Happy holidays everyone. I'm feeling a little festive today, if only I could stay awake longer than an hour lol. The days following the surgery have been a roller coaster in many ways. The most important thing to do after this operation is to keep your body moving? You don't want to because the pain can be incredible if not unbearable but its the only way you will recover quickly. I can't tell you how motivated i am to get well, not to just to be out of the hospital, but so that I can Get on with my life. I am so ready to go on road trips and long vacations, to go camping and not be always looking out for the bathroom.
The day immediately following the operation I was in so much pain but I knew i had to get up and move. The surgeon says its not as important how long you are exercising but rather how often. So i don't so much need to be doing laps around the 3rd floor of the hospital, but I should focus on short walks around 6 times a day. He also said its very important to breathe deeply and really work those Ab muscles! Again you're really not gonna feel like doing it at all but it is so important. I've been walking at least 3 times a day since Tuesday. It hurts quite a bit to get up out of the bed but the nurses and cna's are so helpful, they waited and let me take my time. Standing up is a whole other story. At first it felt like my organs were like...readjusting, sort of like gravity was pulling them down, it was the oddest feeling and pretty painful. The first few days i couldn't make it very far and I cried more than once b/c the pain was so great. It takes a lot out of me to walk. Usually after a walk a nap isn't too far behind.
Yesterday Was a pretty awesome day, they took my catheter out so I got one less tube coming out of me. Its good b/c now i get to use the bathroom but now i have to GET UP to use the bathroom which is chore when I have help, i was a little worried about getting up by myself in the middle of the night but so far no issues, plus if I ever needed help the nurses are close. I also got my NG tube taken out of my nose. This tube has been one of the most annoying things ever in my life! The tube goes up your nose and down into your stomach. This is so any
bile can come up, the tube is connected to a cup that at least in my case was on the wall behind me. Getting that taken out was the
strangest feeling ever and. I swear It still feels like it's in my nose. The good thing about tubes and stuff coming out is that I'm that. Much closer to going home!
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