Pre-surgery and Post-surgery
Pre-surgery and Post-surgery
Week Before: PreOp Testing
The week before I had testing to get done. First, I had to answer a lot of questions. The questions were all about my health history. These questions were very detailed and took a long time. I had an EKG done, a chest x-ray, and blood work done. They took hardly anytime at all.
May 6, 2018
Before surgery I did not have any questions to ask my surgeon. The night before I was told to use antibacterial bar soap all over my body. I've never used bar soap so not only was it unpleasant but it smelled quite odd. The smell on my body did go away by morning. I was told not to eat 12 hours before surgery.
May 7, 2018
The morning of surgery, I woke up very early (at 4:30 am!). My surgery was scheduled very early so I would not have to spend the day worrying about it. I arrived at the hospital very early. They put me in a pre-op room. I got into the gown, non-slip socks, and sat on the bed. However, I cannot tell you anything else! I remember up to sitting down and after that is a blur.
From this point on, I will have stories and information about what had happened with me that I was not awake for and do not remember. The stories and information will come from my family and friends.
My parents and fiancee were in the room with me before surgery so I asked them what they remember...
As I was in the pre-op room they would constantly take my blood pressure and attach the tiny machine that tests my oxygen saturation. When my surgeon came in, he wrote his initials on my ear with a purple crayon. That allowed him to be sure he knew what side to operate on. Right before I went in for surgery, the nurses put an IV in which also gave me medications to calm me down. As I was wheeled back, I went one way and my family went the other.
My surgery lasted roughly 2.5 hours.
When my surgery was done, I was placed in a recovery room where I wouldn't respond. A half-an-hour after my surgery was done, the surgeon met quickly with my parents. He said it went well and that I was stable and in recovery. Four hours after surgery was done my family went back to see me in recovery. A nurse was in there and told my parents that I was having trouble waking up from the anesthesia and that they were waiting for an ICU room to open. The nurse also told them that I had a CAT scan during recovery to make sure my brain was not bleeding, which it was not.
A special thanks to my family and friends who have told me the details of what happened and giving me the confidence to share my story.
The week before I had testing to get done. First, I had to answer a lot of questions. The questions were all about my health history. These questions were very detailed and took a long time. I had an EKG done, a chest x-ray, and blood work done. They took hardly anytime at all.
May 6, 2018
Before surgery I did not have any questions to ask my surgeon. The night before I was told to use antibacterial bar soap all over my body. I've never used bar soap so not only was it unpleasant but it smelled quite odd. The smell on my body did go away by morning. I was told not to eat 12 hours before surgery.
May 7, 2018
The morning of surgery, I woke up very early (at 4:30 am!). My surgery was scheduled very early so I would not have to spend the day worrying about it. I arrived at the hospital very early. They put me in a pre-op room. I got into the gown, non-slip socks, and sat on the bed. However, I cannot tell you anything else! I remember up to sitting down and after that is a blur.
From this point on, I will have stories and information about what had happened with me that I was not awake for and do not remember. The stories and information will come from my family and friends.
My parents and fiancee were in the room with me before surgery so I asked them what they remember...
As I was in the pre-op room they would constantly take my blood pressure and attach the tiny machine that tests my oxygen saturation. When my surgeon came in, he wrote his initials on my ear with a purple crayon. That allowed him to be sure he knew what side to operate on. Right before I went in for surgery, the nurses put an IV in which also gave me medications to calm me down. As I was wheeled back, I went one way and my family went the other.
My surgery lasted roughly 2.5 hours.
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