HOSPITAL SHINANGINS

HELLO, HELLO, HELLO Y'ALL!!!!!!!! SORRY I HAVE BEEN GONE SO LONG; I SWEAR I'M BUSIER AFTER SURGERY THAN BEFORE. I HAD SOME FUNNY THINGS HAPPEN IN THE HOSPITAL, SO THOUGHT Y'ALL MIGHT ENJOY A LAUGH OR TWO ... I'M DOING FANTASTIC FOR JUST HAVING MY PLUMBING REARRANGED. ACTUALLY, I'M SHOCKED AT HOW WELL I DO FEEL. YOU GUYS MAY NOT CLAIM ME AFTER THIS, BUT HERE GOES ... OF COURSE, I WAS WALKING ON AIR GRINNIN' EAR-TO-EAR! HERE NICK & I ARE IN THE PRE-OP ROOM WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE LOOKING DOWN & SCARED TO DEATH ... ONE EVEN CRYING ... & WE'RE LAUGHING & GIGGLING & HAVING A GREAT TIME. I EVEN HAD A "GREGORIAN CHANT" CD PLAYING IN MY HEADSET WHICH IS VERY CALMING ... BUT, THERE WAS NOOOOOOOOOOOO CALMING ME DOWN! I WISH I COULD HAVE SPREAD SOME OF MY JOY & CONFIDENCE TO OTHERS IN THE ROOM ... WELL, I DID SPREAD A LITTLE GIGGLE UNKNOWINGLY ... I HAD TO GO POTTY, SO THE NURSE CAME & GOT ME. THEY HAVE LARGE GOWNS SO NO PROBLEM ... OR, SO I THOUGHT! WHEN I GOT TO THE RESTROOM & TURNED AROUND WITH MY BACKSIDE TO THE MIRROR ... SURPRISE, SURPRISE! MY BARE BOOTIE WAS HANGING OUT JUST AS PRETTY AS YOU PLEASE! I MUST HAVE WALKED PAST 5 MEN & 15 WOMEN ON THE WAY TO THE RESTROOM ... SO, WHAT DO YA DO?? I PLAYED IT UP BIG ... I HAD THE GREATEST NURSE & SHE PLAYED MY "STRAIGHT MAN" AS I WAS "COMPLAINING" TO HER THAT SHE ALLOWED ME TO "FLASH" ALL THESE HANDSOME MEN ... WELL, IF NOTHING ELSE, THEY COULD DREAM OF A VOLUMPTUOUS TUSH WHILE IN SURGERY! AS FOR NICK & I, WE WERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AS IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH, THESE DOCTORS COME IN & TELL US HOW THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE I'M SAFE UNDER ANESTHETIC BEFORE THEY ALLOW THE SURGEON TO PROCEED ... THAT'S COOL. THEN, THEY TELL US THEY WILL GIVE ME SOMETHING IN PRE-OP TO "RELAX" ME ... WAS REALLLLLLLLLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT! THEN, THEY TELL US WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN I'M IN THE OPERATING ROOM AS THEY PUT ME TO SLEEP ... THAT THERE WILL BE SOME BURNING AS THEY INJECT THE ANESTHETIC INTO MY IV ... DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE THAT BUT KNOW I CAN HANDLE IT ... GUESS WHAT? ... NOT TO WORRY ONE ITTY BITTY BIT. THEY CHIT CHATTED ... LAUGHING IT UP WITH US ... THEN, THEY GAVE ME A DOSE OF THE "RELAXING" JUICE & ONE OF THE DOCTORS, SAID, "OH, GIVE HER ANOTHER DOSE" & THE OTHER GUY PRETENDED TO DO SO ... YOU SEE, I HAD JOKED WITH THEM ASKING WHICH TUBE THEY WERE GOING TO INJECT SOME "LOGAN'S ROADHOUSE ICE TEA (A REALLY, REALLY GOOOOOOOOOOOD DRINK AT A LOCAL STEAK HOUSE THAT JUST MELLOWS ME OUT WONDERFULLY ). THEN, THEY START TO WHEEL ME OUT OF THE LITTLE PRE-OP CUBICLE & THAT IS THE LAST THING I REMEMBER ... NICK SAYS THAT I WAS GIGGLING MY FOOL HEAD OFF SAYING, "THIS IS G-R-E-A-T ... I'M F-L-Y-I-N-G" & AS HE TURNED AROUND TO GO TO THE WAITING ROOM, HE COULD HEAR ME GIGGLING ALL THE WAY OUT OF THE PRE-OP ROOM TOWARDS THE SURGERY SUITE. I WONDER WHEN I FINALLY KONKED OUT & SHUT UP! I WAS OBLIVIOUS ... DON'T HAVE EVEN ONE LITTLE RECOLLECTION ... BUT, THAT HAD TO BE SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF! WOWOW! WAKE UP TO FOLLOW ...

