peeperjj's Journal, 16 Sep 20

Full calorie small soda, saltines and graham crackers for ‘breakfast’ after surgery (they won’t let me leave without eating and drinking it), Cracker Barrel for lunch (half the meal), Arby’s for dinner and snickers just now to make sure the meds stay down tonight. Still going to be right where I should be calorie wise since I burned a lot of calories going to the pharmacy and Walmart this evening. Today was horrible. OR nurse filled with drama over nobody having me sign a new consent form and her having to hand me the stupid paper. Guess yesterday’s form wasn’t good enough.

They didn’t update hubby as they said they would, (even downloaded the app they wanted me to download so they could text him at every step and all they sent him was that I was in recovery then called an hour later to say I’d be down in half an hour then took an hour to get me down there when I was supposed to be headed down 30 minutes after the recovery text) surgery took 90-105 minutes instead if 30 and the one nurse who could tell me why insisted she had to leave for lunch. Oh and they had to send me to two recoveries which is why I’m assuming it took longer-another reason I have questions. Why would I need to go to recovery 2 after recovery 1 unless there was a major problem?? When they sent him that text they are usually prepping me to leave.

They finally found my clothes and purse then set them down blocking me in on the bed. Had to lift everything up and over my head to sit it in the chair 18-24 inches away which I’m not supposed to do. But after 20 minutes I realized nobody was going to come help me move it. Got changed and waited some more. Finally headed to the curtain planning to just walk out and the nurse caught me and made me wait on a wheelchair.

After the nurse left who was concerned about her lunch I asked the new nurse some questions and she couldn’t answer anything. Said the other nurse was the ONLY one who had spoken to my surgical team. My options were to wait on her to get back and her to have time to talk to me or talk to my drs office. Turns out the medical assistant in the office doesn’t get information for at least 3-5 days because the hospital has decided dictating reports and sending them on shouldn’t be done quickly. My dr works with kids tomorrow so I don’t want to bother him.

When we were almost home blood started running down my tummy. Seems I’d bled through the bandage. Medical assistant said it’s fairly common and recommended ABD bandages and to tape them on. By the time I could go get them and get home I had bleed through a folded up paper towel I’d taped over the bandage but had stopped bleeding. I guess it to be maybe 1/2-1 cup of blood I lost so not bad. I’d already soaked through 5 folded Kleenex (all I had in the truck.

They didn’t put me in a bra this time. Asked what to do with the drain bulb and was told I’d have to just hold it the 2.5 hour drive home and while eating lunch and going to the pharmacy. Said umm no I won’t be. That requires my hand up my shirt the entire time or raising my shirt up. Long story short they found me a safety pin that I’d asked for. Pinned it to my shirt but that drug the neckline over and exposed the missing breast unless I held the shirt in the correct position. Luckily I had a bag of shirts in the truck so changed at a gas station and pinned the bulb in there. Was heavy and pulled but better than nothing.

All in all the day sucked lol. I got the nausea patch thankfully but they must’ve went light on the pain meds and no sedative because I didn’t have the loopy feeling and I didn’t come out relaxed. The meds they gave me are similar to one I’m allergic to. Thankfully the pharmacist told me to be very careful with it as I could have the same reactions. Plus when taken with the antibiotics I’m on it can cause severe depressing symptoms one of which is ceasing to breathe. Kinda need to breathe so I won’t be touching those meds. Wouldn’t even after I found out about the tummy issues and possible hives and hot flushes. She said the tummy issues are so bad they gave me anti nausea meds even though I already have the patch. The whole day was screwy. I mean come on, the go spy had my allergy list so why would they insist on the pain meds then give me one I’ll probably be allergic too as well? The lunch nurse flat out told me to take it up with the pharmacy if I didn’t want lain meds. (Pharmacy fills it and contacts me constantly when I don’t want it reminding me the hospital said I needed it. So I just took them but won’t use them. Lunch nurse was more worried about getting her way, me to stop asking questions so she could go to lunch. Grr. I will refuse to be placed with that nurse again. I’ve already sent a request to my dr to use the surgery center for my upcoming surgeries because I don’t feel comfortable going back tot hat hospital. Blowing my veins, being behind schedule so that they rush and cause more pain was enough to not want to go back but today was the last straw for me. I have tons of respect for nurses but this lady should consider a different career. Most of the nurses in that place should and you would expect better from OU medical!

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1937 kcal

Fat: 73.47g | Prot: 74.28g | Carbs: 239.90g.   Breakfast: Keebler Zesta Fat Free Saltine Crackers, Honeymaid Graham Crackers, Shasta Twist Lemon Lime (Can). Lunch: Cracker Barrel Chicken Fried Steak , Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Sawmill Gravy, Cracker Barrel Broccoli, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Mashed Potatoes. Dinner: Arby's Medium Roast Beef Sandwich, Arby's Curly Fries (Medium). Snacks/Other: Lofthouse Cookies Snickerdoodle, Snickers Snickers Bar (1.86 oz). more...

1673 kcal

Exercise: Apple Health - 24 hours. more...