Sarah_Louise
Well-known member
Hello everyone!!
Thank you so so so much for all the messages; especially Doug, Brian and Scott for my PM’s!
Firstly I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to get back in touch, but like the title says I don’t do things by half’s.
Go back 2 week ago yesterday, Monday night my consultant came to see me went through all the risks etc, then signed the consent form I can honestly say I have never in 18 years laughed while signing a consent form as they aren’t nice things to go-through as you all know-but I did doing this one; my consultant is so dry!! I was worried I wasn’t getting a GA as the ward I was on everyone seemed to just be getting local anaesthetics! So first thing I asked was if I was getting a GA, to which he replied “yes, for both of our benefits, you so you can’t feel anything and us so if your complicated which you probably will be we can swear and you won’t hear it’ then he said ‘now Sarah we haven’t booked an ICU bed so don’t go changing the plan’ hahah!! He also told me there was a chance when they got in there in effect I would be having 3 ops in 1, and I could end up with 3 stents as well as a new pulmonary valve, and could be in anywhere between 2 and 6 hours!! (I was ‘only’ having it done via cath-6hrs?!?) and then longer if I needed OHS.
Tuesday came, toast and tea at 6am (who can eat at that time? And pre-op?) and op was 12pm, I was taken to theatre just before 12pm and never came out until 6pm!! I was down 6 closer to 7 hours!! I came round in absolute agony; can honestly say the only way to describe the pain was like 100s of red hot needles going in and out of my legs; me being complicated they had to use both legs not just one, so I ended up on IV morphine, IV paracetamol and codeine!! But even then the pain was worse than OHS!!
Wednesday I was in agony all night and all day but my consultant came to see me, and said normally right sided heart pressure should be 20% of your blood pressure…mine was the SAME as my blood pressure :eek2: so defiantly needed doing!! He’s changed my pulmonary valve and gave me 2 stents,
Then I was sent home!! Never wanted to stay in hospital as much as I did then as the pain was horrid and I had to sit in the back of a car for 3+ hours!!
Once at home I rang my GP who prescribed oral morphine, and codeine for me to take, then, last Sunday I noticed severe bruising, i was struggling to walk, move my foot, and when I sat down it felt like a lump was sticking in my near to where they had went in, in my left leg.
So I mentioned it to my community nurse on Monday night and she recommended I got in touch with my cardiac nurse on the Tuesday, which I did, I told her about the bruising, lump and pain and over the weekend I’d had a temp, then things started happening and fast :frown2: they wanted me back over at my cardiac hospital ASAP but there had been flash floods and ambulances weren’t getting through, so I was told to go to my local and I’d be admitted there to start with then transfer when possible. On the Wednesday they scanned the lump and realised I’d had a hole in the artery that was bleeding out and had caused a pouch of blood to form in my leg; the lump, which was getting bigger!
On the Friday I was blue lighted to my cardiac hospital for them to monitor me over the weekend with op on Monday to sort it out! So yesterday I had a minor op to stop the bleed and turn it into a clot!! (Yes my history and they make a clot!!) I had to have another scan today before they would discharge me to ensure it had stopped bleeding because I’m on the heparin there was a 50-50 chance it would re-bleed! But the scan this morning showed the majority of it had stopped bleeding, but the track that lead to it was still bleeding, although they’ve let me home and want to see me in 2 weeks to check both my heart and my groin! But I’ve to keep an eye on my pulses in my legs as there is a small chance the clot could come loose and block my artery again!! That risks there for the next 3 odd months!!
So like I said, I don’t do simple nor things by half, :rolleyes2: my pain isn’t as bad as it was although still uncomfortable so I’m still taking the oral morphine!
Hope you are all well, and thanks again for all the messages!!
Sarah xxxxx
Thank you so so so much for all the messages; especially Doug, Brian and Scott for my PM’s!
Firstly I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to get back in touch, but like the title says I don’t do things by half’s.
Go back 2 week ago yesterday, Monday night my consultant came to see me went through all the risks etc, then signed the consent form I can honestly say I have never in 18 years laughed while signing a consent form as they aren’t nice things to go-through as you all know-but I did doing this one; my consultant is so dry!! I was worried I wasn’t getting a GA as the ward I was on everyone seemed to just be getting local anaesthetics! So first thing I asked was if I was getting a GA, to which he replied “yes, for both of our benefits, you so you can’t feel anything and us so if your complicated which you probably will be we can swear and you won’t hear it’ then he said ‘now Sarah we haven’t booked an ICU bed so don’t go changing the plan’ hahah!! He also told me there was a chance when they got in there in effect I would be having 3 ops in 1, and I could end up with 3 stents as well as a new pulmonary valve, and could be in anywhere between 2 and 6 hours!! (I was ‘only’ having it done via cath-6hrs?!?) and then longer if I needed OHS.
Tuesday came, toast and tea at 6am (who can eat at that time? And pre-op?) and op was 12pm, I was taken to theatre just before 12pm and never came out until 6pm!! I was down 6 closer to 7 hours!! I came round in absolute agony; can honestly say the only way to describe the pain was like 100s of red hot needles going in and out of my legs; me being complicated they had to use both legs not just one, so I ended up on IV morphine, IV paracetamol and codeine!! But even then the pain was worse than OHS!!
Wednesday I was in agony all night and all day but my consultant came to see me, and said normally right sided heart pressure should be 20% of your blood pressure…mine was the SAME as my blood pressure :eek2: so defiantly needed doing!! He’s changed my pulmonary valve and gave me 2 stents,
Then I was sent home!! Never wanted to stay in hospital as much as I did then as the pain was horrid and I had to sit in the back of a car for 3+ hours!!
Once at home I rang my GP who prescribed oral morphine, and codeine for me to take, then, last Sunday I noticed severe bruising, i was struggling to walk, move my foot, and when I sat down it felt like a lump was sticking in my near to where they had went in, in my left leg.
So I mentioned it to my community nurse on Monday night and she recommended I got in touch with my cardiac nurse on the Tuesday, which I did, I told her about the bruising, lump and pain and over the weekend I’d had a temp, then things started happening and fast :frown2: they wanted me back over at my cardiac hospital ASAP but there had been flash floods and ambulances weren’t getting through, so I was told to go to my local and I’d be admitted there to start with then transfer when possible. On the Wednesday they scanned the lump and realised I’d had a hole in the artery that was bleeding out and had caused a pouch of blood to form in my leg; the lump, which was getting bigger!
On the Friday I was blue lighted to my cardiac hospital for them to monitor me over the weekend with op on Monday to sort it out! So yesterday I had a minor op to stop the bleed and turn it into a clot!! (Yes my history and they make a clot!!) I had to have another scan today before they would discharge me to ensure it had stopped bleeding because I’m on the heparin there was a 50-50 chance it would re-bleed! But the scan this morning showed the majority of it had stopped bleeding, but the track that lead to it was still bleeding, although they’ve let me home and want to see me in 2 weeks to check both my heart and my groin! But I’ve to keep an eye on my pulses in my legs as there is a small chance the clot could come loose and block my artery again!! That risks there for the next 3 odd months!!
So like I said, I don’t do simple nor things by half, :rolleyes2: my pain isn’t as bad as it was although still uncomfortable so I’m still taking the oral morphine!
Hope you are all well, and thanks again for all the messages!!
Sarah xxxxx
