catalina07
My revision surgery story
Nov 30, 2014
Ok. Here I am. On the other side. This has been incredibly hard. I LOT harder than the last time and a LOT harder than I expected. Here is my story so far...
Surgery was scheduled for 11/20/14. I ended up at the hospital a day early because of stomach pain that I had been feeling. It was questionable if it was my pancreatitis again. I went home that night with new news...They would be taking out my gallbladder in the morning as well as my revision.
I went in early on the 20th. I was eventually wheeled into the operating room. and then soon after (3 hours), woke up in recovery with SEVEN holes in my belly, and a lot of pain. I had to stay in recovery for 5 hours for some reason. Then I was able to go to my room. All I can say, is this was really tough. Most people go home the next day...I ended up having to stay two extra nights. I had so much pain. and I was so dizzy and nauseous all the time. I couldnt do anything for myself. I had to rely on my family and my nurses to really help me. I don't know what I would have done without my family.
Finally went home on the 24th. That night i was feeling so bad again that I just thought I made a mistake coming home!
It is now 10 days since my surgey. I feel like I should be doing much better then I am. I am still taking pain meds at night, I still have a lot of pain on the right side of my belly. I am assuming it is my gall bladder surgery that has made this so much worse. I think three surgeries is just too much for my body to handle. I am recovering surely but slowly. I am still in the "what the hell have i done to myself" stage. I seem to have lost 25 pounds from the time I started the one week liquid pre-op diet. I should be more excited about it...but I feel like I am just so sick at this point. I am just hoping that at some point, the scales will tip and I will be feeling better and then I can feel more excited about the good things to come. and with that, I have to go and lay down again...write more soon
