Well it is 6 days post op and all is going well. yes Sara Anne you really never know how many people truely care about you until something like this happens yes you know you have friends but the ones that stand by you through something like this are your true friends. And yes the Hubby is pretty darn amazing praise be to God on that one cause he and he alone has given Hubby the strength to put up with me for 29 years and still say he likes me.
Went home yesterday, never new how far it was from Nashville to Crofton Ky, okay I new just did not know that 80 miles could seem like an eternity, stopped at a rest area to walk for a few minutes could not stand sitting any longer felt things were backing up knew I would prolong the trip but also knew I had to get out of that car and walk a few minutes. Felt much better for doing so. Got all the drains out except 2 the stoma tube which is clapped off and the malecot cath. So it is vry strange to me to be encouraged to pass gas girls don’t do that so my husband has had a good laugh lately with some of the things I have said about passing gas. I don’t know if I am the only weird one out there but it is like I have to sit on the potty to really be successful (I know TMI)so I find myself sitting on the potty for this purpose but then other times I think my brain has not 100% accepted the fact that I do not have a bladder and I think I have to pee is this totally weird or what? The other thing is how do u ever feel like you have finished your business if u don’t pee I mean they go hand in hand?
I managed to get about 2 hours of uninterrupted stretches of sleep I felt like my cathwas backing up and sure enough I had to get up and walk to make it drain correctly is that normal? It is so positional I have to lift the tube up put it down lift it up get up walk around and finally get it to work correctly. But really other than the pain and the need to get about 36 good hours of sleep I am good especially since I don’t think the sleep thing will happen for a very long time and the pain will ease up at best with pain meds. Thanks again guys, Flo