On Tuesday, January 4th, I went to the surgeon for a routine follow up appointment.... well, as "routine" as my appointments get, i suppose... I'm eating purees still, but doing pretty well with them. No feeding the birds or anything... I just had a little complaint. The main incision from my 4th surgery was weird looking. It had healed kind of dented in... when i was lying down, you couldn't tell, but when I stood up you could see that it really rather resembled another "fatgirl bellybutton" right above my existing navel. It's indented in at least two inches, and it pulls if I lean to one side or the other. One more like that and I could be a bowling ball... Hahahaha. No big deal, right? Something about a stitch needs to dissolve and it'll pop right back out, huh? ...No? ...Crap...
Soooo, yeah, too much scar tissue. I need to have an outpatient surgical procedure to get under my skin and scrape the excess scar tissue away to let that point loosen up enough that it doesn't cause me any pain. The surgeon said it would be a "cosmetic" procedure, except that at the moment it HURTS, so that makes it a "medically necessary" procedure and my insurance company shouldn't have a problem with it.
I'm going on Friday the 13th (lucky me) for a CAT scan of my abdomen to make sure that there isn't any other problems hiding in there... I hate the CAT scan. They expect me to go pick up barium to drink and ingest 2 full bottles before the 10am procedure. I warned them that I have a limited capacity for liquids and I'll be lucky to choke down 2 ounces, but I doubt they'll listen again. I hate having to be bitchy and stubborn at people, but they seem to make me... *shrugs*
Anywho, Walgreen's Infusion Services finally came out yesterday and picked up the IV pump, charger, and the fashionable little black backpacks from my PICC line adventure. They told me to dispose of the rest of the stuff. Now i feel bad about all the syringes of saline, nursing supplies, alcohol pads, etc, that I'm stuck with... I hate wasting stuff. I'm going to see if I can find someone that needs it or something... I really feel horrible about throwing all that medical stuff away...
So, the adventure continues. I'm not allowed back to work until this pain thing is straightened out and I can get off of the dreaded liquid pain meds. According to the nutritionist (January 3rd), I'm supposed to start on solids by now and I should be consuming 1200 calories a day. I have to admit, I actually laughed in her face. I kinda feel bad about it, in retrospect... But I did. I think my history allows me to be rather gun shy about eating. Solids scare the hell out of me right now. Yeah, no. Not happening. And I'm struggling every day for 500-800 calories. I can't imagine how to eat 1200. I'm not eating "light" food or "fat free" stuff, I figure my body cant process enough food to be worried about eating "light." Getting in 800 calories a day is HUGE for me... but now I'm supposed to eat, what, all the time?!?! I already have food scheduled every 3 hours or so! WTF PEOPLE?!?!?!?!
*breathe... remember to breathe*
Okay, but at least I can eat and drink a little bit. I am thankful for that. My other incisions are healing well. My PICC line hole is almost healed. My stomach PEJ tube incision is nicely pink and flat. I do have things I'm greatful for... but damn, can this be over now??
Soooo, yeah, too much scar tissue. I need to have an outpatient surgical procedure to get under my skin and scrape the excess scar tissue away to let that point loosen up enough that it doesn't cause me any pain. The surgeon said it would be a "cosmetic" procedure, except that at the moment it HURTS, so that makes it a "medically necessary" procedure and my insurance company shouldn't have a problem with it.
I'm going on Friday the 13th (lucky me) for a CAT scan of my abdomen to make sure that there isn't any other problems hiding in there... I hate the CAT scan. They expect me to go pick up barium to drink and ingest 2 full bottles before the 10am procedure. I warned them that I have a limited capacity for liquids and I'll be lucky to choke down 2 ounces, but I doubt they'll listen again. I hate having to be bitchy and stubborn at people, but they seem to make me... *shrugs*
Anywho, Walgreen's Infusion Services finally came out yesterday and picked up the IV pump, charger, and the fashionable little black backpacks from my PICC line adventure. They told me to dispose of the rest of the stuff. Now i feel bad about all the syringes of saline, nursing supplies, alcohol pads, etc, that I'm stuck with... I hate wasting stuff. I'm going to see if I can find someone that needs it or something... I really feel horrible about throwing all that medical stuff away...
So, the adventure continues. I'm not allowed back to work until this pain thing is straightened out and I can get off of the dreaded liquid pain meds. According to the nutritionist (January 3rd), I'm supposed to start on solids by now and I should be consuming 1200 calories a day. I have to admit, I actually laughed in her face. I kinda feel bad about it, in retrospect... But I did. I think my history allows me to be rather gun shy about eating. Solids scare the hell out of me right now. Yeah, no. Not happening. And I'm struggling every day for 500-800 calories. I can't imagine how to eat 1200. I'm not eating "light" food or "fat free" stuff, I figure my body cant process enough food to be worried about eating "light." Getting in 800 calories a day is HUGE for me... but now I'm supposed to eat, what, all the time?!?! I already have food scheduled every 3 hours or so! WTF PEOPLE?!?!?!?!
*breathe... remember to breathe*
Okay, but at least I can eat and drink a little bit. I am thankful for that. My other incisions are healing well. My PICC line hole is almost healed. My stomach PEJ tube incision is nicely pink and flat. I do have things I'm greatful for... but damn, can this be over now??
Goodness gracious you sure are experiencing a lot! I really hope you get better soon and can have some peace and quiet in your life with no hospital visits!
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