Well... I'm 5 days post-op & am FINALLY feeling a little bit more like myself. It's been rough, not going to lie... thank goodness the drugs are good. :o) I'm still hurting a bit, but definitely feel better than I have, so I'm finally feeling like I can say I'm on the mend.
Surgery went smoothly... I was pretty calm the entire time getting prepped, laughing w/ the nurses, etc. I don't even remember them telling me that they were putting me out... next thing I knew I was waking up in my room & my husband was there w/ me. I should ask him how long it was between the time they told him surgery was done & fine & when I actually woke up w/ him there. I know they gave me a breathing tube, but never even had a sore throat from it, just realized that yesterday. The IV pain meds weren't keeping up w/ the pain, so as soon as I could tolerate swallowing sips of water, they moved me to an oral liquid pain med & that worked so much better. Put me out, for the most part.
The nurses were wonderful... I couldn't have asked for a better hospital experience. They had me up & walking that first day... ouch, but I just did it because I knew I needed to. Got a little bit easier over time.
Getting out of bed was the toughest to figure out. I'm thinking that I might've pulled or torn something @ some point early on because I hurt ALOT & that still tends to be the place where it continues to hurt now. It's getting better... I can tell, but it worried me, for sure. It's a spot on my abdomen wall that pulls when I move... mostly when I get out of bed or bend over for something, etc. I've been having to hold that spot when I walk, too. Anyway... that's getting better...
I'm walking as often as I'm taking pain meds... every 4 hours. Family has been wonderful, taking good care of me... fetching this & that, etc. I'm a lucky girl.
I still can't believe that I'm sleeved now. It's definitely REAL, that's for sure, I just can't believe that I calmly approached it & did it. This was definitely the right thing for me to do.
Anyway... enough for now. Drugs are kicking in. :o)
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