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LAVH - My story

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Surgery was at 11am. I was to arrive at the hospital at 8am. I got there and they had me in by 9:30 for surgery...wasn't expecting to go so quickly so I didn't even have time to be nervous! The last few things I remember was them saying here is something to relax you and here wear this hat and out I went.

Next thing I remember is them putting me in my room, in the baby ward. I didn't think much about it until I heard the babies cry, I don't understand why they do this. I understand that there are a bunch of OB-GYN nurses and you'll get good care but, for those that can't have babies it is very saddening, even DH said so. After 2 days of hearing the joys of birth and babies cry and others phones ring off the hook for congrats I had enough! I was quite grouchy by the time I left. Night one in my room went by pretty much drugged I had my morphine line and it wasn't doing much other than making me very groggy. I couldn't even open my eyes, just barely, they kept yelling at me to push my button every 10 minutes but how was I able to see the time, I didn't even have consciousnous! So that started to wear on my nerves! Then one said she would come push my button for me, but she never came back but one time. I had a really hard time getting my pain under control. I felt this surgery wasn't going to be completely easy but somewhat due to it being just laproscopy assisted vaginal, but it was a bit more than I had expected. Day two, my doc came in and said that what ever I wanted, the cath can come out per patient, walk per patient, etc., but I had this nurse come in at 7:30 am saying everything was wrong. They tried so hard to make me comfortable the night before, used a microwavable heating pad, propped my legs up in the center to help me relieve pressure from my stomach, etc. She comes in and says, oh this is a no no this is wrong that is wrong. You need to get off that pain pump, yadda yadda yadda. I pretty much hated her from the get go! But I was trying so hard to be nice. I wanted to get off the pain pump cause it was making me feel sicker. I was so groggy and out of it, I felt ill about it. So then she would say "oh you have better pain control." Well, you can only have pain meds every 3 hrs and it takes an hr for the pain meds to take hold, or at least for them to ok more, then of course she don't come back for that hour and then it takes her another 10-15 min to go get the meds, so then you're looking at a good amount of time in discomfort. I had an awful experience trying to get off the cath, I at first didn't know I would have a problem, but when it came time to pee, no way nothing. I felt I had to go sooo bad but nothing would come out. It would get to the point of coming then nothing I mean, almost felt like I could pee but nothing would come out! My nurse that I didn't care for kept saying the cath just came out an hour ago, there is no way you have to go and your intake hasn't been enough. Well I beg to differ I had to go bad! She wouldn't listen, she gave me my pain pills and within an hour I still hurt so bad. I laid their balling, crying, moaning. I had to pee so bad. Some poor student nurse came in to give me something to eat and I scared the wits out of her. She went and got my nurse and they decided to straight cath me, where they just drain off and don't leave in, and they got 700 cc.'s worth of urine which is close to 6 cups of urine. I had sudden instant relief! My parents came to visit and I had to go within an hour and a half. My other nurse came in and I told her I had to go again and nothing was coming out she also said time wise and intake wise not enough. I told her I didn't want to get that bad again to please go tell my nurse. She left. I was due for a pain pill at 3:30 it was then 2:30 and I never saw them again. I did manage to pee a few times but wasn't able to completely void. There was still some left up there and it was building up fast. My new nurses came into the same thing...me crying uncontrollably in pain. They gave me pain meds and then within a 1/2 hour decided to cath me. 550 cc.'s came out I was so relieved. Within an hour I was in pain again and they decided to foley bag me again, put a cath in and leave it overnight because my bladder was without a doubt stressed out. I was in tears. I didn't want it in there! They drugged me good overnight. I was off my morphine drip, and on pain pills and this nurse made sure I was on time with my meds, she even managed to give me a sleeping pill and I slept all night only to wake for vitals and pain meds. The next morning I awoke to my doc coming in saying boy you had a rough night and don't you know that they never once called me to tell me you were having problems. She told me she was going to let them know how she didn't approve of their performance. Unfortunately I had those same nurses but they did act differently to me. I felt very uncomfortable around them. I wanted to go home! I begged. I managed to get out at 4:30 by demanding. I now realize I could have used one more night there, but being there just made me sick! I've been home and sleeping a lot! Kids are fighting and the DH is becoming a bit agitated, I just hope I feel better soon. I know I'm on the mend, it's just going to take some time.

I did forget to mention that they found adenomyosis without a doubt and also my tube was attached to an adhesion that was stretching it over and plastered to my pelvic bone, which was caused by my tubal I had 2 yrs ago.

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