Home again home again
Surgery was successful. I am at home and completely out of commission. I'm not even allowed to shower until like, Saturday. I haven't showered for a week already! Two weeks in my nightgowns, no showering, is just gross gross gross. I'm also, you know, totally in pain and unable to do anything for myself. But least I'm psychologically all here, which is a major improvement over the recovery from the first surgery.
I am so upset about how horrible my hospital stay was. They thought that my spine possibly could've been fractured by some kind of infection (WTF, right?), so they took some swabs and while the cultures were growing for four days in the lab, they started me on some broad spectrum antibiotics. these were hardcore meds. They gave them to me through my IV (my veins were not in the mood for successful IVs this time around, by the way). These meds were so strong, and they tore up my stomach and one of thm was bright red and made my whole body smell and my pee bright orange and put ths taste in my mouth that would not go away. I felt so, so, sick because of these meds that I didn't even need (of course the cultures were negative and I was infection free the whole time!).
Nothing interesting happening in my life now. I sit around in my nightie in front of the TV, either watching it or snoozing. I sleep maybe 4 or 5 hours a night before I wake up and have to get out of bed again (I absolutley cannot sleep on my back under normal circumstances; the Percoset knocks me out for a few hours at a time). My stomach has been pretty bad the whole time. I have to keep food in it for the Percoset, and even though I'm almost over the side effects from the antibiotics, I've started my period (because you ALWAYS have to have one right after a surgery; thank you nature) and I now have horrible cramps (from being inactive) and gas-pain (normal; i always get bad trapped air on the rag). I can't even take Advil, which is what works best for me on the rag, because ibuprofen is bad for bone development, so I just stick to hot pads. Pretty miserable.
That's the end of my complaining; let me know if you're got something interesting I can do. I guess I should read a book, but I never feel like it anymore.
I am so upset about how horrible my hospital stay was. They thought that my spine possibly could've been fractured by some kind of infection (WTF, right?), so they took some swabs and while the cultures were growing for four days in the lab, they started me on some broad spectrum antibiotics. these were hardcore meds. They gave them to me through my IV (my veins were not in the mood for successful IVs this time around, by the way). These meds were so strong, and they tore up my stomach and one of thm was bright red and made my whole body smell and my pee bright orange and put ths taste in my mouth that would not go away. I felt so, so, sick because of these meds that I didn't even need (of course the cultures were negative and I was infection free the whole time!).
Nothing interesting happening in my life now. I sit around in my nightie in front of the TV, either watching it or snoozing. I sleep maybe 4 or 5 hours a night before I wake up and have to get out of bed again (I absolutley cannot sleep on my back under normal circumstances; the Percoset knocks me out for a few hours at a time). My stomach has been pretty bad the whole time. I have to keep food in it for the Percoset, and even though I'm almost over the side effects from the antibiotics, I've started my period (because you ALWAYS have to have one right after a surgery; thank you nature) and I now have horrible cramps (from being inactive) and gas-pain (normal; i always get bad trapped air on the rag). I can't even take Advil, which is what works best for me on the rag, because ibuprofen is bad for bone development, so I just stick to hot pads. Pretty miserable.
That's the end of my complaining; let me know if you're got something interesting I can do. I guess I should read a book, but I never feel like it anymore.