- Having surgery can make you gain 13 lbs of air and water.
- Hernia repairs make you feel like you have done a gazillion sit ups by the time you get to about day 6 after surgery, before then the pain is like a hot searing knife cutting through your abdomen every time you move.
- You cannot sleep on your side with any amount of comfort.
- Air, okay, gas, moving through your bowels, hurts, it’s worse right after surgery, but even on day 7 after surgery, it hurts!
- You cannot get up or sit down without supporting your tummy. A pillow works better than that stupid elastic binder that they give you.
- Glued up incisions heal a lot faster than stitches and they don’t pull as much either.
- When can’t shower for four days, a shower is like heaven!
- When you haven’t shaved your legs for more than eight days, your legs become soft like a mouse and you wonder if you are actually going to shave them again, then you look at them and decide that you can’t take it anymore. By the way, it takes a lot longer to shave a leg that hasn’t been shaved in over eight days.
- You get out of doing a lot of stuff after having surgery.
- You get to take great pain killers that make you silly and loopy. They also make you sleep a lot and that’s not a bad thing.
- You might get constipated. Pooping is good and you don’t want to be constipated after having major abdominal surgery. I recommend lots of water, fiber, and colace!
I have probably told you all a lot of information that you didn’t want to know, ever, but my mind is still not up to reading, listening, or retaining information so this is the type of blog post you get. One of these days I will get back to normal!
