Hi Sistas old & New:
Thanks for your support. I don't think I posted all my troubles, but starting too feel better every day, altho, physically I am miserable. It will probably get better, soon. Have to go Thursday & have some sutures removed.
About 3 days after surgery, my hemoglobin started a downhill slide (probably from blood loss during surgery). So they messed around till about Tuesday, then decided to give me a couple units of blood. I was all set to come home Tuesday, then they wouldn't let me go.
Hgb had come back up, but was still low, so they let me come home Wed. Taking nasty iron caplets now
- go to dr Tues for recheck of blood.
I was allergic to the tape they used on my bandages, and broke out in big blisters where tape was. I still have one really big spot on my butt, more itchy now than anything else.
All in all, I don't recommend the recovery period from this surgery, but already I don't have the bad pain in my back that I had before. My left leg was a little weak & numb, but that is getting better. I haven't weighed yet, because I'm so swollen (back, legs, feet). So when that goes down, who knows how much i'll weigh?
Sorry this has gotten to be such a novel, but I haven't talked to any of the Sistas since Dec 22, I have a lot to say.
Thanks everyone for thinking of me...the Sistas are always here for each other. I love you guys