Hi girls I had my op yesterday, I didn’t go with mya but I thought sharing my experience would still help 🙂
My admission time was 11:30am and I waited until 2:30pm for my op, the waiting was horrible I felt sick with nerves and because I hadn’t eaten since the night before. When they came to get me to take me down to theatre I started crying I was so scared!
They were all really friendly and chatted to me, the needle didn’t hurt at all and I remember thinking I wasn’t going to fall asleep but next thing I did 🙂
I remember waking up in recovery but felt so sick so they kept me down there abit longer, I came up to my room and was still feeling really sick and was eventually sick n felt loads better afterwards. They gave me a sandwich but I couldn’t stomach it so just had a nibble between dozing.
I brought my iPad with me and my pyjamas thinking I would be able to get changed and sit and watch tv on the iPad, how wrong was I, I could hardly move and was so sleepy! The nurse came to check on me every 2 hours throughout the night so I didn’t get much sleep.
I was discharged at 9:30 this morning after they took my drains out and I had some cereal. I travelled 2 hours home, the painkillers were wearing off and every bump in the road made me so sore I couldn’t wait to get home! I had my v pillow behind me and that was helpful.
I’ve just been resting in bed today, I’m so restricted and need help just to sit up or go to the toilet! I seriously under estimated the pain and discomfort (I had partials).
I will update with pics soon, I’ve had a sneaky look and they look really good although quite swollen :).
Hope this helps! xxx
