I know I havenāt posted since surgery. Times have been rough. One would think that surgery should make me happy beyond belief, but the reality is - recovery sucks. Let me give a bit of a breakdown of what itās been like, and maybe Iāll even share some pictures.
I walked up to the OR waiting room and met with the anesthesiologist. I was given my options: general anesthesia or spinal block with twilight sleep. The options were weighed with the risks of each and benefits of each. I chose spinal, since it provides the best pain mitigation and relaxes the muscles to allow better access for the surgeon. Better access = better results. The twilight sleep assured that I will not be awake and not remember a thing.
ā¦ Except that I woke up multiple times. Each time I remember looking around for someone, nurse or anesthesiologist and asked if we were done. I assumed we were in the recovery room. āBonjour! Are we done?ā āNot yetāā¦ Turns a knob, back to sleep.
I woke 3 or 4 times. The good news? I didnāt freak and I didnāt realize until after that it was during surgery.
When I finally did wake, I couldnāt feel or move the lower half of my body because of the spinal. I was moved to my room, still no feeling. Over the next couple of hours, stuck on my back, unable to move, they kept testing for feeling, sensation, etc. Eventually I started to feel, and gradually I got motion back, but the pain from surgery made movement, repositioning etc virtually impossible.
The next 36 hours were spent in the hospital bed, on my back, unable to really reposition or move or do anything at all. As a tummy/side sleeper, this was hell. Combined with a bad choice of pain killers (Oxycodone) I didnāt sleep the entire time. When they did try to get me up to walk, I got dizzy and almost collapsed. I didnāt, but I was back in bed and lost my opportunities to walk the floor.
I donāt believe my IV drip was working right, they never seemed to change the bag, though I was peeing a lot (because I was drinking a lot, I was soooo thirsty). Likely dehydration had something to do with my dizziness. I did get one chance to walk once around the floor before I was taken to the recovery house- and made to walk up a flight of stairs to my roomā¦. And there I stayed until the next day.
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