So my journey begins. I had surgery this morning for placement of my PD catheter. I arrived at the hospital at 5:45 after showering with antibiotic soap and donning comfy clothes. They took me right in, got the paperwork finalized, did the prep (which included shaving my entire abdomen which they had not mentioned before :-), gave me happy juice through an iv to totally put me to sleep (general anesthesia), and after that I knew nothing until I got home. I barely remember getting in the car and my driver announcing that I was going home. I don't even remember putting my clothes back on (which I obviously did or I would've been arrested 
Once home, I refilled the cup of ginger ale that they have given me with some I already had at the house, sat up for a little while, then took a nap on the couch for about 3 hours. After I woke up, I ate a little jello cup and had a little more ginger ale. I was sore, but on a scale of 1-10, the pain was about a 2. I walked around a little just to work the kinks out. Getting up off the couch was the worst event that caused pain. Just lying there or sitting there, I felt very little. I just tried to use the restroom (5pm) with no luck. Felt sort of like I needed to go, but no results as of yet. Will try again later. So now I'm just texting friends, watching Netflix and Amazon Prime and being worthless. I should be able to work tomorrow since my work is done sitting in a chair in from of a computer, just like I'm doing now. I'm fortunate in that regard. I'll update this post if the pain worsens. The surgeon gave me a prescription for Norco which I won't take unless the pain get's worse during the night or tomorrow, though I remember folks talking about the "third day" pain being the worst day. I'll find out. I contacted my pd nurse and she said there's not much to do until I go to her next monday and get the dressing changed, unless I notice blood or other seepage coming out from under my bandage, or if I get a fever over 101. So it's going to be a "chill" kinda week for me. Oh did I mention that I tried eating half a little cookie a few minutes ago and it tasted like cardboard. Probably from the anesthetic. So I won't be eating much today other that possibly some jello cups. We'll see if that goes away by tomorrow. Not sure what to eat tomorrow. Don't want to create a constipation issue. Any suggestions are welcomed since none of the info the hospital sent home had any specific suggestions.
So all in all, so far this ain't bad at all. We'll see what the night and tomorrow bring. But my journey into the world of dialysis has officially begun! Whoo hoo! I may copy this and post some of it in other areas of the site for others to read who are in the general Kidney Disease list, so I apologize for the duplication to those in both groups.
