohn]

when i had my prostate surgery 19 years ago, i also was cut from my belly button all the way down to junior. it was a long time healing. it took me 3 months to return to work, and the scar would open up sometimes and start to leak clear fluid. when i went to the surgeon the first time it opened, he said it opened because it wanted to because it needed to drain. so in a way i know what your going through my friend. please feel better soon, and keep us informed as to how you are doing.

[Bfromla]

Glad your still with us. OJ & the recovery will be well rewarded with the F3 as your prize. Get well soon


I wasn't there but I still care! POW /MIA VETS

[Bob Denman]

Geoff,
Try and look at it from this perspective:
If you take the time (and miss some fun in the next Month...) to heal completely; it will make you stronger, and better equipped for the rest of your future! :thumbup:

Please concentrate on getting yourself healed-up completely!

[Chupaca]

But there will always be another Spyderfest as long as you heal well . Don't push it your doing great and don't have long to go to being back in the running. :yes:far cry better than the other possible outcomes...Hang in there is stuff to do hear like harass someone.:roflblack:

[OJ UK]

I'm glad you're on the mend, Jeff. I hope that at least there's something to watch on the telly! :sour: This might be a good time to practice your isometric glute exercises. ;) I'll miss you at SF this year, but you should just concentrate on getting well and then enjoying your F3.

LOL!!! I don't own a TV, Patti!!

[jthornton]

LOL!!! I don't own a TV, Patti!!

Go to your neighbors house so you can watch reruns of Two Fat Ladies cooking and Faulty Towers and The Secret Life of Machines!

Get well soon.

JT

[Bob Denman]

LOL!!! I don't own a TV, Patti!!
That's a GOOD thing; there's never anything worthwhile on them anyway! nojoke

[HayRog]

That's a GOOD thing; there's never anything worthwhile on them anyway! nojoke

Oh jeez !! Don't get me started. We have 400+ channels of which we maybe watch 10 on a regular basis:shocked:
As long as one of them gets MotoGP :thumbup:

Heal quick and well OJ -- baby steps :D

[Bob Denman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAlDbP4tdqc&feature=player_detailpage

[Cruzr Joe]

Listen to the Doctors and nurses and be easy on yourself for a while. Take Care


Cruzr Joe

[vided]

Get well soon! Spyderfest 2017 is only about 385 days away.......:thumbup:


:agree:What he said

mend well :thumbup::thumbup:

[Pandy]

There will be other Spyderfests, but there is only one you. Heal and rest best you can.
Cheers, Patrick

[jScotD]

ouch....bty..don't have a TV either...

[Yazz]

OJ, Have two close friends who went through what you're going through, both had to show me their tummy incision. It took a while, but they're back to their old selves now.

Hang in there and keep your spirits up!

P.s., Your updates are appreciated... :thumbup:

[armyspydervet]

I don't know you sir, this is my first Spyderfest. But heal well and make sure you are ready to get back in that Spyder. Take care and see you next year.

[PW2013STL]

Sorry to hear this as I was looking forward to meeting you at Spyderfest, but I am glad that you are on the mend and there is next years event to look forward to!

On a positive note - you now have the time to give Bob D a run for his money on post counts. Maybe not total, but per day counts :thumbup:

[Bob Denman]

I don't know you sir, this is my first Spyderfest. But heal well and make sure you are ready to get back in that Spyder. Take care and see you next year.

He's an old friend, that I also have yet to meet... :shocked:
"Next year"; will have to be soon enough!

[Dan McNally]

Listen to the Doctors and nurses and be easy on yourself for a while. Take Care


Cruzr Joe
:agree: - take care of yourself.

[lil rabbit]

OJ take care of yourself!!!! :pray::pray:

[ARtraveler]

Listen to the Doctors and nurses and be easy on yourself for a while. Take Care


Cruzr Joe

:agree: x 2

[ARtraveler]

It is good to have a site like SL to help pass some time when unable to get out and ride.

Hang in there OJ and John. :yes:

[lou49]

4 years ago I had a stroke n I have not recuperate 100% yet! Had to give up my two wheeler because my equilibrium was afected. Today I'm blessed to be alive, and riding my rt.
I hope you heal well, and fast! Sometimes a detour in our plans, is the best thing that could ever happen to us!

[47ModelBrit]

Hope that you're feeling better day by day and it won't be too long before you're able to get out and about again. And able to post some more of your photos!

[OJ UK]

Hope that you're feeling better day by day and it won't be too long before you're able to get out and about again. And able to post some more of your photos!
It has to be said that this is going to take a while....but I reckon that in six weeks I'll be able to ride without risking any repercussions.
I'll be able to drive my car in around a month. My dressings are being changed on a daily basis and the nurse says that the wound is healing nicely.
Yes I know that many of you enjoy my Merrie Englande series of photographs and they are set to continue...but as I have been
reminded: Baby steps!

[PrairieSpyder]

It has to be said that this is going to take a while....but I reckon that in six weeks I'll be able to ride without risking any repercussions.
I'll be able to drive my car in around a month. My dressings are being changed on a daily basis and the nurse says that the wound is healing nicely.
Yes I know that many of you enjoy my Merrie Englande series of photographs and they are set to continue...but as I have been
reminded: Baby steps!

I wish we could all come over and cheer you up. How many people will your place hold? ;)

[Bob Denman]

...Not nearly enough!! :D :clap: :2thumbs:

[Frank G]

Four years ago I had 10.5" of the lower Bowel removed with the same type of incision you described. As it turned out it was the best thing ever, should have had it done 8 or 9 years earlier. At 6 weeks I was able to start some activities (Spyder Riding) when 6 months passed I almost forgot that it even happened.

Good luck with your recovery, by mid summer you should be good as new.:thumbup:

[Ron2andia]

Get better soon and be safe...:D