On the mend
I had my gallbladder removed Friday. We went in at 6 am, surgery started around 7:30, and I was home by 1:00 something. Like when I had my c-section, my blood pressure went berserk afterwards .. 200 over 112, was the last number I saw. They finally got that down under control and released me to go home.
My caretakers are quite adorable. Katie fixed me a plate of fruits and a cup of yogurt, and keeps my glass of ice full. Michael takes care of bigger meals and had to help me up and down for a bit. Pain is .. meh. It doesn't feel like the pain meds are doing all that much, but I'm not about to try going without in case it does get worse. I'm sleeping in the recliner, since being flat created tremendous pain. This gives the kitties ample opportunity to clambor around on me. I need a suit of armor, I think, to protect myself!
More details, should they be of interest: They found 3 gigantic stones (their word) - 1 cm each, and a blocked bile duct. I have 4 incisions in my abdomen and a drainage port. I'm ready for that to go away. The first day , the worst pain I've ever experienced (including labor) was simply gas. During the surgery, they inject air into your body to improve their vision, and there's just no good way to get rid of it. It's not in the digestive tract, so burping/gas-x doesn't really help. I was shaking and crying, it hurt so bad and I just didn't know what to do.
Day 2, yesterday, was a bit better, and today, a smidgeon better than that. I see why they suggest 1 maybe 2 weeks. It's not as trivial as the surgeon made it sound up front. Oh well. Nothing to do now but heal, I'm doing a lot of resting, which is sounded pretty good right now, if Mr Frodo will stop leaping onto this one incision point. Oy. Kittehs are so very helpful :)
My caretakers are quite adorable. Katie fixed me a plate of fruits and a cup of yogurt, and keeps my glass of ice full. Michael takes care of bigger meals and had to help me up and down for a bit. Pain is .. meh. It doesn't feel like the pain meds are doing all that much, but I'm not about to try going without in case it does get worse. I'm sleeping in the recliner, since being flat created tremendous pain. This gives the kitties ample opportunity to clambor around on me. I need a suit of armor, I think, to protect myself!
More details, should they be of interest: They found 3 gigantic stones (their word) - 1 cm each, and a blocked bile duct. I have 4 incisions in my abdomen and a drainage port. I'm ready for that to go away. The first day , the worst pain I've ever experienced (including labor) was simply gas. During the surgery, they inject air into your body to improve their vision, and there's just no good way to get rid of it. It's not in the digestive tract, so burping/gas-x doesn't really help. I was shaking and crying, it hurt so bad and I just didn't know what to do.
Day 2, yesterday, was a bit better, and today, a smidgeon better than that. I see why they suggest 1 maybe 2 weeks. It's not as trivial as the surgeon made it sound up front. Oh well. Nothing to do now but heal, I'm doing a lot of resting, which is sounded pretty good right now, if Mr Frodo will stop leaping onto this one incision point. Oy. Kittehs are so very helpful :)