I just had an emergency appendectomy! Ask me anything!

[donco6]

Being in the hospital really, really, REALLY sucks.

[bigwillq]

1. Did they give you any drugs after surgery?

Hope you feel better soon! :hug:

[donco6]

4. Good drugs, dood grugs . . . ooh look at the flower . . .

yeah, I've been taking Darvocet. Nice stuff. Still a bit painful, though - doesn't take it out completely.

[bigwillq]

7. Well at least you're on the way to recovering

Are you out of the hospital?

Couldn't get it from your post. You said "Being in the hospital sucks" don't know if that was past tense or not.

[donco6]

22. Past tense yes.

Man, I could give them a hint or two.

One - do you really have to wake people up every frickin' hour on the hour to take vitals? I'm trying to SLEEP! And I can't move or turn or adjust my pillow or anything, and getting to sleep is a blessing!

Two - if you're going to have a conversation about how tired you are, don't do it outside my fucking door! Yes I can hear everything!

Three - And those phones - do they have to be turned up full volume? RING RING RING all night long.

Four - the food wasn't all that bad. Really. I had a pretty good piece of pizza

Five - When I came out of post op and you went over those instructions on using the bed and how to call the nurse - I was REALLY REALLY out of it! Could you run that stuff by me one more time?

[goodboy]

8. that was my question...dammit!!!

I hope you feel better soon.

[bigwillq]

9. Well then just think of another one Dammitt!

:hi:

[goodboy]

12. which side is your appendix on anyway?

[bigwillq]

15. I think it's on the right side

But don't ask me, I'm not the one that just had mine out!:)

[goodboy]

20. What symptoms did you have before they diagnosed you with

appendicitis?

[donco6]

23. It started with a general discomfort feeling.

Honestly, I thought I was just constipated. I'd been at a convention for about three days, and sometimes that can be - ahem - an issue for me. But about 4:00 p.m. it started getting a lot more painful, focused on the right lower abdomen. By 8:00 I was on the floor moaning. Called the nurse, she told us to get into the emergency room. Had a CAT scan that confirmed inflammation. Set up surgery and was in pre-op by 2:00 a.m.

It happened really fast.

[goodboy]

25. were you sick? or in extreme pain?

[donco6]

27. Not really "sick". Just felt WRONG somehow.

I guess that's pretty common with appendicitis - it can show up in lots of different ways - pain in the back, chest, sides, fever, flu-like - I didn't have any of that. Just an intensely full bloaty feeling and sharp pain when I touched my lower right abdomen.

[donco6]

16. It is on the RIGHT.

and that's my final answer.

[goodboy]

17. right side for 1 million dollars, Donco6, who has graciously donated

every penny to DU! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[donco6]

19. And the way I feel right now, I WOULD!

Life is beautiful with my little white pills.

[goodboy]

14. what do you think of these song lyrics?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2196359

[Cuban_Liberal]

2. Eek!

Glad you're home. How are ya feelin'?

:hug:

[Us vs Them]

3. Did they let you keep it?

In a little jar. Like a science experiment?

[donco6]

6. Nope! Guess it just "went away"

Damn thing - and good riddance I say. Had me lying on the floor of my office for about an hour before I finally got hubby to come upstairs and find me.

[Kali]

26. no way

its "medical waste" and you really have to push if you want any of YOUR body back! I got my gall stones but they would'nt give me the bladder. My son had to have an appendectomy because he swallowed a watch battery and that is where they thought it lodged - they missed the battery and still wouldn't give us the appendix. Hard to get your stuff back from the hospital....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. They have Internet access in hospitals now? (nt)

[donco6]

13. Ha! Well, "just had" is a relative term

Actually it was on Monday at 2:30 a.m. Got out of the hospital two days later. Been at home drugged out till now. Just a little less drugged out.

[KittyWampus]

10. Did You Get Jello?

jello always makes me think of being in hospital.

[donco6]

18. Yes, and on the menu it was called "yellow"

"Yellow Jello".

Not lemon, not pineapple, just "yellow"

A little scary.

[Spinzonner]

11. Shouldnt you have included

this as an Appendix to some other post ?

[Contrary1]

21. Glad to hear

you are feeling better. I had mine removed
in 1954, when I was all of 3 years old. At
the time, I was the youngest on record in
Indianapolis for having an appendectomy.

That's a hell of a claim to fame...ain't it?
Oh well, you go with what you got.

Good luck!

[donco6]

24. I'm lucky

My hubby had his out when he was in high school. Big incision, many days in hospital. I have three little cuts (but they still hurt like hell), and was out in two days. Most are out in one. We've come a long way.

[gollygee]

28. Were they able to do the laproscopic procedure

I know that's spelled wrong, but the one where they make a few itty bitty incisions instead of a great big one.

Glad you're feeling better!