After I had surgery in Oct by March I felt pain. I found out I had a incisional hernia buldge . Took time to make appts, doing tests, and get a date.
Of course I decided to ask to do my surgery in Aug. so I could enjoy part of the summer. Then I find out I'm having surgery 4 days before my birthday. Great way to celebrate!
Now yes there are many questions when you hear you need a hernia mesh. Everyone sees it all over tv. I got calls why are you doing the surgery etc. I actually talked to some people I knew that had it done. They all did not have issues. As they all felt better after the surgery. As I just had it done, I can't say nothing bad.
So yes my skin wasn't right either , so a plastic surgeon fixed my skin. My pain dr told me my incision looked like a starburst. Now I fell my stomach so bloated, swollen, and fat. I can't wait till it goes flat and heals. It is black and blue. My incisions look like a sail boat. They were glued not stapled. I'm happy about that. I have to wear a binder around my stomach. This thing annoys me. It rolls up so much. I have drains as well. Which I went home with. Every so often I have to measure the drainage. I can say when I was in the hospital hardest part is laying down then sitting up. One plus is the hospital bed you can move to sit you up. Being home I can move around more. Getting up from laying down still hurts. I have pain. I try to only take the pain med to sleep. This was def. by far not a horrible surgery. My last surgery was way more painful.
My good friend had me watch a tv show that did skin surgery. Where the celeb was in tons of pain. I think it was more overdone just for tv.
Since the surgery I don't get hungry often , but I am getting full faster. Things I ate before all aren't agreeing with me now. I eat mostly protein. Which I mean mainly chicken. One thing about being in the hospital the food was gross.
One thing that is very helpful is group support from others on social media. Not everyone I know understands. Some even make rude comments . All I want is to fix my stomach. I wish I didn't have to go through all this.
Some people asked me what am I doing for my birthday? I answer I am home recovering. Some people say they will come visit at the hospital or my house. Which they don't. Either they make an excuse or just not message or call. I'm used to it. As I think some just want to know , so they can gossip. There is only a few people that been calling or messaging everyday. Even my family that went to Europe contacts me. It feels great to have some great people in my life.
Now blogging I'm a week out of surgery. Sometimes I feel like I can jump up and down in my head. Other times I'm just so sleepy.
I'm glad to be out of the hospital. It took the hospital 4 days to get all my meds in the computer. I had to take my own meds. Just because they didn't have all I needed. I can say I did have great nurses. They did let me sleep a lot. My hospital room wasn't always cool. I had to ask for the air to be cooler. Of course being home is the best.
Do I feel like I lost more weight yet? Not at all. I hope once the swelling goes down I will. My skin on my stomach does get itchy. I know itchy means it is healing. I wish I can have a magic wand that makes everything better 1,2, 3. Not that lucky.
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