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Diastasis Recti Correction with Vertical Incision - London
UPDATED FROM Coolcatz
I need help!
I'm so scared I have damaged my TT. I have had a few coughs and sneezing. But worst of all I have been laughing. Can this damage my TT?
I now feel some sore hard bumps on my vertical internal incision line! I'm so scared I have ruined it!
I now feel some sore hard bumps on my vertical internal incision line! I'm so scared I have ruined it!
UPDATED FROM Coolcatz
Day 11
Well well well! What a difference time makes!
I feel so much better today. It's been the longest and I think hardest 11 days of my life. It was more tough then I could have ever imagined. More emotional, more painful and more scary then imaginable.
I'm thankful for this site and all the wonderful women here who have helped me so much through my journey. There is no substitute for talking to people who have been through it and talking from experience. So thank you. X
I had my surgery last week Tuesday on my birthday. It was a morning surgery I was at the hospital by 6;30am and in surgery by 9am. So luckily I didn't have a lot of time to stew with nerves.
As I was having a double operation with 2 surgeons it was difficult to arrange a date for my operation so in the end I was given less then 24 hours notice of my operation date and time. This meant I was quite unprepared. We managed to pack my hospital bag, order a recliner chair and arrange child care and support with family and friends.
Any way back to the surgery. I woke up after the OP in tge recovery room in so much pain. It felt like waking up to the worst contraction pain straight from sleep. I had a nurse by my side and tried to explain I was in pain. She kept telling me to press my morphine button. I did but it didn't help much. I was awake in mind but unable to communicate my pain. I mustered enough strength to tell her again I'm in pain and she told me I wasn't because I keep sleeping and snoring. I told her I could hear her talking to another nurse and what she had said so how can I be a sleep?! I ended up being in recovery for a further 3 hours after surgery. Taking the time 7 hours of my husband waiting outside frantic!
After recovery I was taken to the ward and still in pain but semi conscious. The circle continued of me telling them I'm in pain, they upping the dosage, me knocking out etc etc.
They kept telling me to press the pain control button to administer more Morphine but I could barely raise my hand. So I asked my husband to press the botton for me. Then a nurse came in an accused my husband of being irresponsible and could kill me!
Pain management team re assessed me and proscribed me a different drug TVD of something. It did nothing for the pain at all. And didn't knock me out so I had at least more lucidity.
The worst was the evenings when my husband had to leave and visiting times where over. I remember waking up on about day 3 in a pool of blood. I rang the bell and the junior nurse came. When I told her she handed me one of my baby wipes and that was it. I said Pls get some help. She said she can't find the nurses the where doing DVDs. When they eventually came they I was in and out of consciousness and had 2 CT scan and blood tests and it seems I had a small
Heart attack!
Day five I was when I thought I really would not make it. They had been giving me laxatives for 5 days and not opened my bowels and my stomach felt like I was going to explode internally. Ad that to having limited mobility and abdominal pain from the TT I was in agony! I knew I had to empty soon or I would not make it. I decided it would be best to resume taking the laxatives I was taking prior to surgery as it always worked for me with I'm hours and always gave me loss stools.
I told my husband who was sceptical this would help. He didn't want me to do so without permission from the doctor. However the specialist doctors would not be back till Monday and it was Saturday!
TBC.........
I feel so much better today. It's been the longest and I think hardest 11 days of my life. It was more tough then I could have ever imagined. More emotional, more painful and more scary then imaginable.
I'm thankful for this site and all the wonderful women here who have helped me so much through my journey. There is no substitute for talking to people who have been through it and talking from experience. So thank you. X
I had my surgery last week Tuesday on my birthday. It was a morning surgery I was at the hospital by 6;30am and in surgery by 9am. So luckily I didn't have a lot of time to stew with nerves.
