It’s Been Two Months Since My Resurrection

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t back from <a href="https://readmedium.com/once-again-my-mum-rescues-me-f600a23e35f6">hell</a>. I remember why I opted for surgery ab initio. My periods were hell; painful and heavy, leaving me chronically anemic. <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-i-survive-my-menstrual-cycle-c81fc3c47618">My quality of life was nothing to write home about.</a> Yes, I intend to embrace my new lease on life, but I also think I should remember how I got here and <a href="https://readmedium.com/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-patients-15fcc18aaabc">some lessons I learned along the way like this</a> <a href="https://readmedium.com/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-patients-15fcc18aaabc">one</a>.</p><p id="9c9a">At least, I have a reminder on my thigh. The sensation is awkward. It feels tingly and sometimes I cannot feel the thigh thoroughly. This may be the result of pinched nerves and a side effect of spinal anesthesia. This is a type of anesthesia also called spinal block, subarachnoid block, intradural block, and intrathecal block involving the injection of a local anesthetic into the subarachnoid space through a fine needle, usually 9 cm (3.5 in) long. The goal is to cut off the pain, motor and sensory sensations in the region during surgery[1].</p><p id="6b39">I also get reminders with the bloated stomach. Pre-surgery, a flat stomach was a luxury. I only saw that if I was starving. Once I drank water, the stomach would expand through my anterior abdominal wall. Eating a proper meal gave it more expansion.</p><p id="bf6f">Po

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st-surgery, I filled up rather quickly. So much so that I looked like those who maintain a flat abdomen for a living. It was hard to know I had eaten or drank fluids. Two months post-op, I don’t feel up that quickly. So my stomach expands with meals as it did pre-surgery.</p><p id="e31d">I try to remember it was an abdominal surgery and to help with that I tell myself: “you just got back from hell, you don’t wanna go back.” The reminder is salutary, as it allows me to recall what works for me and what doesn’t. It also helps me:</p><ul><li>Make informed health choices: Is surgery the best choice? Isn’t it enough already?</li><li>Weigh my options carefully: If I must have surgery, do I have the option of keyhole surgery, or will it be an open surgery again? Are there other options besides surgery? Can’t I just walk away?</li><li>Be more assertive</li><li>The body keeps score.</li></ul><p id="b04a">I’ll celebrate my new lease on life, but I’ll not forget the journey I took to get here. It’s a story I have hardly told in full but will let guide me in making most future choices.</p><h2 id="50a1">References</h2><ol><li>Bronwen Jean Bryant; Kathleen Mary Knights (2011). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TQV6sLzYsOYC&pg=PA273"><i>Pharmacology for Health Professionals</i></a>. Elsevier Australia. pp. 273–. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7295-3929-6">978–0–7295–3929–6</a>.</li></ol></article></body>

The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective. — James Patterson

It’s two months post-surgery. If you missed that, you can catch up here. My eating habits are more like what they used to be; more varied and kinda adventurous. I can now take supplements, but with some caution. I am filling out flesh though my weight remains static. As a friend put it and I paraphrase, the focus is on taking in nutrients at the micro-level and forgetting weight gain now.

My sweet cravings are back. For instance, this weekend, I bought a pack of six magnum honey nougat ice creams and hard toffees for desserts. I knew to stop eating when my tummy got bloated and my skin looked rough. I touched on bad food choices and their effect on the skin here.

To put it mildly, my mojo is back. I have almost forgotten that I just got back from hell. I remember why I opted for surgery ab initio. My periods were hell; painful and heavy, leaving me chronically anemic. My quality of life was nothing to write home about. Yes, I intend to embrace my new lease on life, but I also think I should remember how I got here and some lessons I learned along the way like this one.

At least, I have a reminder on my thigh. The sensation is awkward. It feels tingly and sometimes I cannot feel the thigh thoroughly. This may be the result of pinched nerves and a side effect of spinal anesthesia. This is a type of anesthesia also called spinal block, subarachnoid block, intradural block, and intrathecal block involving the injection of a local anesthetic into the subarachnoid space through a fine needle, usually 9 cm (3.5 in) long. The goal is to cut off the pain, motor and sensory sensations in the region during surgery[1].

I also get reminders with the bloated stomach. Pre-surgery, a flat stomach was a luxury. I only saw that if I was starving. Once I drank water, the stomach would expand through my anterior abdominal wall. Eating a proper meal gave it more expansion.

Post-surgery, I filled up rather quickly. So much so that I looked like those who maintain a flat abdomen for a living. It was hard to know I had eaten or drank fluids. Two months post-op, I don’t feel up that quickly. So my stomach expands with meals as it did pre-surgery.

I try to remember it was an abdominal surgery and to help with that I tell myself: “you just got back from hell, you don’t wanna go back.” The reminder is salutary, as it allows me to recall what works for me and what doesn’t. It also helps me:

Make informed health choices: Is surgery the best choice? Isn’t it enough already?

Weigh my options carefully: If I must have surgery, do I have the option of keyhole surgery, or will it be an open surgery again? Are there other options besides surgery? Can’t I just walk away?

Be more assertive

The body keeps score.

I’ll celebrate my new lease on life, but I’ll not forget the journey I took to get here. It’s a story I have hardly told in full but will let guide me in making most future choices.