Yesterday was my hernia surgery. I have been preparing myself for this by concentrating on extra abdominal exercises to strengthen them up. My hope is it will make recovery faster.
I went in for a 7:45am surgery and everything was on schedule. When my surgery was over the doctor went out to update my husband. He told him surgery was a success and that there was actually 3 hernias he had to fixed instead of the original thought being 2.
I woke up great to the anesthesia and they numbed up my abdomen so I was feeling ok. On the way home I could feel the numbness wearing off and every bump in the road was starting to feel uncomfortable. We filled my pain medication and went home.
Getting out of the car was starting to hurt and as for waking I couldn't wait to get inside. My husband helped me get upstairs to my bedroom. Once I finally made it upstairs I realized I won't be going back down anytime soon. As the night went on the more the muscles in my abdomen hurt with every move. My husband had to help me get up, he basically just lifted me so I didn't have to use any muscles. It hurts so much just to stand up straight to walk. Man, you don't realize how much you use your ab muscles with every move until you can't. I'm using an ice pack for swelling (which by the way feels so good) and I am taking ibuprofen and hydrocodon on schedule. It seems to be helping a little. The hydrocodon seems to just help relax me so I can get comfortable. I am also taking some antioxidant with a probiotic to help my immune system.
This morning I was able to get up on my own carefully by maneuvering around to a sitting position then using my leg muscles to push me to stand. I was able to walk around slowly, get dressed and brush my teeth myself. Still hurting lots but I'm determined to get better soon and to stop using medication and using the gotu kola.
So another day of healing begins.........its going on just 24 hours since I had surgery.
Salute to living healthier!!
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