Re: Home from the operation

[Guest guest]

Hi Mel- I am glad all this is over for you now.I cant recall what

type procedure you had done? My son has had both lap/ and open

myotomy but he never had staples so i am confused what type

operation you had.I am happy to hear your eating and moving around

some-Thats great!

Just take it one day at a time and one bite at a time-Dont push

yourself.I will wait to hear back from you about your operation and

then can tell you what 's diet was like.

Hugs-Tonia

>

> Just wanted to let you all know how I am doing,

>

> Tuesday 27th Feb was the day to be admitted to hospital, I had to

> phone at 11am to confirm they had a bed for me. They couldn't

answer

> at that time and it was 3.30pm before i found out that all systems

> where go and the hospital had found a bed for me. I was a bit

> suprized to find the bed on the gynaecology word but at least I

was

> in hospital. A member of the consultants team came to see me in

the

> evening and talked through what they would do. The anaesthetist

came

> later to discuss how and what he would be doing.

>

> Wednesday 28th Feb I was second on the list to go to surgery.

Three

> members of the team came to see me in the morning to discuss the

> procedure and get me to sign the consent form. I had been nil by

> mouth since midnight, I wasn't in need of a drink and didn't feel

> hungry so that was fine with me. It was however 2.30 before they

took

> me down for surgery. I had been ok most of the day but became a

> little tearful at 11ish, I sent a few text messages to friends

which

> got me though the moment. The anaesthetist tried to incert the

> (forgot what you call it) into the back of my hand but the vain

> collapsed, so he had to repeat on the right, that hurt. I don't

> remember much after that. I was back on the ward for 6pm ish I

think.

> My husband and mum visited at 6.30pm I was on oxygen and according

to

> them looked dreadful. I don't remember much of there visit but

tried

> to stay awake. Once they left I fell to sleep until around 10.30pm

> when the nurses came to give me painkillers and take the oxygen

away.

>

> That was about it for me I got very little sleep after that,

> unfortunatly I was sharing a room with five other women and one of

> the ladies snored all night, at 2.30pm I was in pain, my chest, my

> back was sore and I was so stressed from the noise she was making

I

> started to cry which hurt. I called the nurse who gave me more

> painkillers and pluged in my DVD player so I watched that. Two

nurse

> helped me into a more up right position, that was a bit of a nail

> biting move. They also brought me a cup of hot water, I asked for

> this and said it normally worked at home when I got chest pains

and

> yes it worked, the pain in my chest subsided and the DVD gave me a

> break from her snoring. I will never go into hospital again and be

on

> a shared ward.

>

> Thursday morning i tried to get out of bed by myself, I managed to

> stand but then a nurse came and helped me back into bed, I wasn't

> ready for that move yet. The three members of the team from the

> previous day came to see me at about 9am and talked me through the

> procudure. It had taken longer than expected because I have an

artery

> which runs down my oesophagus which they had to get around before

> carrying out the procedure. Not happy with having achalasia i have

to

> have something else thats different. They were happy with the way

> things had gone and wanted me to start eating stright away. So at

> lunch time I had half a cup of soup and managed to take myself to

the

> bathroom. I found walking about ok, a little sore but ok. the half

a

> cup a soup went down ok but made my stomach feel stretched and

full,

> like I had the stitch. I continued to move around thoughout the

day

> and at tea time they brought me soup and very thin rice pudding. I

> eat a small amount of the rice pudding I wanted something sweet

more

> than anything else. I had also been drinking hot water througout

the

> day. I find it helps settle any chest pain. I had visitors in the

> afternoon and the evening and went to sit and watch TV in the day

> room at 9pm. I came over really funny, light headed, sickly, and

very

> tearful and new I needed to lie down so I walked back to bed cris

> crossing the corridor until I got to my bed I managed to climb in

> but felt exhausted, the nurse came and I had more pain killers,

some

> kind words and went to sleep. My stomach flet full and painful I

feel

> I had eaten too much, the nurses explained that it could also be

> trapped wind. I slept all night the first time since going into

> hospital.

>

> Friday morning I felt much better they took the thing out of my

hand

> and I had a yogurt for breakfast. I took myself off to the

bathroom

> and had a strip wash and washed my hair over the bath. I went back

to

> bed for a it of a rest and sleep and at lunch time had a cup of

soup.

> The doctors said I had done really well and that I should eat what

I

> feel able to and when. My husband came to pick me up at 1.30pm and

I

> went home. When I got home i walked round every room and then went

to

> see my mum. At 4.30pm ish I went back to bed and slept for a

couple

> of hours, I had done what i said I wouldn't and tryed to do too

much

> too soon, thinking everything was fine. After my sleep i sat and

> watched tv and had porridge for my evening meal. I had a good

nights

> sleep waking only once for the bathroom.

>

> Saturday three days after my op I'm sat letting you all know how

I'm

> getting on, moving slowly and still a little sore, not ready for a

> good cough or able to laugh out lound yet but getting there. I

don't

> see my consultant for another 3 months and have the staples

removed

> in 10 days. The hospital gave me a sick note for a week off work

but

> adviced me to see mu GP next week for another one.

>

> I would like a copy of the diet everyone recommends, I have tried

> Anita's link but couldn't get it to work. The hospital left it up

to

> me but some advice would be helpful.

>

> I still have pain and cannot breath too deeply yet, the pain in my

> shoulders was the worst but that seems to have subsided now. I

have

> six staples two in the belly button area, two just under my breast

> bone and one to either side of my belly button, I'm not looking

> forward to having those out and cannot understand how people can

have

> body piecing it's scares me to look at them. The hospital wanted

to

> keep them exposed but I asked for things to be put over them.

makes

> me feel sick looking at them.

>

> Any way I'll keep you posted and please let me have a copy of the

> diet if anyone has one talk again soon Mel

>

[Guest guest]

Mel, congratulations on your operation. Try this for food ideas

during the next few weeks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_diet

in Lancaster, PA

> I would like a copy of the diet everyone recommends, I have

> tried

> Anita's link but couldn't get it to work. The hospital left it

> up to

> me but some advice would be helpful.

[Guest guest]

Wow, , thank you so much for this link. I love the way wikipedia

lays it out and it is so much simplier than the others I have found,

even had some stuff I didn't know we could do or couldn't.

Mel, Sam, our 8 year old, says hi to you and liked listening to your

post, he had his surgery on Feb. 27th too. You guys are right in there

together. I hate you had to share with 5 other people and listen to

all that snoring, that is awful! So glad you are home now. Hang in

there and take it easy....

>

> Mel, congratulations on your operation. Try this for food ideas

> during the next few weeks:

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_diet

>

> in Lancaster, PA

>

> > I would like a copy of the diet everyone recommends, I have

> > tried

> > Anita's link but couldn't get it to work. The hospital left it

> > up to

> > me but some advice would be helpful.

>