Category: Sick

I had the surgery yesterday and things seem to be going really well! I should be going home sometime today, I just need things like the drain to be taken out and I’ll be all set. Have had the pharmist come to see me with my medication.

I have to be at the hospital tomorrow at 8am and the surgery itself should only take 2 hours. I’m not sure when the surgery is due to start , (9amish?), as I do have yo check in and do the usual getting weighed and my height measured first of course.

I am quite anxious about it, but not as bad as before my operation last year! At least I’m not on a blood thinner this year and the operation isn’t as big as last years one was. Depending on how things go I should be out and back home either on Tuesday or Wednesday. (I am definitly spending the night in hospital tomorrow).

I had to have a scan of my leg to check for blood clots and there weren’t any there anymore! I was on the blood thinner for thd clots for 6 months and they just needed to check that all of the clots had actually cleared up obviously.

I’m well enough now that I’m starting yo head back to work after my operation last month. Not quite full time as I’m still getting tired very easily and its a lot easier to work from home than it is to actually go into work.

I am going out of my mind with boriedem by now. For some reason being stuck at home this time has been worse than the covid lockdowns were! In particular once I’d hit the 2 to 3 week mark after my operation and was actually starting to feel just well enough physically that it became increasingly irrating to be stuck at home like that.

I got an unexpected phone call about needing another scan tomorrow afternoon so they can check my liver. One annoying thing is I can’t eat for 4 hours before hand and with the appitment being at 2pm it’s pretty much going to mean I might as well wait until dinner before eating much again as I proberly won’t be home again until after 3pm/3.30pm depending on how long the scan takes and the traffic.

I had a biopsy on Monday afternoon, which I haven’t got the results back from yet. Hopefully there won’t be anything else after the scan tomorrow in the run up to my actual operation, which is in less than 2 weeks home now!

I’ve just gotten a phone call confirming my surgery for next month. Which is great. The woman I spoke to said ud I get covid-19 between now and my surgery it’ll be put offfor 7(!!) weeks. Which would be a horrible wait!

I’m not that sick at the moment but I am very slowly getting worse with each passing day/week and really don’t want to put off any longer…. And I want to make sure I have as little time off work as pratical too.

I should be having my surgery on Monday the 5th of September, which means I’ll be going into hospital on Saturday the 3rd and coming back home sometime at the end of the week/the following weekend if all goes well! I am a bit disappointed it’s not going to be this month as I do want to get it over and done with asap but the start of next month could be a lot worse!

I am currently planning on taking the week before hand off, so that I reduce the chances of me getting sick with a cold, the flu, or covid and spend the whole week at home basically… The last thing I want at the moment is to have my surgery postponed because I’ve caught something else!