Hi everyone, I'm doing okay.
I'm sorry I haven't been on, I had a few complications and a lot of extreme pain (not common). I also had a reaction to two of the pain killers they tried on me, but now I'm on another that works fine. I was a wreck for a long while, but I'm doing much better now and finally can get up and do things, etc. Still hurt a lot, but healing nicely.
The other girls had no issues with their surgeries or pain, so that's good. I didn't have so many issues with surgery, it was mostly after. I got a lot of fevers, reactions to the pain meds, felt a lot more pain that most people (happens 1 in 100 people), and had some peeing problems for the first bit. Also, I couldn't eat for a bit cause I would puke everything back up, so that made me pretty weak -- that cleared up now, so I'm eating again and starting to gain some strength. And all of the rest of the probs have cleared up. The pain is starting to calm down a bit. I'm now walking around, and sitting some. I'm healing pretty good.
And yes, Dr. Brassard is cute. He checked up on me a lot, and the staff were good at taking care of me because I was quite the wreck. I'm very happy that I'm doing a lot better now. Still a lot more to go, but recovering now.
I go home on thursday. I'm glad that finally, tonight, I've been able to sit down for a little bit -- I'm hoping I can sit down for the flight home, and it looks like I will be able too. Most people can by now, but with me I had problems sitting, standing, walking, and moving in general.
So, most people don't have many issues and usually won't have issues like I have -- even Brassard says it only happens here and here, so it's not common. But if it does happen, know that you'll be well taken care of. It's good that there's staff here, because if I was in a hotel or something like that I'd probably be much sicker as I ended up being bed ridden for a while. It's nice to finally be able to move around, talk to people, eat, and function. The pain sux, but i'm glad that it's starting to go away enough for me to do things.
Brassard told me that it's pretty good that I'd still smile when he came to see me despite having one problem after the other.
--natalie
