Close call for old Gramps
 

umbilical?

so you had a hole in your stomach and intestines pushed thru and "strangled"?

I'd bet it heals up sorta fast (you are an old timer), stomach lining aint much more sensitive than the chest and I was fine without painkillers after they cut me open maybe 3 inches. Just gotta watch stressing or tensing that area. Did you try pushing your innards http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif back in before going under the knife? I know someone who has had a stomach hernia for decades so it is of interest of course.

@Berz...yeah..I plan on being back to work in another 10 days..light duty..until stonger....

@ AAHZ..thats why Im back up now..pain keeps me awake..hopefully can soon fall back to sleep

What clued me in I had problems last Sunday was vomitting up and couldnt hold food down for over 2 days..slept only 2-3 hours over 3 days in such pain..

But, still not as bad as spine pain from nerves being pinched by jagged disc from accident...

This Hernia was maybe sticking out 3 inches but was very large under stomach lining, my belly right now has dark bruises about the size of a basketball, my sweetie took pics so we can monitor just in case, but should be just where blood settled from bursting vessels due to surgery..


GT

Pics or it never happened!http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Seriously though, get well soon and at least you're fixed now!http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

You are in my thoughts Gramps.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Thanks folks, it is life and opportunity, as for me and my house, we shall glory in our Lord!

Ill make it, just have to go through it to say I dun ithttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Gramps

lol..actually, I got off the Morphine and Vicodin day after leaving hospital, Im in pain but dealing using Trammadol and Aleve...and yes..avoiding entertaining the masseshttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gifhttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/tongue.gif

Thanks for the well wishes, much appreciatedhttp://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

GT

have a speedy recovery, Gramps

whoa!!! http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/eek.gif & good that it went well http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Not being dead http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif
Not being dead in what sounds to be a particularly painful way to be dead http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif
Not being old and waiting to be dead http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif
Grandpa Troll http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

You aint kidding..from outer attempts of Cocaine induced bad drivers to inward attacks of body would be snatchers...http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/eek.gif

Glad you made it through it GT http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

As painful as it is, Im sure glad Im off Vicodin and Morphinehttp://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Takes your breath away, at times, but tolerable 3/4ths of time.

Not like an arm, isolate and immobilize, your stomach is allways on the move. Amazing, how a simple thing like clearing your throat is so difficult, but things like a hard pillow pressed into bread basket, basically spreading a large surface area to help suppress the cough, does help.

I figured I would share this information with you folks, in case you should ever have to go through this yourselves.

Life brings us on many journeys, we cant avoid as many as we would like to, so we just deal with them. Its how we get through these experiences that marks our life.

Me, if I can be a good steward of myexperiences, perhaps they were not in vain, but rather somewhat of a barometer for others to measure how they may handle similiar events.

Like now, I sleep a little, pain overtakes me, I get up, had to get something to eat, some cereal, to avoid being overtaken by nausea, which, God forbid would happen, I can fathom having to go to the throne with this gash in my belly..ugh!!!!!


Until next we speak, good day one and all!

Grandpa Troll

Gramps

Thanks Asherhttp://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

When they operated on me they fill your satomach with air,well, that air goes out your intestines, s-l-o-w-l-y

Wanna know painful?...that is painful, air in intetines slowly working its way through, of course, with all these stitches, you cannot "assist" so it is a slow painstaking time waiting to pass gas.

Me, ot took 3 days.

Bowel movement?..This afternoon about 430 pm..which was 5 days...and yes..plenty there..but again, you cant force or assist so its a bit discomforting.....

Abridged version- "If you've got a hernia, get it fixed."

Correct, because Hernia's do not improve, only get worse. No quick fix