Guest guest Posted August 10, 2001 Report Share Posted August 10, 2001 Hi Lizbeth-- Mostly I was off line, too much pain when I sit up for long periods-- but I also started hanging out at the DS_USC group-- less contention, and a lot of smart post-ops. I try to check back in with this list and the other couple I sniff around-- but I seem to have lost track of most of the participants I was familiar with-- However, Now that I am staring down the barrel of the loaded DS surgery shotgun, support is becoming more important! My Panni incision came apart, no big surprise there, but we decided to use a VAC machine to help move the closure along, so I ended up stuck in USC's version of a convalescent hospital for three weeks to manage the machinery, the dressing changes (requires Morphine, really painful because the sponge thingy that the suction hose is in sticks like crazy to the wound edges)-- horrible food, no cable TV, like being in prison . BUT, the upside is the incision was 31 inches long and 5-6 inches deep and in the three weeks, it shrank to 31 inches and 2 inches deep. Not to mention the 20 additional pounds I lost because the lousy food actually succeeded in putting me off my feeds- something that only love gone wrong ever did in the past ( well, for about 6 hours maybe). Now, at 8 weeks out, it is 29 inches and a half to one inches deep. I go back to Dr. A on 8/20 and we should be setting a date for the DS then. How's it going with you? Nan E., waiting in CA for the Big surgery. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2001 Report Share Posted August 10, 2001 Hi Lizbeth-- Mostly I was off line, too much pain when I sit up for long periods-- but I also started hanging out at the DS_USC group-- less contention, and a lot of smart post-ops. I try to check back in with this list and the other couple I sniff around-- but I seem to have lost track of most of the participants I was familiar with-- However, Now that I am staring down the barrel of the loaded DS surgery shotgun, support is becoming more important! My Panni incision came apart, no big surprise there, but we decided to use a VAC machine to help move the closure along, so I ended up stuck in USC's version of a convalescent hospital for three weeks to manage the machinery, the dressing changes (requires Morphine, really painful because the sponge thingy that the suction hose is in sticks like crazy to the wound edges)-- horrible food, no cable TV, like being in prison . BUT, the upside is the incision was 31 inches long and 5-6 inches deep and in the three weeks, it shrank to 31 inches and 2 inches deep. Not to mention the 20 additional pounds I lost because the lousy food actually succeeded in putting me off my feeds- something that only love gone wrong ever did in the past ( well, for about 6 hours maybe). Now, at 8 weeks out, it is 29 inches and a half to one inches deep. I go back to Dr. A on 8/20 and we should be setting a date for the DS then. How's it going with you? Nan E., waiting in CA for the Big surgery. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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