Post op thoughts

Mar 14, 2010

I am stuffed! That half a cup of soup watered down with chicken stock did me in! What a weird wonderful thing. Surgery was long, Dr.Poplawski said he almost didn't do it because of how bad the scarring was. But in the end he knew how badly I wanted it. 3 hours 46 minutes.

Right now I am getting my protein in, almost my liquids and all of my meds including vitamins. I am going to walk more.

I had a BM of sorts.

I have the strep throat my daughter had. My throat looks like some kind of hell scene, the sky being all colors of red with pus coloured clouds. Yeouch!

Going to see my primary physician, while Im there I will have her write me liquid everything I take daily. She is one of those rare amazing doctors that cares, she takes care of my whole family and has gone beyond more then once for me.

Besides the strep throat. I am concerned about how my anti depression meds are being absorbed. IE: They really need to be! The hardest medication to take besides simvastatin is Cymbalta, which I take for depression. I open them up but the tiny balls are bad tasting and they go all over. Not sure how much I am actually getting in. Most probably.




That steri strip is the only one that I am really keeping an eye on, its bulging at the end.

I am grateful for the competent surgeon and surgery nurses, anesthesiologist (who made me cry in pre op by telling me they cant control my pain because I am allergic to morphine and dilaudid, then a older wiser anesth. came in and had some suggestions, suck it whipper snipper).

I got demerol shots every 3-4 hous around the clock while I was in there. Have you ever experienced that? One cheek or the other.

The nursing staff at Barix continues to be iffy, the good ones are really good and on top of things, the few slackers are the ultimate slackers.

Glad to be home with my own personal staff of 1, who makes sure I am okay and gets me to take everything as needed. My tiny dog has been by my side non stop, her loyalty makes me humble. I even made it to my nephews birthday party today!

Healing, feeling better, hope to not take the rest of the Oxycontin release because it makes me woozy and then does nothing. Liquid motrin is nice but then there is all that about ulcers.

I am internally 16, always, I guess. Just got an email that says that authors: Sandy Weiner and Dick Mann' will be appearing locally.

Hehehe.

Small laughs, pillow over belly (which I keep forgetting) and blessing each fart.

Thank you God.

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