Survived surgery. Escaped hospital.
8 years ago
Surprise. I've been posting updates on Derpibooru but didn't remember my password for here so couldn't be assed.
Sunday night, went in to the ER for stuff. Had a lodged gallstone apparently. Gotta stay in the hospital.
Monday, got an MRI (Well, MRCP) and all kinds of fun fluids pumped into me since I was NPO (Nothing Prescribed Orally I assume)
Tuesday got an endoscopic removal of the lodged stone (they knocked me out, ran a tube down my throat, stomach, into the upper intestine, used a hot wire to cauterize-cut the opening wider, ran the stuff into the bile duct, couldn't get the stone out even with the widening, crushed it, swept out the duct. Super easy, woke up feeling totally fine. Only sucky bit was getting an anti-inflammation suppository beforehand.
Wednesday, laproscopic removal of the gallbladder. It was challenging, but since I've lost as much weight as I have they managed. Three incisions, biggest one through my navel, plus a JP drain tube run out through the side. Woke up feeling like I had my ass beat down. Ow ow ow. Allowed clear liquids.
Thursday, trying to recover. JP drain is cola looking. Walked a little bit.
Friday, mostly recovered. Walked a bunch, started getting all the gas they pumped into me for the laproscopy out. Drain is regular blood color and less. Darker colored again in the evening but not that much stuff.
Saturday, Feeling mostly fine. Can get in and out of the bed without excessive pain. Not on painkillers anymore, nothing's really bad enough to need them, though they did send me home with some just in case. Doctor took out the JP drain (which felt super disturbing, eeeugh.) despite being a little concerned about the color.
So yeah. That's how my week's been. At least I'm past all this, assuming that nothing goes wrong and I recover fine, aside from two months of not being able to lift anything and never being able to eat fatty foods again without getting diarrhea. Just as well, I was developing fatty liver issues, and I really don't want to end up with liver psoriasis when I'm 40.
Sunday night, went in to the ER for stuff. Had a lodged gallstone apparently. Gotta stay in the hospital.
Monday, got an MRI (Well, MRCP) and all kinds of fun fluids pumped into me since I was NPO (Nothing Prescribed Orally I assume)
Tuesday got an endoscopic removal of the lodged stone (they knocked me out, ran a tube down my throat, stomach, into the upper intestine, used a hot wire to cauterize-cut the opening wider, ran the stuff into the bile duct, couldn't get the stone out even with the widening, crushed it, swept out the duct. Super easy, woke up feeling totally fine. Only sucky bit was getting an anti-inflammation suppository beforehand.
Wednesday, laproscopic removal of the gallbladder. It was challenging, but since I've lost as much weight as I have they managed. Three incisions, biggest one through my navel, plus a JP drain tube run out through the side. Woke up feeling like I had my ass beat down. Ow ow ow. Allowed clear liquids.
Thursday, trying to recover. JP drain is cola looking. Walked a little bit.
Friday, mostly recovered. Walked a bunch, started getting all the gas they pumped into me for the laproscopy out. Drain is regular blood color and less. Darker colored again in the evening but not that much stuff.
Saturday, Feeling mostly fine. Can get in and out of the bed without excessive pain. Not on painkillers anymore, nothing's really bad enough to need them, though they did send me home with some just in case. Doctor took out the JP drain (which felt super disturbing, eeeugh.) despite being a little concerned about the color.
So yeah. That's how my week's been. At least I'm past all this, assuming that nothing goes wrong and I recover fine, aside from two months of not being able to lift anything and never being able to eat fatty foods again without getting diarrhea. Just as well, I was developing fatty liver issues, and I really don't want to end up with liver psoriasis when I'm 40.
Get well soon!