Recovery slow
Well I am finally updating this blog.
The surgery went fine. My abdomen recovery was quick. I have 3 incisions that are each about 1 inch long. A few dissolvable stitches and that is it. A few days later some bruising showed up. Where I had the most trouble was from the CO2. They inflated my abdomen with CO2 so that they would have room to work with their instruments. After the surgery they press on your abdomen to get most of the CO2 out. However the remaining CO2 floats up under your diaphram and into your neck and shoulders. It was very painful (Tylenol 3). I felt like i had been kicked by a horse in the middle of my rib cage. The pain subsides some when you lay down or add heat. It put me into tears more than a few times. After day 3 I was off the painkillers and feeling better.
I am having some other problems and I don't know what causes them. I feel like I am still on heavy painkillers - light headed, tired, dizzy, no motivation, fatigue, etc. I figure they are caused by either my body getting use to the new medicaiton (Arimidex), my body getting use to no estrogen, or the remaining effects of the CO2. It is a bit of a downer. I am finished treatment but don't feel like my old self yet. The doctor says I can't lift weights, vacuum or mow the lawn for 7 - 10 days after surgery. I hope to be back at the gym on Monday.
I have a doctor appointment a next Thursday and hope that I am feeling better or the doctor can help pinpoint the problem. I hope it is not the medicine. I hate to have had the surgery in order to take the medicine and now find out that I can't continue on it. But I can't feel like this for 5 years!!
That is about it. We have had rain and gloom for about a week and I am looking forward to the sun returning.
Bye for now. Carolin
The surgery went fine. My abdomen recovery was quick. I have 3 incisions that are each about 1 inch long. A few dissolvable stitches and that is it. A few days later some bruising showed up. Where I had the most trouble was from the CO2. They inflated my abdomen with CO2 so that they would have room to work with their instruments. After the surgery they press on your abdomen to get most of the CO2 out. However the remaining CO2 floats up under your diaphram and into your neck and shoulders. It was very painful (Tylenol 3). I felt like i had been kicked by a horse in the middle of my rib cage. The pain subsides some when you lay down or add heat. It put me into tears more than a few times. After day 3 I was off the painkillers and feeling better.
I am having some other problems and I don't know what causes them. I feel like I am still on heavy painkillers - light headed, tired, dizzy, no motivation, fatigue, etc. I figure they are caused by either my body getting use to the new medicaiton (Arimidex), my body getting use to no estrogen, or the remaining effects of the CO2. It is a bit of a downer. I am finished treatment but don't feel like my old self yet. The doctor says I can't lift weights, vacuum or mow the lawn for 7 - 10 days after surgery. I hope to be back at the gym on Monday.
I have a doctor appointment a next Thursday and hope that I am feeling better or the doctor can help pinpoint the problem. I hope it is not the medicine. I hate to have had the surgery in order to take the medicine and now find out that I can't continue on it. But I can't feel like this for 5 years!!
That is about it. We have had rain and gloom for about a week and I am looking forward to the sun returning.
Bye for now. Carolin
1 Comments:
At 9:58 PM,
Anonymous said…
Carolin I missed seeing you at the gym so I thought I would check your Blog.
I am glad that I did. I am also glad that your surgury went well, sorry to hear that the recovery is a little slower. I believe a little sunshine would go a long way in helping you feel better so thats what I'll pray for. Take care and feel better, and know that your friends at the gym are thinking of you.
Dianne
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