#6 Postby Miss Mary » Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:09 am
Colon resection - 1999. 5 hour surgery, horrendous pain for 3 straight weeks. Between the third and fourth week the pain began to subside, not go away completely but it did ease up. After only daily prayers to do so, I might add. Went to sleep with it, woke up with it, had to get thru my day with only Tylenol (kids were younger and I could not take heavy duty pain meds, I had to be a mom in charge).
It was NOT a fun time for me! Can smile about it now but back then it was so hard to get thru.
Prior to this surgery, I had 30 full minutes of labor, fully dialated, near the pushing stage, between Epidural shots. I just never thought anything could be more painful than childbirth! How wrong I was.....
One thing I did learn the hard way though is for any post-op severe pain, the more quickly you get moving (getting out of that hospital bed, sitting up in an upright position, walking, etc.) the better you feel. For my second colon surgery, I got moving within 24 hours of that surgery. My recovery time was cut in half at least. And I just felt much better - all around.
Mary
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