Kympiggie
DAY 6 POST-OP
Jun 03, 2013
I'm back and finally making my update! This is the third time today that I have tried to enter this, so hopefully this one will take!!! The day hubby and I flew in, I had my consult appt. We arrived at the surgeon's office with all our luggage, kind of like a couple of upscale hobos. It was then off to the hotel for the night. Surgery was scheduled for 0800 the next morning. Needless to say, my nerves were on high alert and I didn't get much sleep. Once we got to the hospital and all checked into the room, I got their complimentary cocktail. It came in two small cups; one with pills and the other with a disgusting acid reducer. Once I got changed into my hospital prisoner's uniform and the cocktail had time to work, I didn't have any working nerves left. Took the 'flight' right out of me! The surgery went well, I actually went for my first 'walk' later that evening (looked more like a really low budget scene from Zombie Apocalypse) My new and very angry/curious sleeve didn't want me to abandon it to get some sleep. It insisted on gurgling and aching (like intense hunger pains) all night. It was not impressed with the ice chips I was allowed. There was a bit of a break with some pain meds involved. The next day started with one of the nurses testing my vomit threshold by giving me two whole pain pills and some water... That day it was more walking and having the dressings removed. I had the usual five pokey holes with the decorative staples; no drains. That night I didn't get much sleep, but during the wee hours, I had time to consider some possible nicknames for my new sleeve: Sleevie Ray Vaughan, Sleeve McQueen, Sleevin Seagal, Sleevie Wonder, Sleevin King (it was doing some real scary stuff, too.)...you get the idea. After that it was discharged and back to the hotel for two nights until I flew back home on Saturday. It's not been too bad since, but I did have some pain in my side that was pretty intense last night and a bit more later today. I had been to see a doctor this morning and it appeared as though everything was all right. I put in a call to my surgeon's office and they all said that it is norma. Thank goodness! I was kind of worried about it and I posted about it late last night. I think that perhaps I did too much that I wasn't supposed to around the house, etc and that maybe I didn't have my food thinned down enough. No pain now which is great because it was bad enough to keep me up all of last night. Hopefully, I'll sleep really good tonight.
Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts. I really missed being out of touch with everyone here while I was away. I hope you are all healing nicely from your surgeries and I look forward to 'chatting' more about our journeys.
Have a great day!
Kym 
