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Feel like insides will fall out...

14 years ago

Not in pain really..just when trying to change sides in bed (it's just easier to get up turn my body and get back into bed..poor dogs get so confused).

Back hurts from sitting so much.

Trying to walk..guess i'll be "checking for mail" multiple times a day as that seem to be my energy limit right now,

I look about 6 months pregnant (okay maybe that's no change from before)

Hormones are bad today and have the weeping "poor me" attutude. Really sucks because I know things aren't so bad, but just feel like crying.

I know I know it'll be 1 week tomorrow..ONLY 1 week tomorrow, it was major admoninal..heck i've tried to spell that word 3 times now, none look right, so forget it...surgery, that's not much...I just want to not hurt.

And now I feel like a heel because I think of Kat and MaryAnn going through Chemo and know those on Dialysis and those who are always in pain and I'm whining about pain that will go away and cancer that they probaly got out and I'll be fine. See..big baby day today!

Vickey-MN

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jannie
14 years ago
Call the doctor,quick, and tell them it's an emergency. Anytime you have surgery,things can possibly go wrong-maybe you overdid and tore an internal stitch, maybe you're bleeding.
wildchild
14 years ago
Oh that is miserable. I had the old style gallbladder surgery years ago. It was two weeks before I could roll over on my own. Recovering from abdominal surgery is pretty tough since they go through muscle. You're 1/2 way there Vickey. It can only get better from now.

In the meantime do whatever makes you feel better. Cry
ing can reduce stress. Just don't laugh. That will really hurt. ;-)
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kacram
14 years ago
after my emergency ab surgery this summer, I slept on the couch propped up for a week. I couldn't lay flat on the bed.

is it a level safe surface to your mailbox? you can just walk around the house.

I was in the hospital for5 or 6 nights. they had me up and walkng 9 or 10 hours after surgery. did they have you walking the halls at the hospital? I was walking about 1 or 2 miles a day around in circles on the hospital floor! LOL. The nurses told me how many times around the floor was a mile. i couldn't eat for a week, but I was walking! LOL walking is really really good for you,.

just try to take a couple steps more than the last time.
kacram
14 years ago
ooh.. i forgot to add,
try some abdominal support... spandexy undies,
or some type of abdominal support wrap.. that might help
socks
14 years ago
It's ok to feel sorry for yourself. Gotta to that a little, right?

But do call the dr. if you have the slightest inkling all is not well. Especially as we are coming up to a weekend. You don't want to decide Friday night you wish you had called. You can just call and tell how you are feeling and ask if that is normal. It will give you some peace of mind.
tami_ohio
14 years ago
Vickey, when you are in bed, keep a small throw pillow handy. They should have told you to hold a pillow to your tummy/incision area when you cough or sneeze. Do the same when you roll over. Sounds to me that what you are feeling is normal, as I remember from 11 years ago. I wasn't even allowed in a car, except for the ride home from the hospital, for 10 days. And even then it hurt like crazy. Can't say about the hormones, as I still have the ovaries, sorry. My girlfriend had it all removed a few years ago, and was warned that might happen, tho.

But, as socks mentiioned, if you don't think something is right, or you just want reasurance, please call the office. They will be happy to set your mind at ease. They would rather do that, than have something wrong and not be able to tell you, because you didn't call.

Sending more healing thoughts.

Tami

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