After Surgery

Sorry it has taken me this long to post an update, but life has been a bit crazy trying to recover from this surgery. It seems that each time he has to go back in it takes me longer to recover, pain and nausea wise.

I was in a sum total of 3 rooms 4 if you count the emergency room bed. Its a little freaky when you realize that they think you are sick enough to need the capabilities of a trauma room. And mannitol is not a fun drug it made my arm hurt like the dickens. I was admitted to intermediate care because of my high heart rate and pulse rate, the care in IMC sucked to put it nicely. went from that room to surgery, and spent 8 hours in recovery waiting on a room in ICU, also because of my high heart rate, blood pressure, and to make sure that I got the great care that I deserve...my surgeon has made a promise to keep me comfortable if/when he has to go in again, I got great care there the only frustrating thing was that I did not have a television that got all of the channels. I was transferred from ICU down to the women's center a.k.a. pregnant ladies floor, and spent 1 night there and was discharged on thursday

I am now in the process of trying to lower my intake of pain meds enough to have more functional hours with the least amount of pain especially since I have to make what I have last until the middle of the month when I can get in to see pain management, I supppose if needed neurosurgery might refill my pain medications just once but I dont want to abuse that privelege.

Right now I am on the phone with my primary care physician's office trying to track down the referral to a cardiologist that I need to see because of my heart rate and blood pressure being so out of whack. The one that mom suggested doesnt handle simple issues normally like the tachycardia and blood pressure being so out of whack, he does more of full blown heart failure, which praise the Lord I dont have that problem right now.

Mindy