As I was having a double operation with 2 surgeons it was difficult to arrange a date for my operation so in the end I was given less then 24 hours notice of my operation date and time. This meant I was quite unprepared. We managed to pack my hospital bag, order a recliner chair and arrange child care and support with family and friends.
Any way back to the surgery. I woke up after the OP in tge recovery room in so much pain. It felt like waking up to the worst contraction pain straight from sleep. I had a nurse by my side and tried to explain I was in pain. She kept telling me to press my morphine button. I did but it didn't help much. I was awake in mind but unable to communicate my pain. I mustered enough strength to tell her again I'm in pain and she told me I wasn't because I keep sleeping and snoring. I told her I could hear her talking to another nurse and what she had said so how can I be a sleep?! I ended up being in recovery for a further 3 hours after surgery. Taking the time 7 hours of my husband waiting outside frantic!
After recovery I was taken to the ward and still in pain but semi conscious. The circle continued of me telling them I'm in pain, they upping the dosage, me knocking out etc etc.
They kept telling me to press the pain control button to administer more Morphine but I could barely raise my hand. So I asked my husband to press the botton for me. Then a nurse came in an accused my husband of being irresponsible and could kill me!
Pain management team re assessed me and proscribed me a different drug TVD of something. It did nothing for the pain at all. And didn't knock me out so I had at least more lucidity.
The worst was the evenings when my husband had to leave and visiting times where over. I remember waking up on about day 3 in a pool of blood. I rang the bell and the junior nurse came. When I told her she handed me one of my baby wipes and that was it. I said Pls get some help. She said she can't find the nurses the where doing DVDs. When they eventually came they I was in and out of consciousness and had 2 CT scan and blood tests and it seems I had a small
Heart attack!
Day five I was when I thought I really would not make it. They had been giving me laxatives for 5 days and not opened my bowels and my stomach felt like I was going to explode internally. Ad that to having limited mobility and abdominal pain from the TT I was in agony! I knew I had to empty soon or I would not make it. I decided it would be best to resume taking the laxatives I was taking prior to surgery as it always worked for me with I'm hours and always gave me loss stools.
I told my husband who was sceptical this would help. He didn't want me to do so without permission from the doctor. However the specialist doctors would not be back till Monday and it was Saturday!
TBC.........
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Looking good, congrats [RS bleep]
Poor thing, sorry that you had such a rough time but glad to hear that you are feeling better :)
You poor thing, you've been through the wringer! I'm glad today is a better day for you. It should gradually get better each day, but with you having 2 surgeries it may be a little slower for you. I am 6 weeks post as of yesterday, and my last little scab finally fell off. My incision is completely healed on the outside :) I've read where some are healed in 2 weeks - wow! I might have healed faster if I put ointment or something on it, but my doctor said to just leave it alone and let it heal. I still have very sensitive skin, but I think it's mostly from the lipo because that seems to be the areas it's so sensitive. I only feel pain in my abs if I stretch too far. I've laid on my belly, just to see if I can, but I'm not really a stomach sleeper, so it wasn't a big deal for me. I can sleep on my side just fine. The only reason I had to wait as long as I did is because I was tender on my hips where the lipo entry was at (or it could have been that my incision was still tender on my hips). Hang in there - each day brings something different.
UPDATED FROM Coolcatz
Day 10 update
Ok what a journey!!!
I'm not sure I can write a decent review with my phone so I will do my best!
It's been so hard. Way harder then I could ever of imagined. I'm not sure the fact that I had 2 surgeries and the fact that Morphine does not work for me but the pain was so long and hard.
My colorectal surgery meant that I was dealing with extreame abdominal pain internally. And did I mention Morphine doesn't work for me!
Without going in to details I'm home now again. I was discharged 2 days ago 7 days after surgery but was admitted again last night.
I almost discharged myself but I got a miracle and a great Surgron who helped me.
I'm home now but with bad swelling from waist to me feet. It is very difficult to walk. Did anyone else suffer from bad swelling? I also have stage 3 piles. Which are so painful.
