surgery cont.

Mar 25, 2011

Continuing from the surgery story...


So in the holding bay there was a really awesome nurse who was standing around chatting to me. She told me that my surgeon was probably off rushing through lunch. Just thinking that my surgeon was having a sandwich then a few minutes later was cutting into me was strange. I guess i had elevated my surgeon from mere mortal to some kind of god who didnt require food/drink/sleep etc.
Anyway the gas man then came, hunted around for veins, struggled as my veins suck. He eventually got one into my hand. Then it came time to be wheeled into theatre. I am pretty sure my gas man gave me something in the iv that he had just placed, because all i remember from here is looking up and seeing i was going into theatre 4 and thats pretty much it. I dont even remember sliding over onto the t able.

Waking up in recovery i was in pain!! I was groggy and i hurt, i remember saying "help me! please help me!" over and over again and the nurses telling me that i cant have any more pain relief just yet. I am pretty sure but dont remember clearly but i think that i had my magic pain be gone button which i continually pressed!! 
From here i dont really remember being taken to my room, but eventually i was.
About 3pm i remember my sister coming to visit me, i dont remember much else as i was still pretty out of it.
I kept waking up having to go pee all night. It was every hour or so. I had to get a nurse to help me as i was still so out of it.

In hospital i didnt have that great an experience. There was a nurses assistant who i think hated me or something. She was horrid. When i asked her to crush my pills. she ignored me, i waited 2 and a half hours. She was the cause of anxiety but i think that she can be another blog entry all of her own where i can bitch and moan about her :p

Anyway, that was pretty much my surgery experience.
Most of the pain was the first surgery day. There was more pain but the magic button took care of it and by day 3 i was off all pain meds. I need to try and keep this more updated. I will try to write more about how i am going and what i have been doing tomorrow!! 

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