Hi all
Well that’s that then!
The anaesthetic, which was one of my many initial fears, was brilliant actually. Haha.
He was chatting away, as he put the cannula in.
Then he said, “this is just some pain killer, nothing to put you to sleep yet. Bit of a cool feeling up your arm. Right, now this is the stuff that puts you to sleeee…..”
Cue waking up in recovery, constantly trying to remove my mask, being gently told to leave it alone … then trying to get out the bed .. I really need a wee! You’re fine, you’ve got a catheter fitted. Hand pulled away and covers tucked in again. Warm blankets all over me.. it was actually lovely as many have said.
Back on the ward by 7pm. No pain at all really. Very tired of course and woken up every hour until 2am for blood pressure check.
Apparently I bled a lot and they did fit a drain which needed emptied twice.
Surgeon said I was just a bit “gooey” … who’d have thunk that was a medical term. It came out yesterday and it had leaked quite a lot, quite a bit of blood on robe and bed, which was a surprise. Sister told me to stop being a drama Queen… it’s probably only about 50ml … to which I suggested it might be just 50ml to you but it’s a bloody armful to me! … like she won’t have heard that hundreds of times.
I only got 2 hours sleep the night before the op and the night immediately after on ward, we had a very serious snoring problem. Like sounds ive never heard before! 😳
So last night I spoke to the night nurse and she found me an empty day treatment room so I was wheeled in there and the door closed. Absolute bliss! Slept like a baby.
Feel much more human today and getting discharged very soon, as soon as my lovely lift arrives.
Surgeon said operation was full nerve sparing so fingers crossed I’ll be “up and running” in 1-2 years
Pathology report about 3 weeks away he said so toes crossed we get clear margins
Still a lot of pain from the CO2 but trying to stand and move about as much as possible so very slowly it’s “peeping” out 😳🥴
I still don’t know how the gas is pumped into the abdominal cavity yet ends up in the intestines and colon…does it just get absorbed through?
So all done, definitely not as bad as I thought it was going to be, especially after I was educated by the warriors on here who’ve been there before. 😊
Quite stiff, a little tired, leaning over a lot to try to let a “peep” come out without pushing 😂 … but all in all not bad at all. Definitely nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be.
I hear that having to have a drain is very rare nowadays so most people will sail through it without problems. I do like to make life as complicated as I can … it seems! 🙈
Take care all and thank you for the support
All the best
Greg