Back home after week in hospital

On the Thursday the 21st of May I went to the er with severe pain and nausea.  A scan showed a blockage.  The dr.s gave me a NG tube and tried to get the blockage to clear on it's own, but on Monday I ended up needing surgery to have adhesions removed, the cause of the blockage.  Came home the next Thursday, a whole week in the hospital almost to the hour.  I'm doing okay now, this is by far the least painful recovery I've had from surgery so far.  I think it's b/c my surgeon just snipped away scar tissue and didn't move a whole lot of things around in there.  I'm just very tender and week from not eating for a week.  I have my follow up appt tomorrow which is good b/c I think I have a pocket of fluid collecting under the top of my scar.  A very hard lump.  I know that adhesions can be common with people who have been cut open a lot b/c of scar tissue.  This is my 6th insision since Aug 08.  I'm now worried with is going to become a reaccuring thing.  I didn't see this one coming at all.  No previous pain, until I was writhing with it at the er.  Now I am afraid at any moment it will happen again.  I have so many insisions now, which means only more scar tissue.  Ugg...I know I'm feeling sorry for myself I'm just so tired of it all.  Sorry.

P.S  Having an NG tube for 5 days that constantly got clogged and needed to be flushed was awful.  OMG I feel for anyone who has had one.  On my top 5 for things that really suck.

Oh my goodness, you have been through so much in such a short time! My heart goes out to you. (((BIG HUG)))

I had the exact same thing happen to me a year ago, and I agree, it was terrible to have an NG tube in for a week. There's a product out called Seprafilm that surgeons can put inside you before closing you up that will minimize the chance of this happening again. The surgeon I have now uses it, so I hope to never have to go through that again. You might want to ask your surgeon if he/she uses it. You can read more about it at www.seprafilm.com

Hope you have a smooth recovery.

You poor thing you've been through so much and yet you keep on going.  That determination is what makes all of us stronger.  I noticed in your signature that you've had C Diff.  How long did it take before you were clear from it?  I am suffering from it now.  I had a kidney procedure to remove stones and ended up with C Diff, my urologist told me I needed the rest of my colon removed - I only have 2 inches - and I'd have a bag.  I went to my GI 3 hours away thankfully and he scoped me and found the C Diff.  I was treated but only off the antibiotic one day and it came back full force.  So I was just wondering how you made out with it?

I do hope your adhesion issues ease, I have a major problem with them too; I've read on here that there is something that the dr can use to help with them, this may be something to look into.

I wish you much healing and better days ahead.

Judy

LadyHawk,

Thanks, I was given Flagyl too but the day after I finished it the c diff started again in full force.  My GI put me on Vancomycin for 6 weeks; thank goodness for insurance b/c it cost $8000.  Luckily I don't have to pay anything for it; I'm just hoping it works, so far I still have D after everything I eat.

Hope you  are feeling better,

Judy