OK here goes. I have been using my cell to piddle around on here I figured it is time to get on a computer. I have had an extremely rough journey. So I figure it best to give you folks a timeline.
January 16th Wednesday
Surgery day, everything went well took a little less than an hour and about an hour in recovery to wake up.
Once awake they transport you to your room. Its like a blur because you are still groggy.
January 17th Thursday
Released from hospital wishing they would keep me another day. But that is the way they do it get you in and get you out.
That night I was in so much pain I attempted to lay in the bed but it caused so much pain I ended up sitting up on the couch to sleep. I could not get up or down on my own due to the pain in my abdomen. Mainly one incision. It turned out this is the incision they pull the stomach through. I didn't sleep this whole week. Regretting what I have done to myself. I had a few breakdowns this week due to lack of sleep. I would sleep about 2 hours at a time. I have no answer as to why but I would just wake up as if startled. Also I was having trouble getting down my pain meds. Hydrocodone, it was so gross I would at times throw it up. But eventually found they would flavor it. Grape bubblegum is a fav I find that because it is like 2 flavors its way better. Plus now I chase it with a drink lol. My diet is consisting of soup soup and soup with some yogurt and Popsicles..
January 19th
Abdominal binder! YAY!!!. An abdominal binder basically keeps everything for moving and promotes circulation and healing.
January 24th Thursday
First follow up visit. I explain to my surgeon the extreme pain I am in. I can barely get up or down on my own and I am basically in tears in her office. She explained to be that my belly looked fine and all my incisions were healing well. I was told "Well Nicole you know your young you have never had major surgery or kids and this is a lot for you to adjust too." At this point im thinking well im never having kids lol.
She then made me get up from the table on my own trying to teach me how to roll and then sit up. I felt as I had ripped my belly open. By later that evening I was throbbing.
January 25th
I noticed I am a bit more swollen and believe it is due to the drs appt. I start wearing my abdominal binder again. Also I rotated heating packs and ice packs in hopes of reducing swelling.
January 27th
I am now red and swollen. I was still using the ice packs in hopes of reducing the pain. I had emailed the RN in her office over the weekend because I was having low grade fevers constantly about 99.9
January 28th
My surgeon calls trying to get me to come in and is quite disappointed with me when I tell her I have no one to bring me in when she is available due to her timing I would have to wait til my follow up January 31st That morning I go to get in the shower before my fiancee leaves for work. Keep in mind at this point I couldn't even put my own pants on due to pain. I get in the shower look down and puss and blood is shooting out of my incision. I then do what anyone in my position would naturally do...scream for my fiancee lol
I go to the drs office and they let me know I have an infection and that they need to clean it out. ME not knowing whats going to happen next goes oh ok. She took a tool and ripped my incision open without numbing me. Then she squeezed everything out. I at this point am yelling. and being told to calm down. And just so everyone knows this is common for drs to do! They feel like by the time they numb it which it doesn't totally work they would be done. I have been told this by quit a few nurses.
I am sent home to do my own packing when I went back to the dr my skin had started coming off and I had some necrotic bits. I was immediately sent to the hospital and there I stayed til February 6th. I was nauseous the whole time and didn't eat for almost the whole time I was there.
January 31st-February 6th
Hospital
February 6th
Home, they wanted to me to stay another day but I said nope. I was tired of being sick.
February 8th
Finally no longer nausea's and eating food. Tuna, Salmon, Real crab, Hard time with protein shakes, threw that up a lot in the hospital.
Nurses now come to the house repacking every day twice a day.
February 13th
Changed to silver packing. Only needs to be changed every 3-5 days. Less nurses less money lol.
