Re: Recovery?

[Guest guest]

I was in the hospital for 5 days after my first

surgery (I had two surgeries, 10 years apart). I was

allowed to move after the first day. I was 20 years

old, and I healed very fast. I was up walking around

the day after surgery, was up and dressed the day I

got out - the doctor came to see how I was and I said

" Good. I'm going home. " )

Some doctors don't let people move for a few days

after surgery. I don't know if I could handle that. I

fidget and pace around. I literally can't sit still,

so it would be very annoying to have to for a long

time.

A few hints. Listen to your body. If you hurt, get

pain meds. Don't let the pain get ahead of the

medications and don't try to tough it out. There are

no medals for being the one who uses the least amount

of pain meds after surgery. Healing slows when one is

in pain anyway. When they say don't lift anything,

believe them. Spinal headaches are truly a nightmare.

After my second surgery, I was back to work in 3

weeks. They told me I'd have to wait 6, but I can't

be home that long without going nuts. Just listen to

your body, though. Get someone to do the laundry for

you for a few months. And relax. Rest. Let yourself

heal. I won't lie and say the recovery is easy, but

they give you the good drugs afterward. Use them!

Good luck, and come here and vent, cry, yell, whatever

you need to do to get through the next 10 days. I

think the day before surgery is worse than the day

after.

--- wrote:

> Hi again everyone. I have enjoyed reading all your

> posts over the

> last few days. Its unbelievable to find so many

> people that feel like

> I do.

>

> Question. My first ever release is in 10 days (the

> 25th). I

> beginning to get very anxious. I realize EVERY case

> is different but

> I'm wondering what everyones hospital stay and

> recovery time was.

>

> Thanks.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

You'll find your answers will be all over the board. My nsg requires you lay

flat for at least 72 hours after the surgery is over. After that time-frame, as

long as there are no complications, you go home and recup.

Recuperation lasted anywhere from four weeks to ten weeks for me. I've had five

untetherings and I found the older I got the longer it took for me to get my

energy back. If you have any complications it will of course add to your recup

time. But, six weeks on average to feel more like yourself, to have energy

again is about the average I'd say.

The biggest thing with this surgery's recuperation is to listen to your body (as

it is with most major surgeries I would think.) If your body is telling you've

over-done, cave to it and rest. If you have energy, do small things and build

up. With some of the recuperations, I pushed and over-did and not only did it

bring on complications (spinal fluid leaks), it also made the recuperation much

longer. The surgeries where I listened to my body and rested and caved to

feeling tired or sore, the time-frame for feeling like myself again was much

shorter.

Kathy

Recovery?

Hi again everyone. I have enjoyed reading all your posts over the

last few days. Its unbelievable to find so many people that feel like

I do.

Question. My first ever release is in 10 days (the 25th). I

beginning to get very anxious. I realize EVERY case is different but

I'm wondering what everyones hospital stay and recovery time was.

Thanks.