Recovering

[Rod]

Last Tuesday I had my first Laparoscopic surgical procedure to repair bilateral inguinal hernias X 2.
Not only that but it was in a new surgical centre only 9 min from home that had only opened the day before. What an amazing experience. When they rolled me into the theatre it was like entering the science wing of a spaceship. My final thought as I lost consciousness was, it's just like a new car. You know, when everything is new and shiny, not because it's been thoroughly cleaned but because it's never been dirty. I was one of only two patients staying over night in a 30 bed ward so I got heaps of attention. The surgeon rang my wife personally after the op to tell her I was fine and all had gone well. The care was wonderful, the bed was comfortable even the food was okay and everything just worked. Obviously I'm home now and yes, there is some pain and discomfort plus bruising in some places I'm happy to say I've never been bruised before but they gave me plenty of pain killers on d/c so I've just got to "cope" with 3-4 days of bed rest.

So, I've updated my MBP (thanks Jake) and my iPhone, iPad an Watch as suggested and spending some pleasant time reading an writing on forums using my (new to me) iPhone 13 Pro Max.

 

[Randy B. Singer]

Get all better soon!

I used to be a surgical med tech. I'm blown away by how far medical technology has come. They don't even make big incisions for surgical procedures how. The incisions used to be the worse part of the heal ing process.

 

[Rod]

Thanks for your kind wishes. I agree, I've had both methods and despite the tenderness and referred pain from the inflation used in abdominal Laparoscopy no severed muscles, I've only got three tiny incisions covered with dressings the size of a BandAid no sutures at all.

 

[Slydude]

@Rod I'm glad you are on the mend and recovering at home now. Don't try to do too much too soon. Here's to a quick and complete recovery.

@Randy, I too marvel at some of the technological advances in medicine during my lifetime. This allows us to effectively treat conditions that would have significantly impacted quality of life. I had corneal transplant surgery in the late 1980s as an outpatient procedure. About a decade before that same surgery involved about a week of in-hospital recovery.

 

[chevyboy60013]

Hopefully you have had an uneventful recovery.

 

[Daviddalley66]

Wishing you a steady and peaceful recovery.

 

[toMACsh]

Good to have all your devices updated so that they can do the heavy lifting for you.

 

[IWT]

Rod, your description of what has clearly been a well organised and clinically excellent exercise, is in rather sharp contradiction with the NHS in the UK; most especially in North Wales (and many parts of England) as you probably know.

May I join with the other posts in wishing you a contented outcome and many happy days to look forward to.

Ian

 

[pm-r]

May I join with the other posts in wishing you a contented outcome and many happy days to look forward to.

Ditto. But I am sure you are at least back to normal, if not better, by now, considering it's been almost a year and a half since your Laparoscopic surgery. And I'm guessing that things are probably much better than they were before the surgery.



- Patrick
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