My days in hospital

Friday, April 13, 2007

I was up early this morning and moved to have a shower as surgery apparently rang through and said to prepare me as they were sending wards men up to get me. So today is the day.

I got back to my room mid afternoon, relieved that it is over, but the pain is starting to kick in. I am on morphine. I don’t want to take it but, the pain is becoming too much. I tried talking on MSN, but I keep falling to sleep. I may be a bit better tomorrow.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Had a bit of a rough night, but awake early this morning. I got up and walked to my bathroom. I have a single room, which is great I only have to put up with myself, and have my own bathroom and toilet. I am still on morphine, and the surgeon came to visit this morning. I am now on clear fluids. So at least I can have more that just a couple of icecubes to suck on. Seeing it is the weekend, I am back chatting on MSN and listening to my mp3 player. I tend to drop off occasionally though.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Not really having a good day. Feeling quite sick. Slept most of the day.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Feeling good today. Very sore, but relieved. Went for a walk around the ward then back to bed. Something funny happened today. I go to sleep with my mobile phone in my hand as I am constantly texting friends. We I got out of bed this morning the nurse suggested I may as well have a shower. By the time I did and returned to bed, my sheets had been changed and bed made. I didn’t think about it at the time. Later in the afternoon I went to text some friends and couldn’t find my phone. Thinking back I knew I had left it in my bed. I asked the nurse about where the dirty sheets might be because I had lost my phone. Luckily there were still on the ward and put into their own bags for each room. They got the bags out, and the first one they checked as they pulled the sheets out my phone hit the floor. I don’t know who was more excited, me or the nurse. But all the staff seemed to get a laugh out of it. At least I got my phone back. The battery was flat, but a quick charge fixed that.

Finally on Wednesday 18^th I was released from hospital. Mind you I walked the 300 metres to Ronald McDonald House and spend the rest of the day sleeping.

Where is my surgery

Here it is Thursday. I should have had my surgery yesterday. I was at the hospital checking in by 6:30 am. Up to a waiting room on level 4 by 7 am. Shortly after I was taken to an office, which was prepared as a pre surgery room, due to them putting me into isolation, yet again. Seems that I haven’t been cleared from the CRAB… some in hospital bug. So they keep me away from other patients.. LOL It is OK by me as this way I always get my own room. I don’t have any old people put up with. But after waiting all day they cancelled surgery. So I am in Wattlebrae Ward in Royal Brisbane Hospital waiting for surgery today, maybe. Not holding my breath though. Seems they have more important things to do than me. I just want to get on with my life and get this thing fixed.

Other than that I am OK. I have a small infection in my toe which I am treating with cream. Hopefully this will heal. I have my computer set up here and am on the internet. I use my webcam when I am talking to people that I know. At lease I have something to waste time on. LOL. I bought my xbox down but in hospital I can’t use it with the TV’s so I guess my laptop will have to do and my mobile phone of course. I probably am not supposed to use it. But I do.

I am getting rather frustrated.

Easter Time is here

I was just reading through my previous posts here. I promised that I would blog more often, but I didn't. Many things have been happening in my life. I have been to Brisbane for monthly visits January, February and March.

I was excited in December as I had an appointment in January to see a surgeon to get my "corrective surgery". Seemed that it meant more to me but not to them. I had been stable for a few months and officially in "remission", only getting headaches occasionally which I worked out to be dehydration. As soon as I felt the slightest pain, I would drink more water. This even meant that I was up a couple of times a night to refill my water bottle. So being excited that the operation would be done before Easter as promised back in June/July. But on my January appointment to the surgeons I wasn't even put on a waiting list. They told me while I was still on my medication they wouldn't do it. It was a bit of a shock. Seemed that I was all alone on this. I can now talk about it, I was depressed. I do seem to suffer from what they call depression. LOL To me it is just that I am p###ed off! Sick of the whole damn thing.

But last month when I went for my monthly visits to my consultant and my renal consultant I also had an appointment with "The Surgeon" again... But he didn't turn up, I sort of expected something like that. Maybe he was sick or something. I do realize that I am only one of hundreds of people who need some help. Our health system is not the best when it comes to elective things. But a very proactive employee whom had consulted with my consultant on my case, got things moving. I had a pre op with a surgical registrar then later that day I saw the anethesist. Mum and I had to run to catch our flight home, but we didn't have a date when it might happen.

My usual monthly appointment for April is the 10th Yes straight after the Easter long weekend. Mum got a call from RBWH that my surgery has been booked for the 11th April. So I am happy that this is finally going to happen, but I just hope there are no spanners in my pockets this time. (An ongoing joke between me and my doctors) I don't want anything to go wrong this time. It is do or die time. This is the first time I have had time to think about what could happen.

So this will be my last post before I have surgery. Hopefully I will be posting within the week. I am taking my laptop down with me. I need something to take away the boredom.