Ashton

Okay so here is my surgery story....it's a little different than most because I actually had complications. I was banded on 03/25/2011. I arrived at the hospital at 7:15 for a 9:30 surgery. They prepped me which included me taking a phenergan(spelling), inserting my iv,and giving me versed and more nausea meds in a shot in my rear end. I told my doctor that I had terrible nausea with previous operations so thats why they gave me so much nausea meds before hand. Anyway, around surgery time I was wheeled into the operating room where they put a mask over my face. Then next thing I knew I woke up to my nurse saying my name and asking about my pain level, which was around a 7. I was wheeled to another recovery room where I was helped to walk and put my clothes on. I did get really nauseous when trying to put my clothes on and was given even more nausea medicene. Around 2:00 pm I was allowed to go home. Once I got home I remember thinking "wow this is a piece of cake." I was walking around talking, laughing, on the computer. After the 3 day mark things took a horrible turn. I was in a ton of pain on my left side. It was like a spasm pain in between my belly button and my rib cage that would move up to my shoulder and cause it to cramp up. From day 3 to day 6 I sat up in a chair with no sleep because the pain was too much. I could not lay down because the pain intensyfied. So, I finally called my mom and had a complete breakdown. I had been out of pain medication for atleast 2 days and could not stand it anymore. My mom(whos a nurse)gave me pain meds and took me to the ER where they discovered i was severly dehydrated and had a collapsed lung and my white blood cell count was way up. I was admitted over night. The reason for the collapsed lung was my shallow breathing during the 4 days of horrific pain. They pumped fluids through me as fast as they could and loaded me up on pain meds. The surgeon came in and could not really explain why I was in so much pain except for perhaps there was slight trauma to my liver and my body was reacting by spazing out. So, the next day the nurse got me up walked me around, I already felt alot better. I was given different pain medication which worked so much better for me. My original surgeon gave me perqeset and the surgeon on call for my surgeon gave me Loratab, which work wonderfully. 3 weeks after my surgery I am back at work(finally) and feeling much better. I'm starting to see the benefits of the surgery vs. the horrors. So, just remember to breathe.