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SRS with Dr. Brassard October 12 2016

Started by jujubes1986, September 12, 2016, 07:22:45 PM

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Cure Bunny

Quote from: jujubes1986 on October 14, 2016, 01:03:08 PM
Just had lunch... they prepared spaghetti for lunch with meat sauce...

One thing I'm not fond of at the moment is that feeling when your emptying your bladder it give you that sucking feeling and it's uncomfortable... they gave us stool softeners to make us poo but I don't have to go yet... been farting a lot tho...


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You will go when you go, drink lots of water.
That is one thing I didn't do, eat enough. But I was  so tired.

But you seem to be bouncing back with a great pace, plus your BF will keep company.

Sounds like a great time.

Stay shiny.


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Cure Bunny

Quote from: jujubes1986 on October 14, 2016, 09:07:32 AM



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207 was not one of the beds I had.
But brings back good memories


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islandgirl

So glad that you are making progress! Yes, ice is nice. I bet that will be happening for quite awhile yet. How are you dealing with the stairs? 'Meat sauce!' I guess I will have to have the discussion about being a vegetarian! Nice that your will have lots of company in the house!

As for peeing- this is one aspect of the surgery that I have been worrying about.

Hugs,
Kelly

(I did phone the office again yesterday. my file is with the surgical team for review. Waiting game)
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jfong

Quote from: islandgirl on October 14, 2016, 04:28:18 PM
So glad that you are making progress! Yes, ice is nice. I bet that will be happening for quite awhile yet. How are you dealing with the stairs? 'Meat sauce!' I guess I will have to have the discussion about being a vegetarian! Nice that your will have lots of company in the house!

As for peeing- this is one aspect of the surgery that I have been worrying about.

Hugs,
Kelly

(I did phone the office again yesterday. my file is with the surgical team for review. Waiting game)
They will ask you to fill a form on your dietary restriction before you head there. So no worries on being vegetarian.

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islandgirl

Thanks. I thought that they would do this. Like any hospital, they have to deal with the dietary needs of all patients.
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jujubes1986

Quote from: islandgirl on October 14, 2016, 04:28:18 PM
So glad that you are making progress! Yes, ice is nice. I bet that will be happening for quite awhile yet. How are you dealing with the stairs? 'Meat sauce!' I guess I will have to have the discussion about being a vegetarian! Nice that your will have lots of company in the house!

As for peeing- this is one aspect of the surgery that I have been worrying about.

Hugs,
Kelly

(I did phone the office again yesterday. my file is with the surgical team for review. Waiting game)
Yea they ask you if you are allergic to anything and if you are vegetarian... one girl was allergic to mushroom so Florence made a totally different batch of sauce for her with no mushroom... the stairs are fine... in the clinic they make sure that you can walk freely on your own without getting dizzy... they'll make you do laps around the nurses station... one advice I can give you is communicate with the nurse... if you are in pain call the nurse ask for pain meds... don't wait till the pain is unbearable... the first night the pain will be unbearable... so ask the nurse right away for pain meds so it'll kick in and you won't have to feel the... I was the dumb one... I ask too late and once they give me the pain meds i was already in so much pain and the pain meds take awhile... so yea... communicate with the nurses... they are there to help you...


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Stephenie S

Nice to see you have come through the surgery okay.
How has your experience been overall?
What are the nurses like?
Anything I have ever found about Dr Brassard has been positive and people are happy with their results.
I have my paperwork waiting to be looked at by the clinical nurse there.
They told me this two weeks ago when I called and said it would be a few weeks until a call back.
Wondering if I should call on Monday to see whats up?
I hope your recovery continues to go well!
I've always imagined the arriving home part of the journey as being an awesome feeling.
Can't wait to hear your thoughts on that day!
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islandgirl

Hi Stephenie! Mine has been in since June. The file finally went to the nurse second week of August, just before their holiday. I phoned in September and again yesterday. Still waiting. I believe that my file is progressing through their system. I had expected to hear from them by now, after being told the same as you that it be in about a month. I guess 'a few weeks' is relative. Still excited and looking forward to having the surgery. I did get told that the surgery date would probably be six to eight months after decision is made.

Hang in their. Hugs
Kelly
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jujubes1986

Quote from: Stephenie S on October 14, 2016, 07:04:09 PM
Nice to see you have come through the surgery okay.
How has your experience been overall?
What are the nurses like?
Anything I have ever found about Dr Brassard has been positive and people are happy with their results.
I have my paperwork waiting to be looked at by the clinical nurse there.
They told me this two weeks ago when I called and said it would be a few weeks until a call back.
Wondering if I should call on Monday to see whats up?
I hope your recovery continues to go well!
I've always imagined the arriving home part of the journey as being an awesome feeling.
Can't wait to hear your thoughts on that day!
The staff/nurses/nurses aide are fantastic... they are there to help you to make you feel comfortable... the first night of the surgery you have to communicate with them especially when it comes to pain... do not be afraid to tell them anything... they are there to make you feel comfortable... I'm waiting for the reveal on Sunday.... but the real result won't be at least in six months... but he said I have 6 inches depth so I'm gonna do my dilation properly so I keep that depth


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Stephenie S

Hey, I am glad that you are getting wonderful treatment. I love the pics you shared of your room. I guess I will get there sometime next year. Just wish I knew when. I hope you continue to do well.
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LizK

Quote from: jujubes1986 on October 14, 2016, 01:03:08 PM
Just had lunch... they prepared spaghetti for lunch with meat sauce...

