Fiona444
senior
Hello all on this side!
After a nerve wracking morning i met with the surgeon who was lovely and suggested a spinal. Then the anaesthetist came to see me and said if he was having the op he would have a general! He said because i was so fit i would be unlikely to have any issues and he would load me up with pain relief before i came round. He wnt through the pros and cons of both and i was sold on the general. I was a bit concerned about an injection in my spine i must admit.
Anyway when i came round I couldn’t remember where i was and kept saying im not ready for my operation . And then the most excruciating pain kicked in. My leg was cramping continuously and it was awful. They bumped up the morphine to the max dosebut it was about an hour until it started to ease. Apparently they used a tourniquet and it must have been the release of blood to the muscle.
I was taken back to my room and my hubby was there and was quite concerned with my level of pain. I have a pump that i was using every 5 minutes and after about an hour the cramp lessened. I was very afraid to move. I saw the doctor who wrote me up for some additional meds if needed and told me to use the pump often. By the time hubby came back at 6pm i was much more comfy. I tried to reduce my pump for a couple of hours but then started more pain but not the cramping and couldn’t get comfy. By this time i had used the whole pump up. The lovely nurse came and ran a bottle of paracetamol through my drip and gave me another full pump which has made me much more comfortable.
They are doing obs every hour which is down from every half hour. Blood pressure is a little low but not bad. I am allowed to use a commode which i have used 3 times and they seem impressed with how i am managing which is good.
It is 2am but i have had some snoozes. All in all despite the initial pain i feel good
After a nerve wracking morning i met with the surgeon who was lovely and suggested a spinal. Then the anaesthetist came to see me and said if he was having the op he would have a general! He said because i was so fit i would be unlikely to have any issues and he would load me up with pain relief before i came round. He wnt through the pros and cons of both and i was sold on the general. I was a bit concerned about an injection in my spine i must admit.
Anyway when i came round I couldn’t remember where i was and kept saying im not ready for my operation . And then the most excruciating pain kicked in. My leg was cramping continuously and it was awful. They bumped up the morphine to the max dosebut it was about an hour until it started to ease. Apparently they used a tourniquet and it must have been the release of blood to the muscle.
I was taken back to my room and my hubby was there and was quite concerned with my level of pain. I have a pump that i was using every 5 minutes and after about an hour the cramp lessened. I was very afraid to move. I saw the doctor who wrote me up for some additional meds if needed and told me to use the pump often. By the time hubby came back at 6pm i was much more comfy. I tried to reduce my pump for a couple of hours but then started more pain but not the cramping and couldn’t get comfy. By this time i had used the whole pump up. The lovely nurse came and ran a bottle of paracetamol through my drip and gave me another full pump which has made me much more comfortable.
They are doing obs every hour which is down from every half hour. Blood pressure is a little low but not bad. I am allowed to use a commode which i have used 3 times and they seem impressed with how i am managing which is good.
It is 2am but i have had some snoozes. All in all despite the initial pain i feel good