Day 2 Post-Op
Sunday morning I woke up feeling still stiff, had a sip of water and slowly drank 2 fingers of cocoa milk which caused too much burping. Took my antibiotic and painkiller. Mom brought down some chicken broth. I had a cup of it around 11.30 am but it brought strong burping. Was hungry/thirsty though so gave myself another cup about an hour and a half later. Put on compression stockings with difficulty due to limited movement of my belly which is in the way, experiencing ringing in my ears. Realised that my blood pressure must be up so hurried to take my pill.
Have lots of flatulence and feel the need to use the toilet but can’t put pressure on muscles. I am hoping antibiotic will damage intestinal flora and cause some diarrhoea. Can’t take shower as pharmacy did not stock special sticky plasters to cover wounds. Gave myself fraxiparin injection to prevent blood clots.
General feeling today is of mild depression. Like I don’t know what will happen from now on. I am hoping for the best but really can’t predict the future. Glad my sheens are slimmer but calves are still swollen, maybe the stockings are not well designed.
Mom said I look slimmer on the face. No wonder, without food for 2 days! She is struggling with baby and all her other commitments and said I should be thanking God she is around to help me. I am.
Going to get another cup of soup as it is easier to drink than plain water or cocoa milk. At least it should contain some more nutrients. I remind myself of the big gulps of drinks I used to take… LOL nowadays it is sip, rest, sip… Two hours for a cup of soup today compared with two hours for a couple of fingers of milk yesterday.
Afternoon I am feeling better muscle-wise but belly feels hanging low and swollen. Managed to go outdoors for a while and sit in garden to watch my daughter play in her paddling pool. I switched on the sprinkler system to water the lawn a bit. It felt good to be outdoors.
My urine is still dark in colour, hopefully not through bleeding. Had light diarrhoea earlier. Wind expulsion continues. Had some melted ice cream without much trouble. I tried to eat some crème caramel for dinner but it wouldn’t go down so I stopped after 2-3 spoons.
Had lot of heaviness in stomach at night and woke up with pounding in my head. Went to sofa and was unable to fall back to sleep from 1 am till 5 am. Then I went back to bed and slept for an hour or so, then back to sofa. I was experiencing the most annoying coughing all night and had to hold my belly to prevent the stitches from bursting. Managed to sleep another couple of hours in the sofa eventually.
Have lots of flatulence and feel the need to use the toilet but can’t put pressure on muscles. I am hoping antibiotic will damage intestinal flora and cause some diarrhoea. Can’t take shower as pharmacy did not stock special sticky plasters to cover wounds. Gave myself fraxiparin injection to prevent blood clots.
General feeling today is of mild depression. Like I don’t know what will happen from now on. I am hoping for the best but really can’t predict the future. Glad my sheens are slimmer but calves are still swollen, maybe the stockings are not well designed.
Mom said I look slimmer on the face. No wonder, without food for 2 days! She is struggling with baby and all her other commitments and said I should be thanking God she is around to help me. I am.
Going to get another cup of soup as it is easier to drink than plain water or cocoa milk. At least it should contain some more nutrients. I remind myself of the big gulps of drinks I used to take… LOL nowadays it is sip, rest, sip… Two hours for a cup of soup today compared with two hours for a couple of fingers of milk yesterday.
Afternoon I am feeling better muscle-wise but belly feels hanging low and swollen. Managed to go outdoors for a while and sit in garden to watch my daughter play in her paddling pool. I switched on the sprinkler system to water the lawn a bit. It felt good to be outdoors.
My urine is still dark in colour, hopefully not through bleeding. Had light diarrhoea earlier. Wind expulsion continues. Had some melted ice cream without much trouble. I tried to eat some crème caramel for dinner but it wouldn’t go down so I stopped after 2-3 spoons.
Had lot of heaviness in stomach at night and woke up with pounding in my head. Went to sofa and was unable to fall back to sleep from 1 am till 5 am. Then I went back to bed and slept for an hour or so, then back to sofa. I was experiencing the most annoying coughing all night and had to hold my belly to prevent the stitches from bursting. Managed to sleep another couple of hours in the sofa eventually.
posted by Tania at 10:18 AM
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