danguy
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Hello,
I am now 9 days old and want to describe my experience so that others would know what to expect.
Procedure: Bentall, started on February 27, 2013, 6 am.
Day 1, recovery. You feel that you breathe with remarkable hardness. (In fact, it is a machine breathes instead of you). You cannot speak and don't see much (probably only can differ light from darkness). However, you are still on sedatives, so this is not as scary as it should be, but rather unpleasant. After a while they remove the tube from your lungs, and you can breathe yourself.
Day 1, later. The main thing: THIRST! After several hours they start to give you some ice which tastes really really really good. But not enough.
Day 1, total grade: very bad
Day 2. You are weak, with lots of tubes in you, unable to change a position in bed, unable to touch your eye with your hand if there is a tear. They move you once per 2 hours which is too long. Part of the time you just suffer waiting till you will be moved. You cannot sleep long enough or deep enough. You start to curse yourself for agreeing to this surgery. Total grade: very bad.
Day 3. You start walking at the corridor. You are able to touch your face. But no appetite, and you are nauseated from almost any food. But the nurse wants you to eat, so ordering a food and trying to eat some is this and the next day's torture. You are able to slightly change your position in bed, and finally sleep more. You start to laugh. Total grade: bad
Days 4-6: Some appetite starts to appear. You now read books, play computer games etc. Total grade: tolerable, or good, compating to the previous day. The worst thing was the exercise with the incentive spirometer which caused me to cough.
I am now 9 days old and want to describe my experience so that others would know what to expect.
Procedure: Bentall, started on February 27, 2013, 6 am.
Day 1, recovery. You feel that you breathe with remarkable hardness. (In fact, it is a machine breathes instead of you). You cannot speak and don't see much (probably only can differ light from darkness). However, you are still on sedatives, so this is not as scary as it should be, but rather unpleasant. After a while they remove the tube from your lungs, and you can breathe yourself.
Day 1, later. The main thing: THIRST! After several hours they start to give you some ice which tastes really really really good. But not enough.
Day 1, total grade: very bad
Day 2. You are weak, with lots of tubes in you, unable to change a position in bed, unable to touch your eye with your hand if there is a tear. They move you once per 2 hours which is too long. Part of the time you just suffer waiting till you will be moved. You cannot sleep long enough or deep enough. You start to curse yourself for agreeing to this surgery. Total grade: very bad.
Day 3. You start walking at the corridor. You are able to touch your face. But no appetite, and you are nauseated from almost any food. But the nurse wants you to eat, so ordering a food and trying to eat some is this and the next day's torture. You are able to slightly change your position in bed, and finally sleep more. You start to laugh. Total grade: bad
Days 4-6: Some appetite starts to appear. You now read books, play computer games etc. Total grade: tolerable, or good, compating to the previous day. The worst thing was the exercise with the incentive spirometer which caused me to cough.
