April 21 – 23rd, 2024 Saturday night, I sweated through my clothes again. I think it was the acetaminophen in the Norco. I don’t know if this makes any real sense, but maybe I needed that so much the first couple of nights that I didn’t sweat, and now that …
It’s Friday after my TT on Tuesday. Drain update: I believe I mentioned that both drains would need to be putting out <40ml/24 hours for them to be ready to remove. . The right drain (which is collecting fluid from the horizontal incision) seems to be done, with less than …
Healing continues… In my last post, I forgot to mention one more medication (there are so darn many!): Enoxaparin, a blood thinner that I’m to inject subcutaneously for 7 days to prevent clotting. No one wants a DVT or PE, but dang if these things don’t give me bruises. Mind …
A little housekeeping note: I’m blogging all of this about three weeks behind reality – mainly because healing from surgery had me too busy to to more than make some notes to be fleshed out later. Though I didn’t get the best sleep that first night, I woke up feeling …
At my pre-op visit two weeks prior, I’d received a TON of instructions and a goody bag of supplies. I was to avoid a bunch of foods and supplements that could impact bleeding (who knew garlic would be an issue?). I really only had to modify things a bit, cutting …
When I was in my 20s, I had a doctor who took a long look at my belly and said, “You’ll need surgery for that.” Stunned, I said nothing. How dare she assume I’d ever have cosmetic surgery? She barely knew me! Did I like my fuller lower tummy? Of …
