Surgery step 2 complete

I had my second of 3 surgeries this past Tuesday. Everything went great. My surgeon said my rectal stump was so really inflammed and that I should begin to feel even better to have that out of me. So far recovery has been very similar to the first surgery. I’m sore and trying not to take too many painkillers. Doing laps around the hospital halls seems to help. I haven’t been able to eat anything but liquids yet. I had some cream of wheat this morning and I think it started to block things up because I started getting lots of pain and feeling like I was going to barf. They upped my IV intake and had me stop eating anything for several hours. I’m feeling way better now.

Awesome for you both. I had mine in two steps and th first one was the worst by far. I’m glad they were able to give you something for the nausea. Walking is great bc it builds up your strength and gets the juices flowing so-to-speak. What’s the plan for you staying there- how long?
Don’t be afraid of pain meds if you need them. It’s better than being in horrible pain- then your body produces cortisol and you won’t heal if you’re in a ton of pain. No time to be a hero! Lol.

Congrats and I hope you have a speedy and uneventful recovery!

I hope you have a speedy recovery. I have first Aug 6th.

You’re very brave! Stay strong, thanks for sharing

Man, this is tough. Trying to be patient with myself. They released me from the hospital on Friday evening. I thought I’d be fine to relax for a couple weeks and heal. While my body is all up for that, my brain is going nuts. I’m not sure if it’s just the long summer days or what but, these days seem eternal!

I’ve decided it makes all the difference depending on the the state of your health prior to surgery. I was so sick before step one that everyday after surgery I felt better then I did the day before. For step two, I was feeling really good, except for some annoying lame proctitis. I just have to keep reminding myself that things will get harder before they get better and this is a marathon, not a 5k fun run. As lousy as it feels right now, it’s a thousand times better then when UC owned me.

My surgeon wants me to blend everything up before I eat it, for a week, to try and avoid the whole hospital cream of wheat incident from happening again. I just haven’t been that hungry yet. Ive been drinking like crazy trying to stay on top of dehydration (craving pickle juice).

I am concerned that my output still looks like there’s a lot of blood in it. Does anyone know how long that’s normal? I honestly don’t remember how long it took to stop seeing blood on the first step.