Day 22 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: Drug-free, finally! Or rather, Advil-free. I’m still going nuts with my recent eczema flare-up and am trying all kinds of stuff to cope with it. So where am I just after the 3-week mark? Walked relatively normally starting with today’s excursion; no longer felt like [...]
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Day 11 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: Today I had my first post-op appointment since the surgery. My doctor removed the steri-strips and noticed there was a sliver of a stitch hanging out at one end of the incision. She didn’t do anything about it, though, so I guess it’ll fall out [...]
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Day 7 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: The sharp pains in my abdomen are much stronger and really bothering me today! But I don’t want resort to Vicodin so I’m trying to stick it out with my 600 mg doses of ibuprofen. I’m also not hungry – I’m eating solely to be [...]
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Day 5 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: Woke up feeling pretty good this morning, pain-wise. The best I’d been yet. Maybe the ridiculous amount of sleep I had in the prior 36 hours did some good. But… I was so nauseated and slightly dizzy, and had a headache too. Were these side [...]
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Day 4 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: Woke up early and hungry because I only had yogurt and banana for dinner last night. But the reason I actually got out of bed was to eat some food so that I could take another dose of ibuprofen. I was extra sore and sleepy [...]
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