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November 2014 Surgeries

Omg!! Think I've died and gone to heaven!!!

After 4 weeks of puree I have just eaten my first 'proper' meal of very slow cooked just fall off the bone lamb shank with mashed swede and potato wedge. It didn't even fill half a tea plate and I'm stuffed!! but it's the first time I've used a plate and had anything to chew in 6 weeks and it feels great :)

The first 2 weeks after my op I really struggled and had some regrets so if anyone is feeling like that - it really does get better :)
 
Now I am getting frustrated. I am on a ward that has no one experienced in wls. Because I did not prepare well for my hospital stay I had no peppermint tea or nothing to get,rid of this terrible wind. The hospital can only offer me water or fortimel in the two flavours that do not agree with me. Having agreed they could do nothing with my meds and I will have to risk taking them whole which I am prepared to do they have now changed their mind about me going home tonight. I an developing a cough which is the unhealthy atmosphere. I am going to discharge myself if they dont let me go. It is doing me no good being here.

TB x
 
I wandered through the hospital in my night clothes and found the Costa. It does peppermint tea. I am on my second large and it is helping but it is hard to get as much down as I would like. I have found my restriction point. Apart from a stabbing pain when the pouch is full,my nose starts to run!

TB x
 
Su2ie thanks for that, just gone on to pureed and its arwful, so looking forward to the next step a lot. Please to read, you are doing a lot better now.
 
How is everyone doing today? I am still in the hospital. The docs and the pharmacist are arguing over my BP meds. It prevented me going home and I got woken up at 1.45 am by a very angry doctor on call demanding to know why I was being difficult about taking crushed meds. When I explained it wasn't me being difficult but that the meds are not suitable for crushing. He went off and said he would alter the meds. I explained it was an unusual combination. He said he would tinker with them. 15 minutes later he was back saying he could not find a way to do it. So I am back to square one. I am going to be surviving on peppermint tea from Costa until I get out. After arguing and it was a full blown argument, with the nurse in charge last night about them being unable to give me anything on the sheet but insisting I stay in so I can prove I can stay hydrated, they camd back with a tin of Heinz chicken soup barely hot and supposedly strained. I felt sorry for the woman who had been sent to do it and she apologised as she gave it to me. I am seeing this as some kind if test if I can get through this I can do the rest of my time on liquids because this has been survival rations. To be honest the drips helped and since I came off them I have felt neither hungry or thirsty so I have been forcing liquid down to demonstrate it is staying down. If I stay in beyond today I am going to start worrying about just having tea and water. As soon as the doc on call turns up I will be on him or her. I am on a mission this morning. I have hardly slept. I don't do sleep deprivation well!

TB x
 
agh no tb sounds awful. pharmacy r thr best to say what can be cruahed more than the docs. but as long as they r not moderate release its normaly ok. (I crush alot of meds for patients). its such a pain that more dont come in liquid form.ive been without my thyroxine for nearly 3 weeks coz I cudnt crush them properly and defo feeling the consequences.
I wud insist they give u a tablet crusher from pharmacy if needed coz its hard doin it with spoons.
cud u ask them for some milk or something as a drink just to get a few calories in?
I hope it all gets sorted this morn, insist that it does coz hospital pharmacies generaly shut from sat lunchtime.
good luck, I hope ur ok x
 
Oh what an utter palarva TB. I hope you manage to get it sorted and speak to the doc this morning...I hope apart from all of this (and the wind pain) that you are feeling better x
 
Jib thanks for the words of advice. Two of the meds are MR so they cannot be crushed. I am so angry because in the paper work for post op care it says some meds cannot be crushed and have to be taken whole. The docs are doing there rounds and they better stand well back for what I have to say.

TB x
 
haha. good for u stand ur ground. yes defo no crushing if MR as it defetes the perpose, stupid docs shud be well aware of that. I hope they gwt it sorted. I had to stop one of my meds coz being mr but I was lucky coz its bladder medication which wud be fine to leave off. they will have to resolve it for u as if its med u need to stay on it shud have been sorted before op, id ask to speek to head pharmacist. they r fab. good for u putting ur foot down x
 
Well done for standing your ground TB! Tho it would be nice if just at the moment you didn't have to. Take care hun
 
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