Emily Wright

recovery diary, week 4

Posted by Emily Wright | Aug 8, 2018 | Being, Teaching & Learning | 1 |

Hello! The PDF of the article I mention is below. Psoas, Forward Head Posture and Scalene Muscles Another tasty tidbit about how the scalenes can refer pain, complicating diagnosis and treatment....

recovery diary, week 3

Posted by Emily Wright | Jul 31, 2018 | Being, Teaching & Learning | 0 |

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recovery diary, week 2

Posted by Emily Wright | Jul 23, 2018 | Being, Teaching & Learning | 3 |

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recovery diary, week 1

Posted by Emily Wright | Jul 16, 2018 | Being, Teaching & Learning | 5 |

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Pre-op post, illustrated with help from LOTR

Posted by Emily Wright | Jul 7, 2018 | Being | 6 |

I just got off the phone with the preop nurse at Hopkins. On Monday morning around 4am, I will drink the permitted 8oz. of Gatorade and then we shall set off into the predawn, arriving in Baltimore no later than 5:30. I will be nervous, because it is the biggest surgery I have had, because a lot is on the line, and because I see stars and list to the side whenever an IV has to be inserted. They will start giving me medication and fluids, and then I will feel less nervous and more assertively sleepy. I don’t...