smileyjamie72
Hernia Repair Surgery DONE!!!!!
Sep 26, 2012
I made it home yesterday. Yes I did end up staying the full 7 days, but I am so happy staring at my 4 walls. And a night of uninterrupted sleep. Not that I slept uninterrupted, ha ha.
I had a hard time with nausea in the hospital, so, over the weekend, when the doc came in to see me, I threw up in front of him, and I think he was anticipating sending me home the following day. Then, it took a little longer to step me down from the iv pain meds to the oral pain meds. The process took a day longer, so, instead of coming home sooner than the 7days, I ended up staying the whole 7. Oh well. Just glad to be home now.
My instructions from the doc were to do exactly what I had been doing in the hospital. Laying in bed, resting, walking, and keeping hydrated.
So, as a typical woman, I came home yesterday, after being gone from home a week, and overdid it. Imagine that!!??!!
Mentally, I had such a difficult time with this surgery, the week prior to surgery I was really, really struggling. Thought of my mortality were close, too close. I was terrified.
My surgery was supposed to be 5 hours (I know it could go longer if they ran into problems). So, when they wheeled me into recovery, and it was there at 3hours and 50 minutes, I was HAPPY!!!! Had a HARD HARD time with my pain control, and had to switch out my pain meds............. doc & I discussed dilaudid, and we agreed at my pre-op............ "It works" is my motto. And I think just out of sheer habit for the doc, he wrote for morphine. Like giving me sugar water. Did NOTHING for me. I was in FUCKING AGONY. And the doc was in another procedure. Fuck. Finally, got an order to switch the pain meds. Then with them pushing all my guts back into my abdimonal cavity, sewing my muscles over that, closing my skin, and 2 abdominal binder on top of the pain meds....... my breathing was shallow, and that was MAJOR cause for concern from my nurse, and all involved. My sister, and mom had already left, I believe. But I pulled through, and I have successfully gotten my hernia repair, and abdominoplasty all in one~~giving me back the integrity of my 2003 abdominoplasty back........ minus MORE SKIN!!!! WOOT!!!!!!!!
I am 2 pounds heavier today then the day prior to my surgery date, not too shabby for all that trauma.
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Palmer, AK
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Surgery
12/29/2011
Surgery Date
Sep 21, 2005
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