scp000
Home from the hospital!!!
Apr 09, 2009
I have benefited so much from the posting of other people and I wanted to share with everyone my experience so hopefully someone will get as much out of it as I got out of so many others.I just got back from the hospital and wanted to share how I am feeling and what the whole thing was like. My surgery was scheduled for 11am yesterday and I had to report at 9am. Within an hour of arriving, I was dressed and in pre-op with everyone poking at me and asking questions. Then onto the operating room. I saw my surgeon quickly and they had me move to the table and put the mask on and I was out. I woke up in the recovery room feeling very groggy, but not much else. As I started to come around, I started noticing the pain in my abdomen. At that time I likened it to how I would feel if I slept way too long on a weekend morning and woke up with my mid section aching.
During recovery (where I stayed for 8 hours because of a shortage of rooms) I didn't feel much pain, but did get nauseous from time to time from drinking water. They gave me some nausea medication and I was OK.
Then I moved up to my room where I desperately had to go to the bathroom. They had a potty next to my bed so I wouldn't have to go to the bathroom or use a bed pan. This is when I learned how badly my mid section hurt. Pulling myself up so I could stand up was very painful. Standing up was painful. Sitting down on the potty was painful. Learned a lot in that moment! I was able to move around, but was surprised at how much pain everything took. Primarily in the area where my port was placed, I believe. No shoulder pain from the gas at that point.
Later in the night, I was able to eat sugar-free jello and chicken broth. I do not have to do a liquid diet post-surgery, moving right to mushies, but not right away. It took me all night to eat the jello. This morning I got more jello and broth. I ate less of the jello than the night before, but more of the broth. Drinking water throughout. Before I could leave, they wanted to make sure I could get the mushies down, so for lunch I got a strained cream soup and fruit puree. I ate about half of each, and everyone was happy. The shoulder pain started today, but is more of annoyance so far than anything else.
Then it was just a matter of pulling myself out of the bed and getting into the car! The worst is just trying to get up and down. Didn't realize how difficult that would be! I am having no trouble eating - right now I am drinking a Glucerna shake. I don't have much of an appetite, but am not feeling like eating is impossible.
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About Me
Columbus, OH
Location
35.7
BMI
Surgery
04/08/2009
Surgery Date
Mar 30, 2008
Member Since
