Surgery Update

You're so lucky. Did you have any complications?

Glad you are okay

So happy to hear things went well. They can give you something for sleep for sure. You need to rest so that your body heals. Keep us updated!

Thanks to each and everyone one of for the kind words...all the support means so very much! :)

@Shan 2013~ So far, I have had no complications. They say everything went well during the surgery, but it did take a long time...6 hours, and that is not counting prep or wake up time. Hard to believe, but it's not even been 36 hours since I got out of surgery, so I still have a lot of recovering to do! I just keep trying to do everything they say will help me most. One step at a time will hopefully get me through this as smoothly as possible.

@Conquer~ You are right, I hadn't been diagnosed very long ago, and I thought about that a lot while I made this decision. It was a VERY rough time during this flare, and I've come to peace that this is best for me.

@Minners~ Thank you very much....your words mean more than you realize. It is easy to be worried and second guess at times...to feel like all of you who are still willing to fight are the brave ones.

@Shearbear~ I did talk to the docs about the sleep issues and we are going to start just trying Benadryl tonight, and if that doesn't work, maybe some Ambien if I really have to...fingers crossed something works soon!

Again...thank you all!! I will keep updating in between laps around the hall!

Great to hear you're doing well thus far. Looking forward to future updates.

Awesome to hear you're doing well so far! Please keep us updated.

UCwhat? had the surgery?! *NOOOOOOOOOooooOOOOOOOOOOOO* *Luke Skywalker upon learning Darth Vader is his father*

I think Somedude has been sniffing the glue again.........(just kidding) :D

Hi everyone! Thanks everyone for the continued well wishes and responses :) Just wanted to pop in and let y'all know that things are still going very well. I would be happy to give more detailed updates, but don't want to bore anyone with a bunch of stuff nobody really cares to know. So, if there are any questions, I would love to hear them and am open to answering anything.

Right now I'm just deciding what to have for breakfast and will soon start getting up and about for the day. It's amazing how busy you can stay just doing the day to day things here in the hospital...and the weekends are SLOW compared to weekdays!

Woohoo...good to hear things are going so well for you and that the hospital regimen is keeping you "busy"!

I'm curious of what they're teaching you about the ostomy, emptying, etc. How are you dealing with that aspect?

How have family and friends been dealing with your surgery?

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Of course I SHOULD be sleeping, but as most of us know, that is hard to come by in a hospital...kind of ironic, isn't it?

Going on day 6 post surgery and things continue to go very well for the most part... I even have a pretty good chance of getting outta here some time tomorrow! That will depend on how my wound drain is behaving and if I respond well to being off all IV meds.

@ Soystud~ Funny enough, my days spent here have seemed so busy that I would destroy your facebook feed with every mundane update!! There don't seem to be too many dull moments when it comes to healing...and even when there are, somehow the time seems to fly, usually. And the toilet paper here sucks, good thing I don't need much now!!

@ Quincy~ They have taught me a lot in such a short amount of time about my ostomy, and I could not speak more highly of the Ostomy Nurse I have, and all of the ones I have met. I saw them twice before surgery day, and she has been part of my routine here in the hospital since about 36 hours post op. So far I feel quite confident about living with my stoma and bag. I have been emptying it myself from the beginning,we changed it for the first time today....most of which I handled, with a lot of guidance and supervision. I have learned about various supplies, how to get them, what I might or might not like to try in the future,etc.... I will be sent home with enough stuff to last me at least a month and my nurse is arranging for various samples/kits and such to be sent to me from different companies, free of charge. She will be available for me to contact anytime I feel like I need support when I leave here...and I can arrange for someone to do an in home visit or two to help with my first few bag changes if I desire. I can tell you more about this, and the other very positive experiences I have had so far if you are interested.

@ Lemonhead~ Yes, surprise....I did it!! Thanks for the well wishes and kind words. I'm sure while I'm recouping I will have plenty of time to write more about all of this....and there is a lot to tell if I really get into it all.

OK....I really should stop babbling and be trying to sleep....I'll be in touch, hope everyone is doing well!!