Hi Lady! Missed you hear! Glad to have you back, sounds like you had fun, good for you!! HUGS, Vi

OHHH, THANKS! ALWAYS DO, MS VI ... LIFE'S TOO SHORT FOR ANYTHING ELSE ...

Hi Lady..! loved reading your story!!

GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT, MS CL ... THOUGHT IT WOULD GIVE Y'ALL A GIGGLE OR 2!

That is too funny....I don't remember a darn thing...except the recovery room annoyed the living heck out of me..I wanted to say get out of my face...but of course they were just doing their job!!! I think that was the worst for me..trying to wake up and then when they got me to my room the next thing I remember is having a glorious cup of ice chips and the nurse comes in and grabs it out of my hands and says you can't eat or drink for 3 days..I was open so I wasn't prepared for that, she didn't explain why until I saw the doc and they said there had been complications and a lot of bleeding and had to keep me under longer than expected and since I had a hard, hard time waking up in recovery they were also afraid I would choke on the ice...so all that to say I had to take the dreaded leak test...but I remember thinking..wow, I am actually drinking something here, and tried not to wig out!!!! Jenn

OH HOW FUNNY, MS JENN ... I WASN'T THINKING THAT WHEN I CHOKED DOWN THAT FOUL-TASTING STUFF ... I COULDN'T DRIN****IL I HAD THE SWALLOW TEST AS WELL BUT THAT WAS THE NEXT DAY. I LOOKED AT MY FILMS & MY POUCH LOOKS LIKE A HICCUP IN MY ESOPHAGUS (sp?). THE RESIDENT DR IN CHARGE OF SCOPING MY POUCH FROM THE INSIDE LOOKING FOR LEAKS SAID IT IS SOOOOOOOO SMALL THAT SHE COULD BARELY TURN THE SCOPE AROUND. FUNNY THING IS I CAN SIP ALL DAY WITH NO PROBLEM ... IT MUST JUST DRAIN RIGHT ON THROUGH.

Lady D, They gave me the relaxing drug too. I remember saying "I feel kinda wonky" to my husband (and I don't think I've EVER used the word wonky before), then I vaguely remember being scooted to the operating table. I don't remember anything after that, including recovery. Apparently they couldn't wake me up and my breathing got really slow and they had to give me Narcan (interestingly enough I just found this out tonight, while we were having dinner with friends) to wake me up. John tells me that when I finally got to a room, they had someone come in with an inhaler and told me to breathe in, and I fell asleep mid breath. 4 people visited me that first day and I don't remember ANY of them at all. My first post op memory is after midnight. I don't know the name of the "wonky" drug, but you're right...it's goooood stuff. And I'm glad I slept through all that first day. You can't feel pain if your sleeping. Sheryl

I HAD LAP & ABSOLUTELY NO PAIN ... I'D CALL IT DISCOMFORT ... NO PAIN DRUGS ... SITTING UP AFTER 3 HOURS ... WALKING AFTER 5 HOURS. YOU HAD IT PRETTY TOUGH, MS SHERYL. SO GLAD YOU ARE DOING WELL NOW.

Oh, too funny -- glad the nurse had a sense of humor! So glad you are doing well, and having fun. I'm a recovery room nurse, and when people wake up and ask, How did I do? We joke with them and say, everything was just fine....we especially enjoyed your joke about the sailor and the mermaid. That way, everyone gets a laugh and no one is embarrassed..... People wake up differently, and even if you are one of those who is still delirious, it will wear off, and not even you will remember, probably. That's why we don't allow visitors in our recovery room, because all the embarrassing stuff needs to stay away from well-meaning family and friends. Glad to have you back--- keep up the good work!