It’s been 4 days since I left the hospital after colostomy reversal. In Ice Cube’s words “Today Was a Good Day.” I thank God for today! I almost, almost gave in to oxy. I cut it in half and was ready to take it at 2 am because I was in pain. I decided to sleep off the pain and if I needed it when I woke up, I would take it. Negative! I put it back in the container and have not used anything for pain since 8 pm yesterday. However, I am taking a 500 mg Extra Strength Tylenol before I go to bed so I can get some sleep. Air is still present in my abdomen. I’m still passing gas but not like yesterday, I think it’s finally dwindling down. I can’t feel it traveling through my belly like a flipped over coke bottle and the noises from my belly are not as strong or as painful. I did have a BM this morning that was not as watery as the other days so I think normal is coming soon, still a bit bloody though. Sorry if that’s too graphic for those who are sensitive. I do still have pain though but that too is dwindling down. I have some pain in my abdomen when sitting up from a lying position, I have some pain in the rectum area and the outside of the stitches sting a bit at the stoma site as well as the 3 inch incision by where my belly button used to be. Although, when I wear the binder, the abdominal pain level drops way down. I ate more today than any other day this week and am still on a low fiber diet. I felt good all day, I didn’t wear the adult diaper so I was heading to the bathroom a bit more than yesterday but again not like I had a stomach bug or anything, mostly to pass gas because I didn’t want to have an “accident.” My discharge instructions say not to sit on the toilet more than 2-3 minutes at a time so because of that, I just keep going instead of sitting there. I do experience shoulder pain every now and then but the pain comes/goes and is not strong enough for me to take more pills to alleviate that. My doc said it was post op nerve pain and gave me more pills which, like the oxy, I refuse to take. I can’t sleep fully on my sides yet…. Maybe 3/4 on my right side and 1/4 on my left side (stoma side) because it is somewhat painful. Attempting to sleep/lay on my sides does move the air around so I do it a bit so the air can move and eventually exit my body. I’m getting close to my one week mark, yay!! Keep ya’ll posted! Have a good night!
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