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ORIGINAL: Vendaval

Hi Popeye,

Thank you for letting us know how you are doing. Do take it easy and be patient with your body. You can always have books, puzzles, games, movies, etc ordered to your house from Amazon or another Online store.

Take care,

Vendaval

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

Well, I've been out of the hospital for three weeks yesterday.
The handout that the surgeon's office gave me said I'd be able to do normal activities within 3-6 weeks.
I saw him last wed. and he said it would be "six weeks to three months" to recover.
I still have pain abdominally, from the incision and from scar tissue. My g.i. tract slowed down markedly for the first few weeks and he gave me a script for stool softeners and I was talking to a friend who's a N.P. and she said the same thing.
One thing that's a problem is that I tire easily. I'll go to the market, come home, put the groceries away and find myself exhausted!
I'll hit the couch and nod out for an hour or two. I just feel "drained."
It's a real chore trying to get any info from surgeons! The clock starts ticking the minute they open the door and you have about two minutes to extract whatever info from them you can get. They're backing up towards the door as they're reading your chart!
I had a bunch of questions to ask but all I got was "stool softeners" and "you're going to get better."
I'm used to healing fast! My cat will put a deep scratch on my arm and it's gone in 2-3 days. A nurse friend told me that my immune system is "incredable."
She said it took her a week to heel a scratch. I just never figured I'd be so tired from all this but this same nurse told me it's a big assault on the body to have major surgery. I'm just used to bouncing back fast from injuries/ sickness so all this is differant to be sure.
I probably made lite of it but a colecetomy (removal of 18 inches of large intestine) really is a major operation.
Anyone else in here have any stories of recuperating from major surgery, how you felt, how long it took etc?

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

Well, I've been out of the hospital for three weeks yesterday.
The handout that the surgeon's office gave me said I'd be able to do normal activities within 3-6 weeks.
I saw him last wed. and he said it would be "six weeks to three months" to recover.
I still have pain abdominally, from the incision and from scar tissue. My g.i. tract slowed down markedly for the first few weeks and he gave me a script for stool softeners and I was talking to a friend who's a N.P. and she said the same thing.
One thing that's a problem is that I tire easily. I'll go to the market, come home, put the groceries away and find myself exhausted!
I'll hit the couch and nod out for an hour or two. I just feel "drained."
It's a real chore trying to get any info from surgeons! The clock starts ticking the minute they open the door and you have about two minutes to extract whatever info from them you can get. They're backing up towards the door as they're reading your chart!
I had a bunch of questions to ask but all I got was "stool softeners" and "you're going to get better."
I'm used to healing fast! My cat will put a deep scratch on my arm and it's gone in 2-3 days. A nurse friend told me that my immune system is "incredable."
She said it took her a week to heel a scratch. I just never figured I'd be so tired from all this but this same nurse told me it's a big assault on the body to have major surgery. I'm just used to bouncing back fast from injuries/ sickness so all this is differant to be sure.
I probably made lite of it but a colecetomy (removal of 18 inches of large intestine) really is a major operation.
Anyone else in here have any stories of recuperating from major surgery, how you felt, how long it took etc?