Finally came home yesterday after having my sleeve done on the 24th. Have to say the staff at UCLH are hit and miss, either excellent or useless. I spent the 1st day in itu they really looked after me with constant care and compassion. I was out of the bed walking to the toilet fine, pain not so bad i thought i had made the right choice.
2nd day i was moved to a general ward, not geared up for a bariatric patient. I had the pulsating boots on and couldnt get out of bed without having them removed, which i couldnt do on my own, i felt really sick and needed to go to the toilet so i struggled and strained and mananged to get the boots off get out of bed and drag me drip to the toilet, then it hit me a pain to stop civilisation.
I couldnt breathe, talk walk, crawl, scream, i managed to attract a nurses attention as polietely as i could. I explained as quickly as i could i needed pain relief of a major dose, she replied i will find somebody to give you some paracetamol, she could not even give me paracetamol, it took over 20 minutes for her to come back with a proper nurse who gave me a paracetamol drip which as i knew didnt work, still in agony a consultant who was doing his rounds noticed the agony i was in and checked my notes, i could have morphine, the nurse then goes off foranother 10 minutes with a iv of morpine, a shot in the bottom and within 10 mins the pain was going and i was back into bed. I then thought i had made a big mistake if i was going to be in pain like that. I slept through most of day 2. Being woken every hour for blood pressure and temperature.
Day 3 i woke up feeling better, after a chat with the surgeon, everything looks fine and im free to go home in the evening. Struggling to drink the water as it hurts when it goes down but the milk is fine, but i carry on taking small sips to make sure i get enough fluids. I have early well deserved night, albeit uncomfortable.
Today, i wake up fine, i carry on drinkin the water which is now becoming easier to drink, i have a strawberry slimfast milkshake for breakfast, a ribena for lunch, and a small bowl of tom soup for dinner which gave me the shivers for some reason, I am not feeling hungry atal. Pain is at a minimum, except the compressed gas situation which makes me eyes water every now and again.
So far i am over the moon with the results of my op.
2nd day i was moved to a general ward, not geared up for a bariatric patient. I had the pulsating boots on and couldnt get out of bed without having them removed, which i couldnt do on my own, i felt really sick and needed to go to the toilet so i struggled and strained and mananged to get the boots off get out of bed and drag me drip to the toilet, then it hit me a pain to stop civilisation.
I couldnt breathe, talk walk, crawl, scream, i managed to attract a nurses attention as polietely as i could. I explained as quickly as i could i needed pain relief of a major dose, she replied i will find somebody to give you some paracetamol, she could not even give me paracetamol, it took over 20 minutes for her to come back with a proper nurse who gave me a paracetamol drip which as i knew didnt work, still in agony a consultant who was doing his rounds noticed the agony i was in and checked my notes, i could have morphine, the nurse then goes off foranother 10 minutes with a iv of morpine, a shot in the bottom and within 10 mins the pain was going and i was back into bed. I then thought i had made a big mistake if i was going to be in pain like that. I slept through most of day 2. Being woken every hour for blood pressure and temperature.
Day 3 i woke up feeling better, after a chat with the surgeon, everything looks fine and im free to go home in the evening. Struggling to drink the water as it hurts when it goes down but the milk is fine, but i carry on taking small sips to make sure i get enough fluids. I have early well deserved night, albeit uncomfortable.
Today, i wake up fine, i carry on drinkin the water which is now becoming easier to drink, i have a strawberry slimfast milkshake for breakfast, a ribena for lunch, and a small bowl of tom soup for dinner which gave me the shivers for some reason, I am not feeling hungry atal. Pain is at a minimum, except the compressed gas situation which makes me eyes water every now and again.
So far i am over the moon with the results of my op.
xxx
