harleygirl528
Well-known member
hey everyone,
Just wanted to take a minute to post a personal message to thank everyone for your well wishes and prayers. I know that it made a huge difference, along with the tremendous support of my family and the skills of an exceptional surgeon. I am 3 days post op now and we followed everyone's advice and requested one more day in the hospital, although I am off all the monitors and IV lines, drain tubes etc. It still amazes me how quickly everything went...I made a direct request that my ventilator tube be removed as soon as possible, which was a little difficult because I had a hard time waking up...the first night was very rough for me just in terms of being uncomfortable, a little disoriented and extremely thirsty! Boy was I happy to see my family the next morning and to get out of ICU and into a regular room. Day #1 had the big chest tube pulled (yes I did ask for pain meds ahead of time and it didn't hurt a bit) and then the catheter came out and then the two lines in my neck, none of which hurt a bit. It really was never a sharp, burning pain but more of a hurt all over, aching like I was hit by a truck pain. My doctor had my sitting up and waking day #1 and I think that is a big contributor to my speedy recovery. My first shower, today, was absolute heaven....felt soooo good. My biggest issue was not being hungry for the first two days...absolutely nothing tasted good and even plain water seemed to give me heartburn....but thank God today got a little bit of an appetite back. I gained a ton of water weight but thanks to Lasix it seems to have come off....I think I lost like 5 pounds in 24 hours. My family has been incredibly supportive and I couldn't have done this without them~I am so very fortunate and blessed, of that I am sure. So far I couldn't have asked for a better surgical outcome and recovery so keep the prayers coming. I'll continue to update you all and my sincerest hope is to be able to provide support for others facing this as you all have done for me!
God Bless you all!
Just wanted to take a minute to post a personal message to thank everyone for your well wishes and prayers. I know that it made a huge difference, along with the tremendous support of my family and the skills of an exceptional surgeon. I am 3 days post op now and we followed everyone's advice and requested one more day in the hospital, although I am off all the monitors and IV lines, drain tubes etc. It still amazes me how quickly everything went...I made a direct request that my ventilator tube be removed as soon as possible, which was a little difficult because I had a hard time waking up...the first night was very rough for me just in terms of being uncomfortable, a little disoriented and extremely thirsty! Boy was I happy to see my family the next morning and to get out of ICU and into a regular room. Day #1 had the big chest tube pulled (yes I did ask for pain meds ahead of time and it didn't hurt a bit) and then the catheter came out and then the two lines in my neck, none of which hurt a bit. It really was never a sharp, burning pain but more of a hurt all over, aching like I was hit by a truck pain. My doctor had my sitting up and waking day #1 and I think that is a big contributor to my speedy recovery. My first shower, today, was absolute heaven....felt soooo good. My biggest issue was not being hungry for the first two days...absolutely nothing tasted good and even plain water seemed to give me heartburn....but thank God today got a little bit of an appetite back. I gained a ton of water weight but thanks to Lasix it seems to have come off....I think I lost like 5 pounds in 24 hours. My family has been incredibly supportive and I couldn't have done this without them~I am so very fortunate and blessed, of that I am sure. So far I couldn't have asked for a better surgical outcome and recovery so keep the prayers coming. I'll continue to update you all and my sincerest hope is to be able to provide support for others facing this as you all have done for me!
God Bless you all!
