Day 2 of surgery (6 Dec 05)

Day 2 of Y-V endo brow lift, bilateral upper eyelid reconstruction, upper left eyelash ptosis repair and upper right ptosis repair

The next morning Tues 6th Dec, I was due to be discharged but I felt really ill and nauseaus and on drinking a cup of hot chocolate, I promptly vomited it all in the toilet and knew that there was no way I would survive an hour's long taxi ride home through Central London in my condition, which felt like I was having a really really bad hangover and about to vomit at any movement. I had almost thrown up a few times earlier just on water but nothing came out until I had drunk the hot chocolate.

The nurse wanted to check with Jane whether it was ok for me to stay and I guess that was normal procedure though it did irate me a little as she'd recommended a 2 day stay was usual for endo brow patients as they usually suffer bad headaches though strangely in my case it was my eyes that bothered me and nothing on my head.

I discussed this with the anaesthesist ie that I didn't even feel any staples on my head and couldn't understand why I felt my eyes hurting when they weren't supposed to hurt and my head was. He was pleased that my head didn't hurt and also that my throat wasn't sore (which it usually is for a day after due to the tube they put in my throat) - I commended him on a job well done as that eased my pain and discomfort.

The anaesthesist came back to see me on Day 2 and said I looked much less swollen than I did on Day 1 - which was validated by one of the nurses. I couldn't tell as my vision was blurred and I couldn't see myself. I did take pictures though they only show so much and all I could tell from my pictures is my eyes being smaller on day 1 and much bigger and wider on day 2. Day 2 at the hospital was spent sleeping a lot as I couldn't see, with the nurses coming in as usual and taking my blood pressure, waking me for meals, steriod drops, antibiotics, medications, and lots of trips to the bathroom. I needed the sleep as Day 1 had been a nightmare.

I began to feel better nausea wise and I was grateful for that as they'd started to give me some anti sickness tablets which helped; otherwise I may have asked to stay another day which I couldn't afford as it was costing me £500 a day! Ouch!