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Life is real. It has its bends in the road, it twists and turns, and you take it as it comes, one day at a time. You learn as you go, building on whatever was previous, and you make decisions as you go along life’s course. Just as each person is different from other people, so is their life’s course different. Even though there can be parallels, no one path is the same, and so it is that we all travel alone.

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Date de parution	18 décembre 2022
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THE SURGERY EXPERIENCE

A CAR ACCIDENT, DIFFERENT KINDS OF PAIN, AND SURGERY FIVE YEARS LATER— A PATIENT’S GUIDE

Kathy S. Thompson, M.A.,
Education and Counseling

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Phone: 833-262-8899

© 2022 Kathy S. Thompson, M.A. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 11/23/2022

ISBN: 978-1-6655-3803-9 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6655-3816-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021918845

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Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

The author makes no claim to the accuracy of all details in this book. The author has attempted to remove any noted errors and has checked out what could be checked out, as well as possible. Efforts towards accuracy have been made but the author makes no claim to there being full and complete accuracy of all the book’s contents. Names of people and places have been changed but the story is authentic.

The information, ideas, and suggestions in this book are not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice. Before following any suggestions contained in this book, you should consult your personal physician. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage allegedly arising as a consequence of your use or application of any information or suggestions in this book.

Life is real. It has its bends in the road, it’s twists and turns, and you take it as it comes, one day at a time. You learn as you go, building on whatever was previous, and you make decisions as you go along life’s course. Just as each person is different from other people, so is their life’s course different. Even though there can be parallels, no one path is the same, and so it is that we all travel alone.
Kathy S. Thompson

CONTENTS
Dedication
Apology
Writer’s Note: Justification And Explanation

Chapter 1 What happened to cause me to have the surgery
Chapter 2 Becoming aware of my after-the-accident problems
Chapter 3 Mentally preparing for surgery
Chapter 4 The surgery itself, and immediately after the surgery
Chapter 5 Ward care, and hospital release
Chapter 6 Healing at Home
Chapter 7 On the road to maximum healing
Chapter 8 Twelve months after the surgery
Chapter 9 Three years after the surgery
Chapter 10 A Second Occurrence of Symptoms
Chapter 11 A second diagnosis and a second surgery concern
Chapter 12 Twenty years after the surgery

DEDICATION
To all the people who are facing any kind of surgery or have already had any kind of surgery, and to the loved ones of those people.

APOLOGY
I know this book is not perfectly written. Though I majored in English as an undergraduate, I’ve forgotten some grammar, plus some grammar and even spelling rules have changed over the years and I have not kept up with those new ways, although, many of them are optional . Still, grammar can get to be a little muddled in the mind. So, apologies for any and all imperfections. Just getting the book out was the priority. Therefore, you may find some irregularity , in that the book was not professionally edited. I hope there’s no typing errors (but my eyes are not so good). So, apologies go out for any and all oversights or undersights . There may be some repetition , too. Some is purposely there, to drive in a point. Some is accidentally there but is put in a different context. Because I was working on more than one book at a time , I would sometimes forget what I had already written so I occasionally put the same information in twice—almost always in a different context. Also, this book was a bit of a rush job. Because the book was somewhat rushed, all sentence construction may not be immaculate but most of the content generally makes sense in so far as I know.
Furthermore, you may think some text information does not directly relate to the included covered subjects . There is, perhaps, some borderline material in there. With what may seem extraneous, if you give it more thought, you would likely make the connection that the material does relate to the overall subject and certainly to what is generally being covered in the text. There are one or two covered areas that may be more remotely related to the principal subject but I wanted to add in those subjects and felt that they were connected. All points made tie in with the overall subject, and they generally or specifically relate. Some points that were made do, more than others. I tried to be thorough; I am a detail-oriented write r. Putting so many details in so the book would be more comprehensive was not always so easy to do and so the organization of the book is not quite all that I would have wanted it to be, but I’m not unhappy with it. Mainly, I got everything in that I wanted in and that was my priority. Again, this book was a little rushed.

WRITER’S NOTE: JUSTIFICATION AND EXPLANATION
First off, please realize that this book is written by a non-medical profession al —in other words, a layperson . I have no medical background , other than health classes I took over the course of time. I also took Biology . I wanted to write a book that was about an average person experiencing medical problems and surgery . I picked up medical information along the way of my journey. As it turned out, the surgery experience was an even longer journey that I’d first expected it would be.
This book is as scholarly and researched as I could make it, but I could not write it like an actual medical doctor would have written it. I wrote it from first-hand experience , though—all the way through and all across the board. It is like the rather long cat and animals rights book I have written—I am not a veterinarian but I am so extremely interested in everything surrounding cats (including cat care ) that I can be a zealot and research cats and write about them (and other animals, too, because the book is also about animals rights and includes content about other animals). During my surgery experience, I was constantly taking notes. I observed and remembered everything I could.
I purposely did not make note of any names and even changed several names (early on in the book ). The book is a book of a number of experiences I had along with my recollection of those experiences and what all I’d medically picked up and experienced along the way. Again, what has been noted is, on the one hand, second-hand but on the other hand, first-hand.
I started writing this book right after I came home from the hospital , after I’d had surgery , and when I was on painkillers . Therefore, sometimes I’d forgotten what I’d previously written, or I wasn’t thinking real straight. I had to go through the book and improve it, more than once. I was sleeping a lot, too, and had been tired . There could still be some occasional repetition , but it will have been woven in, in different ways.
I smoothed it all out fairly well over time, and again, any repetition is gener