First night home.

Mar 16, 2012

I am sure that everyone has the same desire after surgery, the want/need to go home.  Go where your comfortable and where you can whine and not worry about offending anyone.  I have found that my pain has increased with being home, and I think it's because I am not being woken up every 4 hours to walk the halls. 

I was upset because a week before my surgery our beloved Laz-E-Boy recliner took a nose dive and needed to go.  The chair was bought almost 12 years ago and was going to be my source of comfort coming home.  Unfortunately, the springs sprung and it had to go, it was just really bad timing.  So instead of being in a reclined position, I laid in bed with a wedge to keep me somewhat upright.  This was fine, until my back started to ache (I am a belly sleeper) and I had to get up.   So around 3:30AM I am huffing and puffing around the house getting my pain meds together to stop the intense pain in the right side of my abdomen.  I ended up sitting on the couch in the living room watching Toy Story 3 on knocked out about 45 minutes later.

So I have been very good about keeping up with my meds.  Dr. Kemmeter ordered me Valium and Lortab for pain and muscle spasms.  He wasn't kidding when he said I would be sore for several weeks.  I think he really fought with the scar tissue in my abdomen from my gallbladder removal, and I seem to be quite a bit more sore than some others.  I was hoping that the post-surgical pain would similar to that of my gallbladder removal, and it's not.  No where close to it.  This is by far, more painful and more movement inhibiting than that of my gallbladder removal and 2 previous c-sections. 

So, after not sleeping so well last night my Mother and Husband are on a mission to find me a recliner to be able to relax and elevate my feet and even sleep in.   They are going to pick me one up today, because I am just not able to find a comfortable position to be able to rest in. 

I am still really struggling to get in enough fluids and protein.  I am doing the best that I can, I feel like I am getting more and more in every day, but it just doesn't seem like enough.

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