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Subject: Surgery update
Time: 9:37:00 PM EDT
Author: carolynl1983
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So I had my anal fistulotomy surgery (again) yesterday. I was very surprised that my hospital visit went very well. I went to a different hospital this time, Holy Cross, and it was excellent. The nurses were very caring. One even asked my mom to leave the room and asked if I was going through any domestic violence. She said she asked because I am a female and so young. I thought that was nice because if I was going through it, that might have encouraged me to go and get help. Sometimes people have nowhere else to turn.
They put this cool massaging thing on my leg to improve my circulation and it was very relaxing. A chaplain even came and prayed for me since it is a Catholic hospital. I got to stay in the room with my mom until they took me in for surgery. At the other hospital I had to spend hours with a bunch of other people in beds lined up against the wall and no one could be with me. They sedated me right before I went in to surgery, so I don't even remember them putting the mask on me. I woke up in the recovery room. The last time I woke up in the surgery room and was awake as I was being wheeled into post-op. When the Dr. came to tell me what he did I was still sleeping so he told my mom. Last time the Dr. took off and no one had a clue what he did.
Also my specialist is really nice and KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. He said my fistula was much larger than normal so when they cut it they only got part of it. He is confident I will never have to go through this again. So happy about that.
Then the nurses gave me a sitz bath so I don't have to climb in and out of the tub to soak. They also gave me special gauze pads and a pad to lie on my bed so I don't bleed on everything. The other hospital told me I could use gauze pads, they basically told me I had to go to the store and get them.
I am going to write a letter to the hospital and tell them what a nice experience I had. Everyone calls or sends letters to complain but not to tell them about a good experience, so I want to do that. They deserve it.
So my mom took me home and hung out with me for a little while. Then my friend K and her mother stopped by for a minute. Tonight my friend S is coming by to visit me and watch a movie with me. Even though there are things I don't like about my friends, they are good to me and care about me. I also have made a new friend the past few weeks, A, and she is a nice girl. She goes to church, works full-time and goes to college. That is the kind of person I need to be friends with, not one who is a psycho party person.
So my pain is not bad, though I'm not sure because I am hopped up on painkillers so I can't feel anything any way. I was afraid to go to sleep last night because the other time I couldn't stop hallucinating from the drugs. So I ended up going to bed at 5 AM. I talked to my friend in MD for a few hours until 2 AM and my brother for an hour (he works a night shift). That is about it. I have to take tomorrow from work unpaid which makes me mad, but what can I do?
I am just happy that this Dr. thinks I won't be having another one of these surgeries...I will just be sitting around so I'm sure you'll see more entries from meee...
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Im glad the hospital experience wasnt horrible and the doctors and nurses was very caring.
10/13/06 4:57 PM
Be Strong? ( well you are strong, try to gain an inch of stregnth every day). Trust me, having to go through what u have gone, will make you a hell of a lot stronger than other people who havent gone through what u did. Think of your experience as a gift from God.
Take care and keep it strong?
Lienash