Day 1. First Night
Upon coming home from the day of the surgery, I went right to bed. My pain was about a 2 on a scale of 1-10. I was able to eat some crackers and soup, drink some water, and around 10 PM I took my first dose of Ibuprofen. I was able to urinate and also took a bath to soak the surgical area. The gauze plug did not come out, but I put some lidocaine around it, added some gauze on top and went to bed around 12:35. I took some valium at that time as a precautionary measure. I was able to sleep with minimal pain.
Wow, thank you for posting your journal! I have to have this done in about two weeks, and I've been putting it off out of fear of the surgery. I feel a lot better after reading your journal of the first two days (day of surgery and next day). I really appreciate your effort here.
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