Day 3 Friday 15th
I left hospital on Friday!
I was allowed to leave as soon as my drains were removed and this wasn't nearly as painful as I expected...kind of like pulling off a really sticky plaster.
I was home by about 10am...I think they could see I was keen to be off so told me to send someone to pick up my antibiotics at lunchtime.
As soon as I got home Sean helped me to have a bath. It felt amazing to be clean again after only having wet-wipe washes since Tuesday!
I wasn't up to much on Friday, I just slept and sat on the sofa really. Mum picked up my antibiotics from the hospital, my course was due to finish on Monday so I had to carry on taking them over the weekend. I took the antibiotics at about 2pm and felt so sick and awful that I cried and refused to take them any more...and that was with anti-sickness tablets!
As I medical student I know how important it is to finish a course of antibiotics, especially when the risk of infection is high. But at this time I was not a medical student, I was a patient and I was fed up of feeling sick. The operation was fine and I was in no pain at all...the only thing making me feel ill was the tablets that were meant to be making me better.
So I put them in the bin...but don't tell my dad...he would be very upset with me!
I was allowed to leave as soon as my drains were removed and this wasn't nearly as painful as I expected...kind of like pulling off a really sticky plaster.
I was home by about 10am...I think they could see I was keen to be off so told me to send someone to pick up my antibiotics at lunchtime.
As soon as I got home Sean helped me to have a bath. It felt amazing to be clean again after only having wet-wipe washes since Tuesday!
I wasn't up to much on Friday, I just slept and sat on the sofa really. Mum picked up my antibiotics from the hospital, my course was due to finish on Monday so I had to carry on taking them over the weekend. I took the antibiotics at about 2pm and felt so sick and awful that I cried and refused to take them any more...and that was with anti-sickness tablets!
As I medical student I know how important it is to finish a course of antibiotics, especially when the risk of infection is high. But at this time I was not a medical student, I was a patient and I was fed up of feeling sick. The operation was fine and I was in no pain at all...the only thing making me feel ill was the tablets that were meant to be making me better.
So I put them in the bin...but don't tell my dad...he would be very upset with me!
Day 4 Saturday 16th
The first day since my op that I dared to venture out!
Sean drove me down to the Quayside, I walked down some steps and into the coffee shop of the Baltic, I had a drink, I walked back to the car...and then I had to sleep for three hours!
I wasn't eating very much at all, hadn't been since my op, and this was making my mum quite worried...in our house if you're off your food you're proper poorly!
Sean drove me down to the Quayside, I walked down some steps and into the coffee shop of the Baltic, I had a drink, I walked back to the car...and then I had to sleep for three hours!
I wasn't eating very much at all, hadn't been since my op, and this was making my mum quite worried...in our house if you're off your food you're proper poorly!
The rest of the week...
Since Saturday I have been out everyday and gradually got my stamina back.
Sunday I started eating again...like a small pony as my mum kindly put it! I went for a short walk round Jesmond Dene and only had to have a very little nap when I got home.
Monday I had a whole day out in South Shields and apart from being a bit slow at walking I was almost back to normal! My chest felt a bit tight at the end of the day but it felt better as soon as I got home and relaxed.
Now its Sunday 24th and I have spent the day in the new house, sanding and varnishing and painting...feeling great!
I don't have much strength in my arms, I can't carry much and I don't have any downward strength to slice cheese or chop veg.
I'm having my dressings off tomorrow...my stickers as Sean and I have taken to calling them! I will try to update on this appointment but my internet is going down tomorrow so it may be a
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