Re: Out the other side

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry you had such a rough time in the hospital. I wish you a

speedy recovery now.

> Hi,

> Well someone side this is a wild ride, yes. I came home from

hospital

> yesterday (Monday 26th). My lower jaw surgery (to correct my

> overbite), genioplasty and rhinoplasty were on Saturday (24th) am.

The

> surgery took 3 1/2 hours.

> The next 24 hours were hell, (sorry people yet to go through it)

jaws

> banded totally shut, gastric tube, tubes in both nostrils, IV

fluids,

> IV painkillers, bed pan. Worst was the claustrophobic feeling of

not

> being able to open my mouth and the feeling of the gastric tube and

> gagging at stuff dripping down the back of my throat and no water

from

> midnight Friday to mid-day Sunday.

> The relief is indescribeable of getting the rubber bands cut (the

> middle ones and getting that gastric tube out and being able to

drink

> water again. Everything else has paled into in significance in

> comparision with that.

> Well I'm home..what can I say, and and others yet to go

> through this, have your favorite meal before you go into hospital.

> Forget heavy reading material after, celebrity gossip in magazines

was

> about all I could manage.

> To those with surgery pending several months away I say get fit. My

> months of Thai Kick Boxing has really paid off. I feel so much

> stronger physically than after my last jaw surgery (upper) in

April 2002.

> Well I'm off to start the blender...lets see beef dinner? fruit?

> yoghurt? a three course breakfast with antibiotics, why not!

> Also good luck , thinking of you for the 2nd and too.

> you are a very witty and funny person, I could relate to the

> stuff you wrote, (for me it was my nose -but I had an overbite as

well

> -til Saturday that was).

>