Hospital Appointment Today

Today is the one year anniversary of my surgery – the lovely & brutal one which sent me into ICU for 5 days, completely unconscious.
Anywho, today it was with the Uro-Gynecologist, Dr Lee from Sunnybrook. She and Dr Herschorn worked on a joint surgery for me – performing several procedures all at once. According to [...]

Nurse

Kim rang yesterday. She is not discharging me today. She is being a worry-wart and won’t discharge me until I see my surgeon in mid-October; until then I get the pleasure of seeing Kim’s happy, shiny face once a week.

My Hole

Kim, my nurse, showed up today to check on any potential damage done to my hole while I was away on holidays.
Good news! The hole is closed and Kim will be discharging me this coming Friday.
Huzzah!

Quietly Optimistic

Kim visited today, for my dressing. We are going to reduce it down to 5 visits per week. In the space of 4 days the hole has shrunk 0.2cm. I am quietly optimistic.
Thankfully the bleeding stopped on Friday from the Resident making the incision on Wednesday. Abdominal pain has lessened, and yet I am not [...]

Back from the Hospital

… had my bi-monthly post-op visit with my surgeon. I shared with him that I am not happy with how slow it is taking my hole to heal. After listening to my lament he ordered his 3rd Year Resident to open up the hole a little — 3mm in fact.
Now my tummy hurts. I want [...]

The Hole

Kim measured it today and I now have to share the happy news – which hopefully should make Geeklawyer sigh with relief and gratitude.
The hole has gone from 1.8cm to 1.2c in the space of a week.
If I didn’t jiggle too much I would be prancing about like a fairy.

Wound Care Nurse

Huzzah! I have an appointment on Monday for a Wound Care Nurse to take a look at my wee little hole that refuses, rather stubbornly, to close.
Hopefully she can recommend a treatment program for the hole so that it can close much more quickly.
I swear, the pace of closure of this pesky hole is slower [...]

Hole

damn it, it’s still 1.8cm.
Geeklawyer, Ruthie, Cantrell – be prepared! Looks like I might be needing help with the dressing.