Gromit
Plasticine Dog
5 days after the op…
5 years after the op…
Wee lump on the left will disappear over next year, according to the surgeon…
Makes my heart surgery zipper look a bit pathetic!
(I'm still proud of it though)
5 days after the op…
5 years after the op…
Wee lump on the left will disappear over next year, according to the surgeon…
5 days after the op…
5 years after the op…
Wee lump on the left will disappear over next year, according to the surgeon…
Aye, it is ...but is yours as tidy as mine ?Is that a liver transplant? I've got exactly the same scar!
Yes, and almost 6 years later it is almost invisible. Like you, I had the "new style" incision. Before, they usually did a 3-pointed star cut, known as the Mercedes cut. I'm not sure if I had staples or black thread, can't remember. Yes, morphine is lovely. I think they gave it to me during 2 days in intensive care afterwards, which was the worst time for me, and a bit when I was in a normal room in the hospital. I think I was about a week in hospital afterwards.Aye, it is ...but is yours as tidy as mine ?
PS ...staples and lotsa morphine... ?
Yes, and almost 6 years later it is almost invisible. Like you, I had the "new style" incision. Before, they usually did a 3-pointed star cut, known as the Mercedes cut. I'm not sure if I had staples or black thread, can't remember. Yes, morphine is lovely. I think they gave it to me during 2 days in intensive care afterwards, which was the worst time for me, and a bit when I was in a normal room in the hospital. I think I was about a week in hospital afterwards.
When I went home they gave me paracetamol, and another pill which was paracetamol+codeine to take as needed. But I only used it once or twice. I had to wear an elastic thing around my waist for several weeks.
Is this something recent, for you, or an old photograph?
Aye Paul, nearly 5 years ago. Was kept in a coma for nearly 48 hours and gradually revived during the last 12 hours. Was around 10 days in hospital. They kept me in longer as I live in Dundee and the op was in Edinburgh. As Gavin A said above...fabulous dreams! When I came around, still had 7 needles in my neck with all my intravenous meds. 1st 4 weeks home, was on 31 different tables... these were gradually reduced to 7 (still on them) anti-rejection etc. Afterwards , the chief surgeon says my op was only 9 and a quarter hours instead of the usual 11-13. He said that when they opened me up, inside was like a lego set. Everything was exactly where it should be - which he said is rarely the case.Yes, and almost 6 years later it is almost invisible. Like you, I had the "new style" incision. Before, they usually did a 3-pointed star cut, known as the Mercedes cut. I'm not sure if I had staples or black thread, can't remember. Yes, morphine is lovely. I think they gave it to me during 2 days in intensive care afterwards, which was the worst time for me, and a bit when I was in a normal room in the hospital. I think I was about a week in hospital afterwards.
When I went home they gave me paracetamol, and another pill which was paracetamol+codeine to take as needed. But I only used it once or twice. I had to wear an elastic thing around my waist for several weeks.
Is this something recent, for you, or an old photograph?
After one of my surgical experiences I was given a self administered morphine driver, and the nurses emphasised that I should not wait for the pain to be evident but should try to forestall it. At the next visit, the nurse said you’ve used a lot! What I remember was amazing waking dreams. One involved 2 cats that swam through the air towards me, gazed into my eyes then turned and swam off. I remember thinking seriously I didn’t know cats could do that…
What a nightmare! Sorry you had to go through all that.Interesting stuff - as the liver is a big old unit, I've often wondered how a transplant was undertaken.
After my Quad bypass in 2022, they had me on Fentanyl in ICU; was in there for 9 days (48 hrs on the vent) owing to complications post-bypass as the grafts were bleeding. Had to be re-opened after 24 hours to have those grafts re-done. After a few days they rigged me up to self-administered morphine but each time I needed to press the button, I threw up a few mins later.
My surgeon just said that my being thin made everything easier. I'm now taking 0.75 of Tacrolimus/Envarsus and 1 Lamivudina and a mini-aspirin.Aye Paul, nearly 5 years ago. Was kept in a coma for nearly 48 hours and gradually revived during the last 12 hours. Was around 10 days in hospital. They kept me in longer as I live in Dundee and the op was in Edinburgh. As Gavin A said above...fabulous dreams! When I came around, still had 7 needles in my neck with all my intravenous meds. 1st 4 weeks home, was on 31 different tables... these were gradually reduced to 7 (still on them) anti-rejection etc. Afterwards , the chief surgeon says my op was only 9 and a quarter hours instead of the usual 11-13. He said that when they opened me up, inside was like a lego set. Everything was exactly where it should be - which he said is rarely the case.
Not now!Call that a scar?!?
What a nightmare! Sorry you had to go through all that.
Celebrating the tenth birthday of my right prosthetic knee, this after about three weeks. Nowadays the scar's barely perceptible -