After ICU I was transferred to Ward 3 for recovery. Recovery involved trying to eat, which was difficult because I was bloated from surgery and trying to walk around, which is difficult after being cut open.
Apart from that the big moment we were all waiting for was any bodily movements to pass through. Tuesday came and went, Wednesday came and went, Thursday came and went..... nothing. My surgeons assured me it would happen, I would at least pass wind or something very shortly. Physically I was feeling pretty good, I was up and walking around the ward I was just bloated which meant I had no appetite.
Then Friday came and went with no movement. At about 2am Saturday morning I was suddenly in excruciating pain. My nurse asked me to rate it out of 10 and I gave it a 7 (my pain all week had been a 1 or 2). After the doctor examined me by pushing on my stomach the pain shot up to a 9 (I'll never rate pain a 10 just incase there is a worse pain). 2 morphine jabs later and some Oxycodone my pain was still about an 8..... not good.
Unfortunately at that time of the morning there was nothing that could be done. I endured about 6 hours of intense pain before it finally left.
Apart from that the big moment we were all waiting for was any bodily movements to pass through. Tuesday came and went, Wednesday came and went, Thursday came and went..... nothing. My surgeons assured me it would happen, I would at least pass wind or something very shortly. Physically I was feeling pretty good, I was up and walking around the ward I was just bloated which meant I had no appetite.
Then Friday came and went with no movement. At about 2am Saturday morning I was suddenly in excruciating pain. My nurse asked me to rate it out of 10 and I gave it a 7 (my pain all week had been a 1 or 2). After the doctor examined me by pushing on my stomach the pain shot up to a 9 (I'll never rate pain a 10 just incase there is a worse pain). 2 morphine jabs later and some Oxycodone my pain was still about an 8..... not good.
Unfortunately at that time of the morning there was nothing that could be done. I endured about 6 hours of intense pain before it finally left.
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