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Post by angelas on Apr 12, 2007 14:54:18 GMT -5
ahahhahhaa! OMG! I call it oversized PAD RASH!! I'm so glad I'm not the only one whos had that happen!! I even got it up on my stomach! I think that was because it was rubbing against all the iodine they never cleaned off!!! Oh I love the hospital!! and all the caring!! HA!!
Did you explain to your bf about the incisions??
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Post by AussieBird on Apr 12, 2007 20:32:52 GMT -5
they would make me lay back up with that same one on!! Seriously?? That's horrid!!
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Post by angelas on Apr 13, 2007 9:12:33 GMT -5
Ya it was disgusting!! It was like they were way too busy to make sure that each of us in recovery were actually clean!!!
BUT!! I have some kinda good news!!
I was informed today that YES I will have the monster pad with the belt on after my surgery!!! AHAHHAAA!! Since I was made aware of it before hand, I promise I won't throw it! She was very nice to explain all the things that I'll be seeing coming out onto that thing, so atleast they are making sure its there when I come out. The really good thing that I am SO happy for is that the nurses will be washing off all the iodine for me before I go home!!!!! This is the only hospital in the city that will do that for a patient! I remember in the past I would have to deal with that sticky crap on me for a couple days after surgery until I was stable enough to get in the tub!! The fact that they are doing it for me eases my mind a whole lot! So I'm hoping that because they seem to be more about taking care of their patients post-surgery that the 'MONSTER PAD' that I can't stand, may be a mini version... and a little easier to deal with! ahhahahaaa!! Karen hon - I hope the same for you!!!! Let me know how your pre-op appointment went and whether they gave you any further info as well!!
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Post by JackMcFarland on Apr 13, 2007 11:54:49 GMT -5
What is going on here?!?!? I was not warned that I would wake up with one of these, and when it fell out (no belt, no undies to hold it up, and still high from surgery) I panicked and screamed to anyone who was not deaf, that my uterus had fallen out! I was terrified! And -- thinking back - I could have tripped over that monster and broken a leg! Ok, I do not have a monster pad story and I haven't really read through the thread yet, but I have a similar story. When I got my wisdom teeth pulled I was so drugged up I didn't notice that I had a wad of gauze stuck in my cheek. My two bottom teeth cracked, and I was bleeding heavily - because of that, I was on some heavy duty pain killers. Anyway, I was sitting in a chair waiting for my dad to check out when I started to tounge the gauze. I remember thinking to myself, "Why the heck is my tounge all the way over on my cheek?" Not thinking anything of it, I kept playing around with the gauze till it fell out of my mouth. Now, since I was bleeding pretty bad the gauze was red, ladies - what color is our tounge? Yes, a light shade of red - respectfully. I was calm as a cucumber, thinking to myself, "Well, s***, my tounge fell out, what to do now?" So I looked up at my dad and through a mouth full I told my father that my tounge fell on the floor, what should I do? Needless to say, my dad brought me home that night, put me in bed, and gave me another round of pain killers cause apparently I was in pain from my tounge falling out and I just didn't seem to care.
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Post by ouchy on Apr 13, 2007 12:45:10 GMT -5
LOL, Tess!!!
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Post by angelas on Apr 13, 2007 20:54:56 GMT -5
HAHAHHAHAHAA!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WERE SO CALM!!! I have tears down my face laughing so hard!!
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Post by karen80222 on Apr 14, 2007 10:24:55 GMT -5
HA!HA!HA! I'm am dying laughing! You guys are HILARIOUS!!!!! Had my pre-op yesterday & inquired about the pad....I started relating some of the stories to my dr -- she was wiping tears she was laughing so hard! And even she has had a lot of the same experiences!!!!!!! However, now that I think about it.....she totally ignored me about the hairnet panties & giant pad and that I would be bringing my own! I think that was her way of saying....I'm screwed! RATS!!!!!! You know -- the same thing happened to me with the pad that fell out! They just slapped it back under me -- I swear....I heard it squish!!!! I asked the nurse if they maybe needed a fresh one & that's when I found out that they charge $6 a piece for them! With the drugs that confused me....and now think what a ridiculous thing to say!!!! But I am READY for whatever I find between my legs! My period is due 2 days after surgery & with the "uterus manipulation tools" -- dr's terms - ICK!!! -- I'm pretty sure I can expect a monster! I think I may scream with horror until the nurse lets me put on my own -- smile!!!! ;D
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Post by angelas on Apr 14, 2007 14:21:19 GMT -5
HAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!!! Yell out in horror as though theres a tarantula between your legs! That will let put your own on! My bf just came in the room and was asking what I'm laughing about so hard! I told him and he just shook his head!!! WELL?? Don't ask!!! ahahhahaa!!
I can't wait to see what the belt looks like! I never got a belt the last times!! is it a tye it in a bow belt?!?!?
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Post by karen80222 on Apr 14, 2007 14:23:56 GMT -5
Good question!!!! Guess you could take a length of pretty ribbon and ask if you could use that!!! HA!!! OMG -- we're going to get kicked out of our hospitals -- of at least give them something to talk about in the nurses lounge!!!
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Post by angelas on Apr 14, 2007 14:51:52 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAHAA!!!! the best part is that it would be totally hilarious if we were kicked out! They won't want to deal with 'endo' women ever again!! Us being armed with all this experience, knowledge, and all the stuff we've read up on!! Holy smokes -they'll be talking about it for months!! ahahaa!!
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Post by JackMcFarland on Apr 14, 2007 15:21:43 GMT -5
I feel left out. I never had a big pad... I want one!!!!!!
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Post by karen80222 on Apr 14, 2007 15:31:24 GMT -5
Hey -- I'll see if I can find a clean one & stash it for you while you're not looking! HA! I've never had the hairnet panties & am sqeamish about them. I asked the gal who sits next to me at work if she ever had them & she did when she had one of her kids. Get this....she LOVES them and asked if I could get her some more!?!?!?!? I thought she was kidding -- but no! Now I'm totally bewildered....how could they be more comfy than regular panties? She seems like an otherwise sane person.....
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Post by JackMcFarland on Apr 14, 2007 16:10:30 GMT -5
I've had the ahirnet and panties. Those panties are ITCHY.
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Post by angelas on Apr 15, 2007 8:56:46 GMT -5
Ya I can't see how those things would be fun to wear.. unless she wears them with a tanktop and cleans the house or something!?!?
Don't worry Tess... your time with the monster pad will come..... oh it will come....
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Post by JackMcFarland on Apr 15, 2007 16:14:12 GMT -5
I'm not sure now if I want my time with the monster pad. I'm afraid I'd throw it and it'd attach itself to the wall...or something.
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