All Done And Dusted

Well that's it, both operations are now done. 

I'm really glad they are over and done with, but the recovery has been and still is extremely difficult. Having two surgeries in less than five weeks was probably not my best of ideas but that's all done now and I can finally concentrate on getting myself better.

I had my knee surgery yesterday and it was so easy in comparison to my gall bladder surgery, in fact I awoke from the operation and was in more pain with my stomach area than my knee. I was in a private hospital (under the NHS) and the atmosphere was so much more relaxed. I was looked after well and even got a lovely sandwich platter and pot of coffee and milk and a choice of sugars later on in the evening. I didn't stay in overnight, although I wouldn't have minded. I had my own ensuite room to recover in and in general everyone was very supportive. My consultant and anaesthetist checked in with me before and after surgery and overall it was as good an experience as surgery could be. I was later gutted to find out I could have opted to have my gall bladder surgery there too. If only someone would have told me.

I'm a little spaced out right now on post anaesthesia and dihydrocodeine so this post may not be the most well planned and might be a bit all over the place. I think I will probably be falling asleep very soon. I have to rest and wear some ever so unsexy full leg stockings for two weeks, I have crutches which I cannot use at all (it's quite comical to watch I imagine), and three more weeks off work. The hardest thing is moving about. Before, I used my legs to support my weakened upper body and stomach muscles. Now I'm having to use those muscles to help my leg move, but because they are still healing they get sore very quickly.

I seem to be slipping into a medication induced drowsy state so I will leave this here for now. From now on the only direction I want to go is forward. I have a few more issues I need to face first which I wanted to write about here but simply don't have the energy and it will probably be better in a post of its own anyway.

zzz... zzz...ZZZ... lol xx