Target, appendicitis, hernias and hospitals!

[simplylucy]

I posted last week to share my excitement of getting to my target weight and to also share that I'd spent the week in hospital.

Well I became very I'll again on Sunday and ended up back in hospital on drips to rehydrated me and morphine for the pain.

On Wednesday I was transferred from Exeter to Taunton so I could be seen/operated on by Mr Welbourn who'd done my bypass.

After lots of reviews and looking at scans to look for internal hernias I was taken to theatre at 5.15pm last night.

It turns out that I had appendicitis after all, so out came my appendix, then they spent 3 hours removing adhesions and scar tissues that had webbed across my bowel causing loops and making it look like hernias on the x-rays!!

After a night of morphine I'm now home, with 4 holes in my tummy, feeling a little tender. But I feel fabulous!!! Having been in server pain for 12 days I was feeling very depressed and spaced out on pain killers. Was also beginning to wonder what on earth was wrong with me!

Oh and I lost even more weight! Down to 9st 4lb now, but after 12 days of clear fluids I'm hardly surprised.

Going to take me a few weeks to build myself up again and get a few lb's back on ( never thought I'd have to say that)!

 

[luckyla]

Hope you feel better soon poor you xx

 

[pandora]

Oh no , poor you Lucy ! Glad they got to the bottom of the problem
. speedy recovery hun xx

 

[Jen1961]

Glad to read that you are on the road to recovery. You sound like you have been through the wringer this last week or so. Here's hoping you have a speedy recovery from your operation.

 

[teresa/steve]

Hi, well lets hope its all sorted for you now, you must have been in lots of pain. Glad you are home and feeling better than you did

 

[Mrs Quiggle]

Crikey, what a to do. Glad they sorted it all out for you and it only ended up being your appendix and not something dire with your bypass.

Get well soon.
Kate x

 

[penelope1008]

So glad they resolved the problem & it was nothing to do with your bypass in the end. Those pesky appendix it's a wonder they don't take them out automatically as soon as is sensible after we are born they cause nothing but trouble. As a 10 yr old I had mine out but not until it had become so inflamed it had moved to around my kidney and burst, the knock on effect was a blocked Fallopian tube & resultant fertility problems. All they told my mum back then was it was constipation keep me home for a few days, 3 days later I was in an ambulance on my way to hospital & the theatre for surgery. Due to the toxins released I was very ill for about 2wks only then making a slow recovery. My scar was inflamed & burst twice for accumulated matter to escape.
I'm so glad it didn't get to that stage for you. Wishing you a speedy recovery.