I'm struggling mentally too. Going through the blues stage. I'm so grateful to my husband and all his love, care and hard work. But I feel so much guilt seeing him so tired and worried all the time.
As my TT was for medical reasons I have no feelings as of yet at the look. But I will post a pic anyway. I'm still very swollen and I lost my Bb but I don't care if it has improved my health. So far it's hard to see much improvement with all this pain, no sleep and stress.
This might all sound quite negative but I'm letting it all out now and I'm sure I will feel better soon. Well hope! :)
I'm not sure I can write a decent review with my phone so I will do my best!
It's been so hard. Way harder then I could ever of imagined. I'm not sure the fact that I had 2 surgeries and the fact that Morphine does not work for me but the pain was so long and hard.
My colorectal surgery meant that I was dealing with extreame abdominal pain internally. And did I mention Morphine doesn't work for me!
Without going in to details I'm home now again. I was discharged 2 days ago 7 days after surgery but was admitted again last night.
I almost discharged myself but I got a miracle and a great Surgron who helped me.
I'm home now but with bad swelling from waist to me feet. It is very difficult to walk. Did anyone else suffer from bad swelling? I also have stage 3 piles. Which are so painful.
I'm struggling mentally too. Going through the blues stage. I'm so grateful to my husband and all his love, care and hard work. But I feel so much guilt seeing him so tired and worried all the time.
As my TT was for medical reasons I have no feelings as of yet at the look. But I will post a pic anyway. I'm still very swollen and I lost my Bb but I don't care if it has improved my health. So far it's hard to see much improvement with all this pain, no sleep and stress.
This might all sound quite negative but I'm letting it all out now and I'm sure I will feel better soon. Well hope! :)
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Sounds like you went thru a lot. I'm sorry that you are having a tough time but it will get better for you. I just looked at your before & after pics & there is such a difference. I am still walking slowly & hunched over. I'll keep you in my prayers :)
Thank you!
This walking slowly and hunched over is so tiring! I can't wait until I can move at normal speed again.!
I looked at your profile you seem to be handling it all so well. How are you feeling today? X
I'm so sorry you've had such a rough time. I had terrible swelling from the waist down to my feet too in my 3rd to 4th week that lasted about 10 days. After about a week of it I called my doctor to explain how terrible it was and he prescribed me a Lasix water pill. (Furosemide 20mg) It got the swelling off and I felt so much better! My feet looked just like yours. I could press them and it looked like the Pillsbury Dough Boy! See if you can find some compression stockings. I bought some from my local drug store. It felt like I was stuffing sausages into the casing, but it did help reduce the swelling in my feet so that it didn't hurt to walk. Go ahead and call your doctor and get them to prescribe a water pill for you. You could even send them the picture. Also, drink plenty of water. Coffee and Coca-Cola have caffeine in them, which is a natural diuretic too, so include that too. Don't drink them all day in place of water, but a cup of coffee and a Coke in the afternoon should help - it did for me. I hope some of this helps and I'll be praying for you. This is a process and you've been through so much more than most of us. It just takes time to heal.
By the way, you look soooo good, even with the swelling! I had more than a 5 inch gap too so my belly looked like I was 6 month pregnant when I relaxed it (you can see my pics on my page). You'll be so happy with your results if you can just get past the healing process :)
Thank you for all your encouragement and advice. I'm about to make my self a coffee now. I had been trying to avoid it as I'm sure i heard somewhere (can't remember where) that caffeine was bad.
Walking was terribly difficult at one point. I felt like Eddie Murphy in the Nuty Professor! lol. I'm feeling a bit better today. I had my surgical tape removed and my dressing re done today. So I will do s full update again today. Thank you for your prayers. Trust me I've needed them! X
Omg I looked at your pics and you fantastic! This is going to be my motivation. How are you feeling now? Any pains? Any tips on skin healing?
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