Surgery Sucks!

whyamihere

Oh my GOD............. I know what pain is and this sucked. I have war scars now...Sniff..I hope I will get over the sadness of how it will look.

I just want to thank everyone who was giving me well wishes. It means alot to me.

Well I am home! I got home on Wednesday afternoon last week. I am so glad to be out of the hospital. I was only there for 2 1/2 days. They want you to be able to walk a little bit and get off IV Medication and be on oral drugs. Well after Monday the day of my surgery I was up walking on Tuesday morning. I needed a little help but by the end of the day I was walking by myself and was not taking pain meds until I went to sleep. I told my Dr I wanted out. He said if I kept it up I would be able to go home soon. Well Wednesday morning I got the ok. I was so excited. I packed everything up called my husband to get ready. I walked to the nurses station and told then to get my papers ready. I think the shock on their faces because I was up and walking on my own with out drugs was good enough for me to know I was going to be ok.

I was so happy to be at home in my bed. Thursday I was doing Laundry. I was making dinner by Friday and shopping on Sat. I know I did alot but I needed to get out. Plus I wanted to get my mind off my leg.(sniff) Sunday I was a little sore but thank god there was Football to keep me in Bed. Thank you to the Packers they made my week!

This week I told my husband to go back to work half days. I want to get everything back to normal and have no excuse not to get better. I need some help here and there but I am too independent.

I can't drive yet but I am sure with in 4 to 6 weeks I will be able to.

I have missed you all and love you all very much.

Love Brooke

defd

how bout those Titans?

littlerockguy

Whyamihere:

I agree. I had outpatient surgery last week and had a baseball size sebaceous cyst removed from my lower back and my incision is over 6 inches! The cyst was deep and all the way down to muscle but the incision doesnt hurt now but it has limited me somewhat until the incision heals.

Anyway, I hope you get to feeling better yourself!!

JH

Gee, I can imagine how anxious you were to get back home.

I hope you'll be feeling better now after this operation. Give it time, the scars will go away slowly.

Your health is more important than a few scars

daystar

{{{{Brooke}}}}

kid-A

Hey Brooke,

Hope you are feeling better soon. I had an osteochondroma removed from my leg several years ago. They cut through the muscles to saw off the bone tumour. I was laid up for 2 months and in mind-numbing pain. Soon the tylenol 3s wore off and I needed stronger pain killers. Many years later, still have a 3 inch scar and numbness around the surgical area due to nerves being cut. Nonetheless, I can walk perfectly now so its all worth it in the end.

Get well soon!

I quit!

I'm glad you are home and starting to feel better. I wish you a speedy recovery.

Dimples

Hi Brooke,

I am glad you are on the road to recovery. Don't do to much to soon, take it easy and let your body heal. I went back to work 2 weeks ago, I am still healing from my neck surgery but feeling good. It is so hard to stay put when things need to be done. I know, but take your time and don't rush things.

Get Well Soon

Hugs,

DIMPLES

delilah

Hi Brooke....glad you are home, and posting once more. Now, don,t you overdo things....and i hope all is well, and no more surgery is needed...

whyamihere

Thanks guys..........

Sorry to hear many of you go through the pain of it all..............

What was done to me was........ Friday Sept 30th I was put down for a angiogram. So they could map out my whole system and know what to expect for surgery. I had one done on July 28th which lead me to my latest surgery.

Then on the following Monday Oct 3rd I had my 2nd surgery. I was put out almost 7 hours. In one leg they took a long large vein to replace the artery which the aneurysm was taken place in my other leg. I have staples in my inner thigh over 12 inches long. Also less than 2 feet in length are my stitches in my other leg behind my knee area. Yeah it does suck but I can say that I am in less pain the day after my surgery than I was before it.

Reason behind all of this........ I went to a Doctor for a simple angiogram. He told me that my muscle around my artery was pinching it and it was the cause my leg pain. We agreed to do a ballooning or a stinting(sp?) process. Surgery was supposed to be about 2 to 3 hours long. Well it was almost 5. He used a drill and drilled out my artery. After doing that he caused the aneurysm behind my knee and put a hole on my ankle area. Want to talk about pain I was on Oxycodone and Vicodin together and was contemplating using alcohol to enhance the pain killers near the end. I wanted to kill myself. Well I had it with that Dr and went to someone else. He told me I had a real problem and threw me in right away for surgery. I mean there was alot of talk about loosing my leg. He promised me that I would not wake up with out my leg.

I am angry and pissed. I am getting a Lawyer.

Brooke

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