I had surgery on Monday, February 5th...... it was to be a "simple "scar reduction of about foot-or-so long scar of the horrible surgeries I had in December of 2005 - the ones when I almost died. Anyway.......
It wasn't as simple as they thought. Shortly after my plastic surgeon went in to cut out the scar, he found a hernia the size of a salad plate (6-8 inches around). I didn't even know I had it. He had to call in a second surgeon to fix it. I guess they pushed it back where it's s'posed to be, put some mesh in there to hold it up. Then my plastic surgeon went back and completed the scar revision. I have a drain tube (JP Tube) in that will have to be removed at the end next week..... after I have less than 40 cc of drainage in a 24-hour period. Pretty gross!! I remember I had three tubes last time - and that it took multiple shots of Ativan and morphine to pull the damn things out. NOT the most pleasant thing in the world....
It looks like I'm not going to be able to do much of anything for about 2 weeks. I'm not allowed to drive, can only sit up for about 15-20 minutes at a time. I am in quite a bit of pain, and know I shouldn't be pushing myself so hard..... I just have a lot of things going on right now. I'm worried about missing so much school.... I hate the fact that I'm going to be so far behind. The people I work with are being really wonderful and supportive - after all, they put up with me almost dying, and being away from work for almost 3 months instead of 6 weeks the last time I had surgery. I'm going to attempt to do what I can, as I can.
I'll keep you posted... It's been four hours - time to take more Percocet....
About Me
- Martha E. Altman
- Broomfield, CO, United States
- I've decided that Karma really does take her own sweet time... but it's so worth it. Everything that has happened to me in my life has brought me to this exact moment, at precisely the right time.
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