I got up by 8.30am and had breakfast and was off the ward by 9.30am to go to the station in readiness for the 10.45 train. Everything ran to time. I got all my discharge paperwork and the staff returned my medications to me. I promised to do a letter of thanks and compliments to the ward staff when I got home. I was incredibly impressed with the hospital. My surgeon wants me to attend an outpatient appointment in c8 weeks and then I hope we'll have the next surgery by late November time. I definitely want to go come back to the same ward again. My consultant thought this wouldn't be a problem.
When I got back home it was nice to check my post, but then I had a mountain of washing and my carer came and we went food shopping and she washed my hair - this was painful due to the lack of strength I had in supporting my neck at the front, but we managed, and it was nice to get out of all hospital related clothing and into fresh clothes. I had supper which my carer helped with and a few hours it was all I could do to stay awake and I was in bed by 8.30pm. This is how my surgical staff looked at this stage:
Coughing is still painful and there is a lot of pain on my back on the left side as well as the wound feeling very heavy and pulling hard, hence the importance of ongoing stretches and the breathing exercises.
Here is a Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRV1x356Wx0&t=3s
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