From a Small Surgery to a Big One

This has definitely been one of those weeks where you want to forget... Last Tuesday was meant to be a straight forward day, I had a planned surgery for a new JEC, adhesions taken out and a full thickness biopy taken. However, I should know with my luck that nothing ever goes goes to plan. I said my goodbyes to my amazing mum who stood by my side until I went to night night world, with the last words I heard from the anaesthetists, 'soon you'll feel like you've had a large glass of wine'...If only. Then when the surgeon went in there, my bowel was full of inflammation and had gone rock hard and also had a kink it in. He took all that part out making it quite a major op in the end! He put a new modern JEC in too and left me with lots of scars...any ideas for anything to help scars? I came around in recovery and lets just say...not very comfortable and in huge amounts of pain. But they soon got everything under control. Unfortunately I had to stay in recovery over night so they could keep an eye on me and by the next day I was moved to a ward and was put in my own room. 3 days later and I woke up, tried to freshen up with as little moment as possible, and sat in the chair to look as best as I could for when the doctors came around, despite being in so much pain still, all I wanted was to be at home in my own bed. My plan worked...such pro and by that afternoon I was aloud to go home and rest, because as all that needed to happen was for everything to calm down and heal. This really does show that you really don't know whats around the corner! And all you can do in this situation is to be brave. I must say the nurses all the way through from the anaesthetist nurses to the ward nurses were outstanding. They were so caring and attentive. Because of the wounds should I say, I couldn't sit up or get out of bed etc without help, and they were always there being so attentive. In times like this, I couldn't of asked for anything better, It helped keep me so calm and upbeat at hard times. You know, in this world the little things really do mean a lot and small things really go a long way. I think because I don't have a choice with my illness I really appreciate and admire people's support.