One thing I'm not fond of at the moment is that feeling when your emptying your bladder it give you that sucking feeling and it's uncomfortable... they gave us stool softeners to make us poo but I don't have to go yet... been farting a lot tho...


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Glad to see you are up and about and all the "back end noise" is an excellent sign :D...not that I am an expert here.

Thanks for sharing such valuable information and look forward to plenty more updates

Hugs

Liz

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jujubes1986

Last night October 14 night time was a bit stressful... had miscommunication with one of the nurse... she said to me she was gonna give me sleeping pills at 11pm and pain meds at 10pm... she gave me pain meds but she didn't give me sleeping pills... so at around midnight I was wondering where she was... I phoned downstairs and they said it's past midnight they can't give me my sleeping pills... the stent and catheter is so uncomfortable I couldn't sleep... I exerted myself too much I think moving around finding a comfortable way to sleep... I finally asked for another pain meds at 5am I was able to. Sleep... woke up in a lot of pain for breakfast... I wasn't allowed to take any pain meds cuz I just took pain meds at 5am... I emptied my bladder ate my bfast in pain took other meds except pain meds and went back upstairs to sleep and put ice on my bits... miscommunication sucks... stress isn't good when you are healing...


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islandgirl

Sorry to hear about your bad night! Hopefully you can clear up the communication with the nurse so that you can get a better sleep tonight. My experience with surgeries in general is that it is common to find one's self over exerting  at first. Feeling the euphoria of completion and all. Then the pain hits. Pacing activity is important. Recovery will happen. I know that it is hard to harass the excitement. Many Hugs

Kelly
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jujubes1986

Quote from: Stephenie S on October 14, 2016, 10:23:52 PM
Hey, I am glad that you are getting wonderful treatment. I love the pics you shared of your room. I guess I will get there sometime next year. Just wish I knew when. I hope you continue to do well.
I'm sure they will call you soon!


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jujubes1986

Yay! I finally pooped tonight!

Nothing much happened today...  but last night there was a miscommunication with me and one of the nurse... I asked for a sleeping pill she said she'll come up and bring it to me at 11pm and pain meds at 10pm... she's brought pain meds but not sleeping pill... when I noticed it was already midnight... I called downstairs and ask for my sleeping pill but they said I called too late and they have a protocol that they can't give out sleeping pill after midnight... so I didn't sleep last night... I was cranky hot cold I was pissed cuz I wanted to sleep... around 5am they gave me pain meds and I was able to sleep till breakfast... when I woke up I was in so much pain but couldn't give me pain meds because they just gave me some at 5am so I had to endure pain... when I peed... there was 2 blood clot that came out I got scared and asked the nurse... she said I might have tugged on the catheter last night and I might have exerted myself... 2nd worst night in Montreal... I just want this experience to be over...

On the bright side tomorrow after breakfast I get to see my vagina... and I got to ice it... lol it'll be all swollen..

That's all for now...


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Dena

Congratulations on pooping, that makes everything so much better. As for sleeping, at least you didn't have my room. I was finding it difficult sleeping because I was restricted to bed for 6 days and when you don't move around, you don't get very tired. I would struggle to get some sleep and just about the time I got an hour or so, somebody would decide to enter the room on the other side of the hall from me and start cleaning the metal bed pans. They made enough racket to wake half the hospital and they sure kept me awake. I think for those 6 nights I was getting about 2 hours of sleep a night.

It's funny in hind site but not real funny when you are going through it but I suspect in a few days, thing will start getting better. 
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mac1

Congratulations.  I think it is great when a girl finally gets her ultimate desire.
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jujubes1986

Shooting pain around the clitoris
Area then it throbs... I can feel a lot of swelling when I woke up... and had to take pain meds for the shooting pain... had a good a goodnight sleep tho! Just waiting for bfast!


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jujubes1986

So after breakfast today... the dressing came off and I was finally able to shower... it looks pretty scary... the clit has a blood clot on it and it'll fall off on its own... put poly spirit and now I'm just icing it... nurse said that it's not a swollen... she said it looks right!


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MamonoQueen

Quote from: jujubes1986 on October 16, 2016, 09:21:49 AM
So after breakfast today... the dressing came off and I was finally able to shower... it looks pretty scary... the clit has a blood clot on it and it'll fall off on its own... put poly spirit and now I'm just icing it... nurse said that it's not a swollen... she said it looks right!


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Make sure you keep up with your icing today or it will still swell up a lot! It's not a big deal if it swells though, just less comfortable

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