kell
New Member
well...im home from my bypass on Wednesday! Got home yesterday but feeling very sore and achey and just cant get comfortable in any position:cry:
Ok...here's a run through of what happened with my bypass.....
Tuesday: got a call from the hosp at about 10am confirming they had a bed for me and to go in at 6pm.
Arrived there about 5.30pm, felt very teary saying goodbye to my kids
Shown to my bed and nurse went through the paperwork. Told me that hubby could only be there during visiting hours 2-4 and 6-8, which i was a bit miffed at as it meant id have to go down to theatre the following morning on my own:cry:
Then a registrar came round to tell me about the risks etc and get me to sign the concent form.
Later on, a nurse came to take bloods and do a heart trace on me.
I felt very lonely and very teary all night.
Wednesday: Had a shower and got my gown and socks on ready for theatre at 8.30. Iwas so glad i was 1st on the list! feeling scared to death at this point!
I must be very good at hiding my emotions though, cos 4 different people/staff commented on how calm and relaxed i looked, when in reality all i wanted to do was burst into tears! lol
2 porters came for me at about 8ish and wheeled me up to theatre in my bed.
Got up to the waiting area where i stayed til nearly 9 when someone came for me.
got into theatre on the tiny operating table where some guy told me i had to remove my knickers (the nurse said i could keep them on!) it must have looked quite funny, me balancing on that table trying to get them off whilst TRYING to keep what little dignity i had left! lol
anethetist (i didnt like him, very arrogant) came to put needle in
back on my hand, and he was that rough i swear it was going to come out of my armpit at any mo!
anyway he didnt bother to tell me what he was doing, i just remember feeling really dizzy then closing my eyes.
I woke up retching on something in my throat complaining that my tummy was hurting.
I felt so sick, couldnt stop retching and the next thing im being wheeled back to the ward, which made me feel even more sick! i was put in the lifts with visitors whist lying there retching! not very dignified.
Ihad a bed booked for me in HDU but wasnt needed so straight back to the ward with my morphine pump which kept me drifting in and out of conciousness for the rest of the day.
Thursday: nurses came to get me out of bed for a wash etc. asked for a drink but wasnt allowed water at all. I had a tube up my nose, down my throat, oxygen mask, drip, sutures, staples, catheter, drain from the wound.
managed to get in the chair for a while, then back to bed.
Surgeon came round to say all went well and he didnt end up taking my gallbladder out after all.
I asked for the tube out my nose/throat...he said to the nurse to take out the tube cos it was rather large and it would be playing havoc with my relux.... yeah tell my about it!!! lol
Thursday, tube came out and the catheter
couldnt sleep thursday night which was a bad night.
Dietician called in with a booklet.
Friday: Had sutures taken out and drain...weird feeling! had my wound re dressed.
had to go for an xray to check for no leaks....that stuff they make you drink is horrid!! was retching again!
Back on ward I was finally allowed to drink, had a cup of tea but made me feel sick :sigh:
Had lots of anti sickness meds, and to be fair I havent actually been sick, I just cant manage to shake off the feeling of 'feeling sick'
Saturday: sent home with a bag of pain killers and told to go see my practice nurse in 10 days for the staples out.
xxxx
Ok...here's a run through of what happened with my bypass.....
Tuesday: got a call from the hosp at about 10am confirming they had a bed for me and to go in at 6pm.
Arrived there about 5.30pm, felt very teary saying goodbye to my kids
Shown to my bed and nurse went through the paperwork. Told me that hubby could only be there during visiting hours 2-4 and 6-8, which i was a bit miffed at as it meant id have to go down to theatre the following morning on my own:cry:
Then a registrar came round to tell me about the risks etc and get me to sign the concent form.
Later on, a nurse came to take bloods and do a heart trace on me.
I felt very lonely and very teary all night.
Wednesday: Had a shower and got my gown and socks on ready for theatre at 8.30. Iwas so glad i was 1st on the list! feeling scared to death at this point!
I must be very good at hiding my emotions though, cos 4 different people/staff commented on how calm and relaxed i looked, when in reality all i wanted to do was burst into tears! lol
2 porters came for me at about 8ish and wheeled me up to theatre in my bed.
Got up to the waiting area where i stayed til nearly 9 when someone came for me.
got into theatre on the tiny operating table where some guy told me i had to remove my knickers (the nurse said i could keep them on!) it must have looked quite funny, me balancing on that table trying to get them off whilst TRYING to keep what little dignity i had left! lol
anethetist (i didnt like him, very arrogant) came to put needle in
back on my hand, and he was that rough i swear it was going to come out of my armpit at any mo!
anyway he didnt bother to tell me what he was doing, i just remember feeling really dizzy then closing my eyes.
I woke up retching on something in my throat complaining that my tummy was hurting.
I felt so sick, couldnt stop retching and the next thing im being wheeled back to the ward, which made me feel even more sick! i was put in the lifts with visitors whist lying there retching! not very dignified.
Ihad a bed booked for me in HDU but wasnt needed so straight back to the ward with my morphine pump which kept me drifting in and out of conciousness for the rest of the day.
Thursday: nurses came to get me out of bed for a wash etc. asked for a drink but wasnt allowed water at all. I had a tube up my nose, down my throat, oxygen mask, drip, sutures, staples, catheter, drain from the wound.
managed to get in the chair for a while, then back to bed.
Surgeon came round to say all went well and he didnt end up taking my gallbladder out after all.
I asked for the tube out my nose/throat...he said to the nurse to take out the tube cos it was rather large and it would be playing havoc with my relux.... yeah tell my about it!!! lol
Thursday, tube came out and the catheter
couldnt sleep thursday night which was a bad night.
Dietician called in with a booklet.
Friday: Had sutures taken out and drain...weird feeling! had my wound re dressed.
had to go for an xray to check for no leaks....that stuff they make you drink is horrid!! was retching again!
Back on ward I was finally allowed to drink, had a cup of tea but made me feel sick :sigh:
Had lots of anti sickness meds, and to be fair I havent actually been sick, I just cant manage to shake off the feeling of 'feeling sick'
Saturday: sent home with a bag of pain killers and told to go see my practice nurse in 10 days for the staples out.
xxxx
