Day 5 - Post Op
e·de·ma also oe·de·ma (ĭ-dē'mə)
n., pl. -mas also -mas, or -ma·ta also -ma·ta (-mə-tə).
Swollen ankles and feet are the highlight of today's recovery. I look more like a pregnant woman than a post-op patient from T&A surgery. I guess my weight gain can be explained in two words: water retention.
Another painless day - yay.
I'm still chugging away at my liquids and percocet. My days go something like this: sleep, drink, eat, percocet, set timer for three hours, watch in awe as my feet swell (lasting 2 minutes) - REPEAT
So far this recovery has been a piece of cake (yum cake). I've had little to no pain at the surgical area or at my jaw from the clamp (ice - very important) nor have I had any change in taste. Maybe I was a good kid after all?
Today I ate Cream of Wheat, macaroni and cheese (repeat, repeat, repeat), ice pops, soy shakes, Gatorade, juice and a cinnamon roll. If I never eat mac & cheese again, it will be too soon! It's a creation of the devil - I tell ya.
As evidenced by this post, I need to get out of this house for a bit. Oh wait, tomorrow is trash and recycling day - wooohooo.
Hasta manana,
~Danielle
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"Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about."
- Louis Kronenberger
n., pl. -mas also -mas, or -ma·ta also -ma·ta (-mə-tə).
- Pathology. An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
Swollen ankles and feet are the highlight of today's recovery. I look more like a pregnant woman than a post-op patient from T&A surgery. I guess my weight gain can be explained in two words: water retention.
Another painless day - yay.
I'm still chugging away at my liquids and percocet. My days go something like this: sleep, drink, eat, percocet, set timer for three hours, watch in awe as my feet swell (lasting 2 minutes) - REPEAT
So far this recovery has been a piece of cake (yum cake). I've had little to no pain at the surgical area or at my jaw from the clamp (ice - very important) nor have I had any change in taste. Maybe I was a good kid after all?
Today I ate Cream of Wheat, macaroni and cheese (repeat, repeat, repeat), ice pops, soy shakes, Gatorade, juice and a cinnamon roll. If I never eat mac & cheese again, it will be too soon! It's a creation of the devil - I tell ya.
As evidenced by this post, I need to get out of this house for a bit. Oh wait, tomorrow is trash and recycling day - wooohooo.
Hasta manana,
~Danielle
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"Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about."
- Louis Kronenberger