I am about 4 weeks TVH from a butcher in California who pretty much kicked me out the following morning with no pain meds and no dc instructions, except to say "NO SEX and NO JACUZZI for 6 weeks" and left. I was wondering, is that no sex in a jacuzzi, no jacuzzi sex, no sex and a jacuzzi or where my next 6 weeks just going to be hell?
Well, it's Hell. Hell has hardwood floors, a cute car that you can't drive, a dog who loves you but won't come near you, lot';s of mini pads and ruined panties, lot's of sleepless nites respendent with musical gas,, no appetite, hair that falls out in clumps, no energy, pelvic pain and cramping and a bladder that feels like a tether ball during recess. Since my original Doc is a woman of few words that are mumbled as your leaving her office like a reading for the "rainman" movie..."since you have a cardiac insufficiency you will need an additional antibiotic prior to this train wreck" and with that she snaps up her papers is out the door.
My surgery and it's aftermath are documented on this site. Tonight I am in New Orleans staying at my Mom in Laws huge lovely home alone with my darling hubby. When I got here I was running a low grade temp, feeling lousy and no appetite. His college roomie is a Doc here so we went to his urgent care where they did an exam, discovered I had crotch rot with green and clotty discharge, a temp and sent me to the nearest GH for a CT scan with contrast. 3 hours later I have about a 4 cm absess where my uterus used to be, GAS FORMING and they are surprised I don't have a higher temp or in more pain.
Slapped into a lovely private room, on Zosyn q 6 hours with MS IVP PRN, my blood pressure is high, my c reactive protien is VERY high indicating an acute infection. I finally fall asleep and into the routine. Up at 6 for vitals, food trays like clockwork, here it's eggs, bacon, bisquit and gravy and grits. I finally got the dietition to order mt the veggie plate which was fruit and veggies with juices. They were wonderful to me.
The antibiotic regiment did not shrink this absess and the OB on call went downtown to poke around, trying to drain this bad boy, without any anestheshia. I had ENOUGH after 10 minutes and wimped out, still having nasty clots and blood draining even though she says me sutures are intact and the nasty smell is gone. They wanted to keep me there until my plane left for California tomorrow even though this absess is getting bigger and the antibiotics are not affecting it.
Got a copy of my medical records. CT scan with IV and PO contrast also shows a lesion on an ovary as well a a 4 mm nodule on my right anterior lung base. Liver, gall bladder and pancreas all look normal, no other mention of lymph node involvement, I am far away from home, from my peers and friends, you guys are it, I am weak, now having low grade temp, shakey and pelvic tenderness. Gotta fly home tomorrow and follow this up. I feel in my heart and soul that the masses are just the beginning, I'n not getting better, I won't be getting better and when I come home I better set my affairs in order. This is sad. I'm also pretty angry and have little trust in the medical profession. They could have shared this information about the ovary mass and lung nodule. Is it common? Is it scar tissue? 4 mm is pretty big to be hanging around your lung. I am 48 years old, I am starting a new life, should I just wrap this one up and call it a dirt nap? Can I go back to work, ever?
I hate being a burden on everyone. You guys can take it and I value your advise. I don't want to end stage burden my friends, my husband, my family.
