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Bandage looks like a T-shirt--came off today--at least Foley bag ain't visible!!! LOL
Well
it has been two weeks since the operation and one week since I was sent
home. The heart surgeon removed the bandage today and discharged me
sending me back to my regular heart doctor who I will see on the 25th.
Right now it is an ugly scar but I understand it fades with time.
This
Thursday I go to see the urologist and I am hoping he will take the
Foley bag off. I was not ready for this and no one had mentioned it
before the operation. It is one of the two things that really has me
down, the other being the lack of energy I would have. Just typing this
tires me out!!! My doctor said that I have to slow down, rest and sleep
as often as my body requires it.
I haven’t had a cigarette in 15
days and, I suppose, the nicotine is out of my body but each day the
old habit of lighting up when working at the computer, being on the
phone, reading the paper, etc., grows stronger. I might lose the battle
but I am putting up a fight!!!
I have been amazed by some things
during this experience: the waste and extraneous costs at hospitals,
the lack of information the doctor gives the patient, the ‘dismissal’
and ‘disregard’ for the patient as a person and the ridiculous
schedules both doctors and nurses have.
No surprise but there is nothing wrong with my appetite--somehow that survives everything!!!
Jill
is taking care of my birds and I am going to take back the two tiels
this weekend and see how I manage with them--if all goes well then I’ll
take the other birds back, also.
One step at a time!
