hayley1983
New Member
Hey everyone,
Just thought I'd let you all know I'm all done and dusted. Had bypass 8am Wednesday morning and back home today at 1pm.
Before I went down for surgery, I nearly passed out with shock. I had been on the pre-op diet for 8 days and stuck to it reliously. I couldn't believe my ears when the nurse told me I've lost 12.5 pounds! I've never lost that much weight in all my time life with dieting. So I was pretty chuffed about that.
At this point, one of the forum members Matt came and introduced himself to me and Lewis. So if you reading it was lovely to meet you!
So 8am, the theatre guy came down to collect me, and I heard him whisper to the nurse, "seen as shes a young lass let her husband come as well". So Lewis stayed with me up until the part the aneasthetists were ready to gas me and send me to sleep. I thought that was pretty nice of the, and they were sooo funny putting my mind at rest.
Next thing I knew I woke up, and I'm not gunna lie it was agony, but I was quickly put back into my room (I was in a HDU room) and given morphine. From then on I had no pain whatsoever. It was great
The nurse started me sipping water near enough straight away. Lewis said I was nodding off mid conversation with him all the time, so he gave up talking to me I asked if I could go to the toilet, but didn't realise that I had a catheter in (so if anyone is worried about that, don't be because you can't feel it).
Not much more to tell you about the op and recovery, apart from I'm at home, struggling to move about alot from tenderness, and feeling tired still. I have to inject myself with this blood thinning thing every night for the next 10 nights, which I thought would make me feel a bit queezy but it's a piece of cake And I go for my staples out in 10 days.
Thanks for reading. In a weird way I've enjoyed every minute of my journey the last few days, probably because I know that, for once, I will get the results I have so desperately wanted for so long.
Hayley
xxx
Just thought I'd let you all know I'm all done and dusted. Had bypass 8am Wednesday morning and back home today at 1pm.
Before I went down for surgery, I nearly passed out with shock. I had been on the pre-op diet for 8 days and stuck to it reliously. I couldn't believe my ears when the nurse told me I've lost 12.5 pounds! I've never lost that much weight in all my time life with dieting. So I was pretty chuffed about that.
At this point, one of the forum members Matt came and introduced himself to me and Lewis. So if you reading it was lovely to meet you!
So 8am, the theatre guy came down to collect me, and I heard him whisper to the nurse, "seen as shes a young lass let her husband come as well". So Lewis stayed with me up until the part the aneasthetists were ready to gas me and send me to sleep. I thought that was pretty nice of the, and they were sooo funny putting my mind at rest.
Next thing I knew I woke up, and I'm not gunna lie it was agony, but I was quickly put back into my room (I was in a HDU room) and given morphine. From then on I had no pain whatsoever. It was great
The nurse started me sipping water near enough straight away. Lewis said I was nodding off mid conversation with him all the time, so he gave up talking to me
I asked if I could go to the toilet, but didn't realise that I had a catheter in (so if anyone is worried about that, don't be because you can't feel it).Not much more to tell you about the op and recovery, apart from I'm at home, struggling to move about alot from tenderness, and feeling tired still. I have to inject myself with this blood thinning thing every night for the next 10 nights, which I thought would make me feel a bit queezy but it's a piece of cake
And I go for my staples out in 10 days.Thanks for reading. In a weird way I've enjoyed every minute of my journey the last few days, probably because I know that, for once, I will get the results I have so desperately wanted for so long.
Hayley
xxx
