The Land of the Living

I guess today is Thursday. I remember Monday; Monday was bowel prep day. Tuesday; I remember getting up, showering and heading to the surgery center. I remember being surprised at how many people were there at 5:30 for procedures. After doing some paperwork I was brought back for blood pressure, etc. I was then put into bed and Michele was allowed to come and stay with me. I think they carted me off right around 7:30. Once I was given the versed I was gone. The rest of Tuesday was pretty much a blur. Yesterday, Wednesday, I was confined to bed all day. My back and rear end started really bothering me. All I could do is wait it out until today when I was allowed to get up. What a treat! Of course, now other things are bothersome. Taking a shower was wonderful.

What about the experience so far? It’s actually true that there’s not much pain, There’s definitely pressure down there and I’ve been finding it hard to ignore a feeling of needing to pee, That’s all taken care of by the catheter. My main problems have been my back and my sit area and my hands being swollen and tiingly. Dr M says this is due to the 5 liters of fluids they put into me during the surgery. Apparently I had gotten dehydrated from the bowel prep.

The food’s not bad for hospital food and all of the staff have been wonderful.

I’ve taken two walks down to the nurse’s station.

I’ll be ready for a nap pretty soon.