RECOVERY
I am feeling pretty good these days, however the tiredness still prevails. I get so darn tired sometimes it's unreal. I was supposed to go to the hospital back in February for a blood test following a GP appointment for the tiredness but it has improved since then but I am not back to normal. I will give it till July to pick up and go to the GP again and have the blood test if necessary. Anyway, the test was supposed to be a fasting one, but the locum GP omitted to give me instructions on what I had to do for that. DOH!!!
Showing posts with label Surgery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Surgery. Show all posts
Friday, 22 June 2012
Monday, 23 January 2012
1 Week Post Surgery Update
I'm pleased to say that all is going well. It is exactly one week after my operation and apart from feeling shattered from the GA, everything else is going great!
The heavy bleeding has subsided so I am just lightly spotting now which is great. I couldn't take that heavy bleeding much longer. I must remember to take my iron tablets as it's been a while since I last took one. Yeah, probably about a week......doh...!
I just realised that I am officially 'Fibroid Free'! Well at least I am until those little bastards decide to grow back. Here's hoping I have at least 5 years break from them, although I think that is an awful lot of wishful thinking...!!!
Tama
The heavy bleeding has subsided so I am just lightly spotting now which is great. I couldn't take that heavy bleeding much longer. I must remember to take my iron tablets as it's been a while since I last took one. Yeah, probably about a week......doh...!
I just realised that I am officially 'Fibroid Free'! Well at least I am until those little bastards decide to grow back. Here's hoping I have at least 5 years break from them, although I think that is an awful lot of wishful thinking...!!!
Tama
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Bleeding After Surgery 19.01.12
My period was due on Sunday 15th January but because of my surgery on 16th January I had to take norehisterone for 3 days in order to delay it starting.
Directly after the surgery I had quite a bit of bleeding but this had subsided to pretty much spotting only by the time I went to bed (10pm) that night.
The next day I had light pink spotting and this lasted for another day until Wednesday 18th. That morning I had serious cramps, which were bad enough for me to take a couple of paracetamol and a diclofinec. The cramping continued throughout the morning and through to the afternoon then all of a sudden I started bleeding pretty heavily and have been ever since.
Directly after the surgery I had quite a bit of bleeding but this had subsided to pretty much spotting only by the time I went to bed (10pm) that night.
The next day I had light pink spotting and this lasted for another day until Wednesday 18th. That morning I had serious cramps, which were bad enough for me to take a couple of paracetamol and a diclofinec. The cramping continued throughout the morning and through to the afternoon then all of a sudden I started bleeding pretty heavily and have been ever since.
Thankfully The TCRF Operation Went Well
I am now back at my boyfriends house to recover after my second operation which took place on Monday 16th January.
I had a really rubbish nights sleep on Sunday night due to the anxiety of going into hospital the following morning. I managed to get a few hours sleep and woke up at 6.45am and had to leave the house by 7.20am in order to be at the hospital for 7.30am. I ended up arriving late at the hospital as I was running behind and this was only made worse by the fact that we had bad weather that morning.
I said goodbye to my boyfriend at the hospital door and then went up to the ward to be shown to my bed for the day. Like my previous stay I had a bed right next to the window which was great, but unfortuantely there was a woman on the ward who had a cold and kept flipping coughing which happens to be a serious pet peeve of mine!!!
I had a really rubbish nights sleep on Sunday night due to the anxiety of going into hospital the following morning. I managed to get a few hours sleep and woke up at 6.45am and had to leave the house by 7.20am in order to be at the hospital for 7.30am. I ended up arriving late at the hospital as I was running behind and this was only made worse by the fact that we had bad weather that morning.
I said goodbye to my boyfriend at the hospital door and then went up to the ward to be shown to my bed for the day. Like my previous stay I had a bed right next to the window which was great, but unfortuantely there was a woman on the ward who had a cold and kept flipping coughing which happens to be a serious pet peeve of mine!!!
Monday, 16 January 2012
My 2nd (well 3rd) Op is today....
I need to be up in about 6 and a half hours and I feel wide awake - yet shattered. Yes, I know that makes no sense but the sooner I go to sleep the sooner the operation will be here and I am really nervous. Not nervous like I was for the operation in August 2011 but nervous all the same as there are risks involved in any surgery but now that I am on my third operation on my uterus I feel like I am pushing the odds a little............
I really hope that this operation goes well and that I come out of it okay and with my uterus intact!
I really hope that this operation goes well and that I come out of it okay and with my uterus intact!
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
I needed a blood transfusion
My hemoglobin levels have dropped from 13 to 7 so I need to half 3 units of blood. I'm actually having the first as a type this blog entry and let me tell you it bloody hurts!!! It is also really cold when it goes through the veins... eww-weee!! I really wanted to avoid the transfusion but seeing as I have had really low iron levels since pretty much the beginnning of this year I kinda expected that I would need one. I am really surprised that I didn't get the transfusion whilst on the operating table.
My belly is really bloated because I'm finding it difficult to move around without feeling faint. Hopefully this transfusion will help with reducing the faintness and work towards getting me on the road to recovery and back home soon.
"Hoping to be fibroid free"
My belly is really bloated because I'm finding it difficult to move around without feeling faint. Hopefully this transfusion will help with reducing the faintness and work towards getting me on the road to recovery and back home soon.
"Hoping to be fibroid free"
Tama x
Feeling a little better now
Just had my first bed bath EVER! You really can't afford to be bashful in hospital.
THe nurses are lovely which helps loads!
I managed to sneak a peek at my wound when the dressing .as
Was changed . I took the opportunity to take a picture. I am such a wierdo.
"Hoping to be fibroid free"
Tama x
THe nurses are lovely which helps loads!
I managed to sneak a peek at my wound when the dressing .as
Was changed . I took the opportunity to take a picture. I am such a wierdo.
"Hoping to be fibroid free"
Tama x
Wow.... I was a little bit out of it last night!
I will write up a full post on my stay in hospital at a later date....
For now, in summary my surgery was scheduled for 1 hour but I always had it in my mind that it would last for 2 hours. It actually ended up lasting 4 hours!!! I bled alot but so far have avoided a blood transfusion. Yaay!!! Let's hope that continues, despite the fact my blood pressure has been pretty low since surgery. They have monitored me closely all night and checked that I'm not bleeding too much.
Overall, I am so happy to have gotten rid of the fibroids, my belly already looks flatter and feels less compacted. I think they removed between 10 to 15 fibroids In total!!!! YIKES
"Goodbye crappy painful annoying life sapping fibroids! I won't miss you one tiny little bit!"
"Hoping to be fibroid free"
For now, in summary my surgery was scheduled for 1 hour but I always had it in my mind that it would last for 2 hours. It actually ended up lasting 4 hours!!! I bled alot but so far have avoided a blood transfusion. Yaay!!! Let's hope that continues, despite the fact my blood pressure has been pretty low since surgery. They have monitored me closely all night and checked that I'm not bleeding too much.
Overall, I am so happy to have gotten rid of the fibroids, my belly already looks flatter and feels less compacted. I think they removed between 10 to 15 fibroids In total!!!! YIKES
"Goodbye crappy painful annoying life sapping fibroids! I won't miss you one tiny little bit!"
"Hoping to be fibroid free"
Tama x
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