Guest guest Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Puredakota, I'm so glad to hear that you're starting to recover from your surgery! It sounds like you had quite an adventure, with 8 days in the hospital! Take it easy and take the time you need to recover! I hope your mom and aunt are doing well while you are healing. Some of us (nothing against the guys, but I think it's mostly women) feel we need to take care of everyone in our lives. Sometimes, we just need to take care of ourselves first. I try to remind myself of that, after helping with my mom's care (who passed away last fall) and helping to cope with his DES and get the best care he can for it. Wishing you a smooth recovery and happy swallowing! in Michigan > > Hi Everyone-- > > I got home yesterday from my open Toupet fundoplication. I was in the hospital for 8 > days, and now am supposed to be off work for at least another 3 weeks. > > This has been quite an adventure, especially since it was an open surgery rather than a > lap. > > But my husband and daughter have been super supportive, and even though I am on a > restricted post-surgery diet, I have already been able to eat a few bites of some foods I > have been able to eat in years! > > I'm still pretty wobbly, but I feel like I am moving in the right direction. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 welcome home!!! please remember that even though the first little while at home can be a bit rough, there is so much light at the end of the tunnel. i wish you all the best. just take it easy and lean on your family if you can. my mom was here for 10 days, and that was so great. giselle > > Hi Everyone-- > > I got home yesterday from my open Toupet fundoplication. I was in the hospital for 8 > days, and now am supposed to be off work for at least another 3 weeks. > > This has been quite an adventure, especially since it was an open surgery rather than a > lap. > > But my husband and daughter have been super supportive, and even though I am on a > restricted post-surgery diet, I have already been able to eat a few bites of some foods I > have been able to eat in years! > > I'm still pretty wobbly, but I feel like I am moving in the right direction. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Dakota- Welcome back! Why did the surgeon do an open procedure? I am glad you are able to eat, but take it slow. keep us posted on your recovery. Jo > > Hi Everyone-- > > I got home yesterday from my open Toupet fundoplication. I was in the hospital for 8 > days, and now am supposed to be off work for at least another 3 weeks. > > This has been quite an adventure, especially since it was an open surgery rather than a > lap. > > But my husband and daughter have been super supportive, and even though I am on a > restricted post-surgery diet, I have already been able to eat a few bites of some foods I > have been able to eat in years! > > I'm still pretty wobbly, but I feel like I am moving in the right direction. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 thanks so much to everyone who gave me advice for my daughter's surgery day. the button-down pajamas suggestion was really brilliant! she has been home for about an hour now and is sound asleep. she did really well and woke up confused but not too upset. she had a lot of pain when she first woke up but her recovery nurse gave her some morphine and that took the edge off the pain. her doctor said that all the stuff on the CT scan around the little bones in the ear that he thought was the chlostetoma was actually scar tissue from previous ear drum ruptures, tubes, and infections. the tube, while not helping to prevent infections, did protect those little bones. the c-toma grew along the tube and then was diverted from the little bones and grew up the mastoid instead. he ended up having to do a lot of drilling on the mastoid bone and said her skull behind her ear will look bumpy and mis-shapen for now. however, that can be fixed later once this is resolved. he said that he got all that he could see but of course you never know for sure so she'll have a second-look surgery in six months. he did take some of the chewing muscle to graft a new ear drum too. the whole thing took about 4 hours and her doc was even good enough to have an OR nurse call the waiting room halfway through to update us. he also took a lot of pictures to show us what he found and what he did. he handles a lot of c-toma pediatric cases, so thats good too. while she's not very happy with all this right now, i think things went well so far and hopefully recovery will too. again, thanks for all the great advice. keep it coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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