Hi All,

I thought some people might appreciate seeing photos of how you are rigged up once back on the ward.

I know that I wondered how many dressings and tubes I would have, so here you go. This is me feeling pretty darned good for the morning after.

Pics are: Me and my morphine button!

Drips in left arm

Tummy dressings

Sexy inflatable boots giving me a massage

Amount of Water I'm allowed per hour

Hope this helps someone!

xxxx

I have bruises everywhere I was touched, but the worst ones are where the blood pressure cuff went. I've been getting cuff bruises for years so that's not new. The strangest is a bruise on one of my breasts. Huh?

When we are under anesthesia they have to move our bodies for us - so they are tugging and pulling on us in all kinds of ways. Most likely where the obscure bruises are coming from. Then we can also get drainage bruises, so where we have been injured in one spot, it can sort of "leak down" to somewhere below when we are again standing up.

Just a little something I learned from something a long time ago.

Either way, it's so nice to see you're doing excellent two steps! The weight melting off is so worth it in exchange for all the bruises and all the terribleness of the first few days of surgery!!:001_unsure:

COngrats on your surgery! I'm very visual and love taking pics of my various procedures as well..so it was lovely to see yours.

When we are under anesthesia they have to move our bodies for us - so they are tugging and pulling on us in all kinds of ways. Most likely where the obscure bruises are coming from.

Ahh yeah I guess that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation!

When I saw my GP yesterday she noted that my rib cage and sternum area is very tender to the touch. Although there is no bruising on the surface she thinks that some sort of chest injury is contributing to these chest pains I've been having.

Who knows? They seem a little better today anyhow

Walk round the park, here I come!

xxx