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Jul. 22nd, 2004 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quidditchgrrl*yawns*
*stretches*
*winces*
Hey, I'm home. :)
I got home yesterday, after spending a week in hospital. The offending tissue has been removed, and it's benign. My stomach had elongated at the bottom, so that portion was removed, leaving my stomach normal-sized. I have to take an H2 (acid) blocker everyday from now on, since I don't have a pyloric valve to separate my stomach and small intestine.
God, it feels good to type. And to get up and take a shower and put on moisturizer and...well, you get the idea.
The hospital did have basic cable, so I could watch CNN and A&E and every variety of horrible morning television. Had I the energy, I would launch a campaign to have Katie Couric removed from TV. She is atrocious.
A million thanks to all of you who emailed well-wishes. Andy brought them to the hospital for me to read and they lifted my spirits considerably, especially during the lonely nights when the only option was to wander the halls or try to get comfortable in a chair to relieve the pressure (the gas was actually worse than the operation itself, because I couldn't have any meds to help).
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hastyent, Andy reminded me you called (I remembered!), so thanks. I fear I wasn't very gracious on the phone due to the combo of pain and meds. Bad shiny, very bad. But I do have the prescription for percoset that I was given *nods to nmalfoy* so the possibility of shiny posts is there. I'm going to try and stay away from the narcotics since they slow the digestive tract.
All is well. I am exceedingly tired and sore, pinched together with surgi-tape (they removed the staples before I left yesterday), but glad I'm on the other side now. Looking forward to rehab - my plan is to give myself little errands each day that require me to walk around and do things for a couple hours each day, working up to normal activity. Right now I'm doing about an hour before I crash out (I'm trying not to fall asleep at this point, seriously). If anyone in the area would like to get together and just walk around or something, I'm game. I'm planning to see some movies (woo King Arthur, Bourne Supremacy, The Manchurian Candidate and The Village) too, since I can't spend my weekends at Cedar Point, Kings Island or the State Fair.
I think I'll take a nap. Yes.
*stretches*
*winces*
Hey, I'm home. :)
I got home yesterday, after spending a week in hospital. The offending tissue has been removed, and it's benign. My stomach had elongated at the bottom, so that portion was removed, leaving my stomach normal-sized. I have to take an H2 (acid) blocker everyday from now on, since I don't have a pyloric valve to separate my stomach and small intestine.
God, it feels good to type. And to get up and take a shower and put on moisturizer and...well, you get the idea.
The hospital did have basic cable, so I could watch CNN and A&E and every variety of horrible morning television. Had I the energy, I would launch a campaign to have Katie Couric removed from TV. She is atrocious.
A million thanks to all of you who emailed well-wishes. Andy brought them to the hospital for me to read and they lifted my spirits considerably, especially during the lonely nights when the only option was to wander the halls or try to get comfortable in a chair to relieve the pressure (the gas was actually worse than the operation itself, because I couldn't have any meds to help).
hastyent, Andy reminded me you called (I remembered!), so thanks. I fear I wasn't very gracious on the phone due to the combo of pain and meds. Bad shiny, very bad. But I do have the prescription for percoset that I was given *nods to nmalfoy* so the possibility of shiny posts is there. I'm going to try and stay away from the narcotics since they slow the digestive tract.All is well. I am exceedingly tired and sore, pinched together with surgi-tape (they removed the staples before I left yesterday), but glad I'm on the other side now. Looking forward to rehab - my plan is to give myself little errands each day that require me to walk around and do things for a couple hours each day, working up to normal activity. Right now I'm doing about an hour before I crash out (I'm trying not to fall asleep at this point, seriously). If anyone in the area would like to get together and just walk around or something, I'm game. I'm planning to see some movies (woo King Arthur, Bourne Supremacy, The Manchurian Candidate and The Village) too, since I can't spend my weekends at Cedar Point, Kings Island or the State Fair.
I think I'll take a nap. Yes.
Re: Benign!
Date: 2004-08-03 06:52 pm (UTC)Thanks, Cam! :)