Or O day I should say. Going in on Monday. Ive arranged everything at home I can think of, ready meals, things in cupboards at waist level,dog to country retreat for a while, cleaner coming in a couple of weeks, loads of books, a half hearted cleaning session. In Emergency information if things go t***s up! I sure there must be something really obvious and important I havent thought of. Hoping the hospital is arranging some sort of after care as GPs surgery has heard nothing, done nothing.
Hope to be back on here in probably a week . Everyone keep soldiering on.
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I think Im more worried about when I get home, as I will have no daily support. Can you really not lift anything heavier than a cup of tea (Im a mug person myself !) Ive got to feed myselftoo so a bit of lifting there.
Hopefully things won't be as bad as you fear. I wouldn't count on help being sorted by the hospital though, as both times I have had my ops, it was just presumed that I would cope. I was never even asked if I had help for when I went home!
Very best of luck rosebine....will be thinking of you on Monday! Don’t worry about the arrangements for your return...if they haven’t sorted it out the hospital won’t discharge you.... and they will get cross with the GP...all you have to do is lie there and get better xx
It sounds like you’re very organised! Best of luck for Monday and try not to worry too much about your after care, as Lyndy says, they won’t send you home from hospital unless they are happy that you can cope. Fingers crossed you’ll be up and about and raring to get home before you know it. x
Hello LindaSounds like you're very organised there. As other lady wrote... If you request some help right from the beginning of your hospital stay when they do the admission paperwork then it will all fall into place.
Just trust in your team and take things easy when you get home. I certainly could make a cuppa (always in a mug) but just a bit more carefully and slower than usual.
It does get better and you can get through this... Thinking of you and sending you positive vibes.
Good luck for next week..I am sure you will manage fine..and there is no need to to anything, but if you have to you can take it really slowly and carefully. I didn't have a hysterectomy - just omentum, fallopian tubes and ovaries and a 9" incision! - and live alone and was fine. I will never forget the complete contentment when I woke up at about 2 am on the morning after being discharged to a competely silent house with the surgery behind me. Bliss!
Hello, just want to wish you all the best and say please try not to worry too much. You will be taken care of very well in hospital and they will make sure you have the support you need at home. We will be here for you too. Sending a gentle hug.Jan.x
You should have home health care coming in to change dressings clean incision etc as well as shot to avoid clots and they are good sources if information. You will want to get circulation going short walks..Good luck hugs from france
Good luck and I you'll be home before you know it. Be reassured they will make sure you can manage stairs and looking after yourself before they discharge you. Yes, you are able to lift more than a cup of tea but don't. The risk is damaging the healing abdominal muscles, and prolonging recovery. Really trivial - make sure your toenails are short! Bathing and showering were fine - but couldn't bend enough to get to the toenails and it's surprising how irritating they were.Thinking of you tomorrow.
Good luck for tomorrow and hopefully like a good deal of us, you’ll find it not half as bad as you imagine. I was lucky enough to go and stay at my uncle’s to recuperate (albeit had to do a 90 mile journey on discharge) so was able to see my pooch and other people. They got an electric kettle for me to use (Aga kettles are heavy!) and I was cautious at first how much water I filled it with but actually more frequent toddles are good for making you get up and move which is important as your bowels will likely protest! Just be sensible so you don’t get a hernia and try enjoy the enforced rest ❤️
All the best for your op, My partner isn’t particularly good at nursing, made me a comfy bed on the sofa for my arrival home and he promptly fell asleep in it! I managed to sit quite happily on the other sofa and make my own cuppa. I’m sure you will be fine, xx
Wishing you all the best for Monday. I'm sure all will go well. Be thinking of you and when you get get home we'll all be here to offer you virtual support. 💐🤗 Jackie
Hi Rosebine! Wishing you the very best of luck for the op. You will manage just fine when you get home. I also live alone and, like you, sorted out ready meals, made soup and stuff for the freezer. Moved things around so I wouldn't need to bend. You work out ways to do things. I was allowed to lift the kettle as long as not full, but you can pop a mug of water in the microwave. If you can't lift something, eg box of soap powder, scoop the powder out with a spoon into a bag and take it to the washer. You'll work it out. My sister brought my shopping and took my heavy washing (bedding) and helped me change the bed and friends came round with food they'd made for me so it was all fine. Honestly, just let people help and rest and get better. You'll be surprised how quickly you'll recover, just listen to your body and rest when it tells you too - have a nap! Your body will tell you if it's not in the mood so just go with the flow. Have you got stuff to do? Reading knitting, hand sewing? Where are you by the way? I'm in Manchester, UK.
I hope everything is going to be alright and I think you'll be surprised that it's not as bad as you think. All the very best and big warm hug I know it's scary I've got the t shirt. Sue xx
Good luck and just take things slowly when you come home ,I was able to go up and down stairs. Make tea and dress , just took ages lol , I had 45 staples in, bending was sore ,just be careful
Hope it all goes well for you tomorrow, I will be thinking of you. You are alot more organised than I was but I am sure it helped to take your mind of your forth coming op for a little while. Get as much rest as is possible while you are in hospital & hopefully you will be strong enough to be able to do a few small things for yourself when you get home. 💐
All the best for your op tomorrow & wishing you a speedy recovery. Please do all you can to let yourself heal ( I understand this will be tough alone but hope you get daily help once you’re home).
Do you have any neighbours who can help out if need be?
Hello, all Im back from hospital. Op apparently went well, all lady bits removed, omentum, rugby ball sized right ovary, slightly smaller left one that had twisted, appendix. How I hadnt been in agony I dont know. Got the divine wind which has been very painful and peppermint tea etc did not work for me, eventually had two enemas ! not at the same time. I do however not appear any slimmer despite not having anything but IV fluids for several days.The hospital stay was horrendous, the noise and constant trooping of people into the ward meant no rest, nights were especially difficult even though I took a sleeping pill. The ward door banged everytime someone came through it because the door closer was broken. I had a word and a bloke turned up with a screwdriver after 3 days and fixed it !
The staff were lovely though couldnt have been kinder even though there were different people every day and night and the NHS certainly couldnt function without foreign medical staff as they made up about 80% of the staff. I love my surgeon, and if anyone is interested its Mr Montalto (Hope Im allowed to give his name)
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