Home and doing great!
I had surgery one week ago today. I remember waking up every 15 to 30min the night after surgery unable to speak, in tremendous pain and wanting someone to kill me. I know that everybody is different but I wanted to die. I had to be at the hospital at 7:30am but they didn't take me bac****il 9:30. I waited in pre op area for another 2 hours. I don't remember waking up in recovery. I do remeber waking up in my room and feeling like a train had run over me. I had a lot of pain in my arms and shoulders for some reason. It hurt to talk and to breath. Day 2 still a blurr. I remember trying to pee and I couldn't. It was right there but just wouldn't happen. That was so uncomfortable. Finally I peed the night of day 2. It was the greatest feeling in the world. I couldn't let anyone know how releved I was because it still hurt to talk. I had a wonderful great male nurse. His name was Jeff and He was no bigger than a 50 lb bag of potatoes but he was the best nurse there. He understood that I was in a lot of pain. He did alot of encouraging. He never had an atitude and if I hit the bell, he was there before the attendant answered me. He really enjoys his job and it shows. He wasn't one of these sit down nurses and send a CNA to take care of things. He did it and he took care of his patients. The nurse that I had for 2 days during the day sucked. I could call for meds and wouldn't get them for two maybe 3 hours. She didn't really let me have ice chips or anything. she said I needed to wait for the meals to come and the snacks. She was strange. I lucked up and had someone different the last day. Jeff just really stood out. He was a middleaged man, cared more and understood more than he needed to, and he genuinlly loves his job. He tried everthing he could to make e comfortable. He took turns with my boyfriend massaging my sore arms and shoulders. I don't know of any nurse that would have done that. I had to stay an extra day due to blood count being low and the severity of pain. I really didn't mind. Came home friday and layed around. Saturday I got up and took a shower, walked a little and felt a little better. Sunday, went to Sam's and that was too much. I was in the middle of Sam's and I had to sit. I started sweating and felt weak. I thought I was going to die. Layed around rest of Sunday and Monday. Today I have felt great! I feel more normal today than I have all week. I have learned through all of this that the DR's and nurses can give you guidelines, and people that have done this before can give you their story but in the end no two people are alike and you have to do what is right for you and your body will let you know when you are pushing too hard. I wish all the luck in the world to anyone going throught this and getting ready for this journey.
Hello, I am so glad the hard part is over for you, and WELCOME to the loser bench.
I am so lucky, I never had the pain or problem that some folks have. It was a walk in the park for me .
NURSES: I agree with you completely , I love a great nurse , they are so important to how we heal . My experence in Presby hospital in Charlotte was very much like yours... my night time nurses were WONDERFUL< sweet , kind and great bed side manners. The Day shift was not , they were to be honest terrible. Not being a nurse I don't know why they are so different, I guess the day nurses have different duties or more . PLEASE don't get me wrong , I think Nurses are angles , I am so thankful for the care they give us, but there are some that are much more caring Period.
You are home now, take care, listen to the doctor ... no shopping trips to Sam's for awhile .
Thinking of you You
Allison
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