Day 5 post surgery : Friday 9 June 06

Blogger is still not accepting pictures properly which is soooooo frustrating. Arrrgh.

Anyways, last nite sleeping was difficult strangely and I tossed and turned so to speak and finally drifted off sleeping on my bed wedges. I had one on both sides of the bed and went back and forth sleeping half way sitting between them both - it seemed to do the trick. I wonder why I'm feeling restless.

Anyway trains were delayed which was frustrating and we got to the hospital 20 mins late but Jane was running late so all wasn't too bad. It felt really strange to walk out of the house with just one eye functioning and to walk on the trains and actually in public as it's technically my first time out of the house since my op as it's just been straight into the taxi and back in the house since I left the hospital on Tuesday.

I was surprisingly in good form ie healthy and no signs of tiredness or anything related to being affected by the anaesthesia, which is a first for me. I wonder if it's cos it was local and/or if it's due to all the working out I did for weeks prior to my surgery as I really wanted to make sure I was in good shape for my surgery and after cos I really want to do my yoga workshop in 2 weeks time from now. Whatever it was, it seems to be working - yay!

Mom found it difficult to keep up with me (yikes!) as I was walking to the hospital - I didn't realise I was walking so fast.

Jane eventually called me in and went and got her tools. The man who is helping her or rather from Australia and helping her or working with her for a year was there as well. Jane prised off the bandages which by now were sticky as they'd been on for so long and she asked me to keep my eye shut when the bandage came off for a while. Unlike after surgery when the bandage first came off on Day 2, then I couldn't open my eyes if I wanted to as they seemed glued shut but this time, I had to make an effort to keep it shut as the past few days I'd been able to open it a little; but keeping it bandaged seemed to have done the trick for Jane as she seemed happy with the results and said that she thought that the lift on the lower lid retraction had taken and that it would stick - yay!

I think this sounds like no upper mouth graft to my lower left lid (smiles). Whew! Fingers and toes crossed. Jane and the other surgeon talked amongst themselves about their work while they looked at my face and I felt like I was a specimen (grins) and/or a piece of equipment that they were discussing rather than a person. It's fine - it is what it is and he's there to study from her after all - though they did both forget that I was in the room and were discussing technicalities which were far beyond me or my understanding; though whatever it was they were discussing, they seemed fairly pleased with their work. Main thing right(?).

How did it feel to finally have the left bandage removed - relief :) and also strange. My face was all sticky and gooey from the bandage and actually still is right now even though it's been hours since I've been back. My eyes aren't as bruised as I'd thought they'd be at Day 5 - I wonder if it's the reiki I've been giving myself. Perhaps. My eyes are purplish and are bruised to some extent and they are sewn at the outer edges. Jane decided she wanted to keep the stitches in for another couple of weeks and I'm scheduled to see her again two Fridays from now.

That was it really - nothing else was really discussed - apart from me listening to their conversation about their work which was too technical for me and them both saying they were really pleased - Jane took photos per usual. I asked the all important question ie could I resume working out as my body is aching to get back to exercising and Jane said yes (sweet music to my ears!). I don't intend doing much to begin with - just cardio on the exercise bike and elliptical and taking it from there. I'm not light headed at all and apart from my eyes being slanted and small, there's no sign really that I've had surgery. Let's hope this is the final surgery; ie invasive surgery - as I still would like to have more Isolagen on my nasal labial lines injected and jowls etc ....

9.30pm
After dinner, and during my dessert of eating ice cream as a treat, my stomach went into convulsions, as it had when I was in hospital. I went to the bathroom, started coughing a little and lo and behold everything I'd eaten for dinner started vomiting out of my mouth non stop and my stomach kept convulsion like it was pushing everything out of my stomach. I had to catch all the vomit (ergh) in my hands and could only pour it into the sink while I continued to vomit. It seemed never ending. It was like someone was inside my stomach squeezing it making it vomit everything out.

I went back to finish what was left of my ice cream and within minutes my stomach started convulsing again and as I stood up, I started vomiting again into a towel I had with me. I put my head down the lavatory and kept vomiting until nothing else would come out. I'd never experienced such severe stomach convulsions before - it squeezed itself until nothing else could come out. It was freaky.

It has to be the amoxycillin (antibiotics) side effects :

Amoxicillin Side Effects
Amoxicillin might cause side effects. Tell your health care provider if any of these symptoms are serious or do not go aside:
upset stomach
vomiting
diarrhea

Some side effects can be serious. The following symptoms are rare, but if you get any of them, phone call your physician right away:
severe skin rash
hives
seizures
yellowing of the skin or eyes
unusual bleeding or bruising
pale skin
excessive tiredness
lack of energy

Amoxicillin may cause additional side effects. Send for your health professional if you have any unusual problems while considering this medicament.