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<blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 337801" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>Hello Anna</p><p></p><p>Try not to worry about the nerve block.. Its fab... you wake up not feeling a thing. I had this done for one of my frozen shoulders which ended up needing to be manipulated 3 times before it righted itself. The first MUA, I woke up in agony and needed morphine but the second MUA I asked the anaesthetic bloke to have morphine handy and he said that he would use a nerve block on me so that I wouldn't feel anything. The only thing with nerve blocks is that your arm will be dead for about 6-10hrs after the surgery so if I was you I would get either an Accu chek Compact plus, Accu chek Mobile. These bg meters will just about allow you to do a bg test one handed as the finger pricker is attached to the side. and you wont have to mess about opening up a tub of strips...... Have a look at the website..</p><p></p><p>Eating food might be tricky so make sure you have some biscuits and glucose sweets or whatever with you in yr locker stored loose in a bag so that you dont need to undo anything. I'm sure one of the nurses looking after you should be able to cut up yr food on the dinner plate so that you can eat it using a fork (one handed) and hopefully they will help you with your insulin pens.</p><p></p><p>Good luck anyway.... Hope it all goes ok for you and look forward to reading about your experience of hospital care in the ward......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iHs, post: 337801, member: 8799"] Hello Anna Try not to worry about the nerve block.. Its fab... you wake up not feeling a thing. I had this done for one of my frozen shoulders which ended up needing to be manipulated 3 times before it righted itself. The first MUA, I woke up in agony and needed morphine but the second MUA I asked the anaesthetic bloke to have morphine handy and he said that he would use a nerve block on me so that I wouldn't feel anything. The only thing with nerve blocks is that your arm will be dead for about 6-10hrs after the surgery so if I was you I would get either an Accu chek Compact plus, Accu chek Mobile. These bg meters will just about allow you to do a bg test one handed as the finger pricker is attached to the side. and you wont have to mess about opening up a tub of strips...... Have a look at the website.. Eating food might be tricky so make sure you have some biscuits and glucose sweets or whatever with you in yr locker stored loose in a bag so that you dont need to undo anything. I'm sure one of the nurses looking after you should be able to cut up yr food on the dinner plate so that you can eat it using a fork (one handed) and hopefully they will help you with your insulin pens. Good luck anyway.... Hope it all goes ok for you and look forward to reading about your experience of hospital care in the ward...... [/QUOTE]
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