Abominable Abdomnials
Earlier this week I had an emergency surgery on my appendix. OUCH!!! It was caught before it ruptured, thankfully.
The recovery hurts like hell and i just have three small incisions. I hear all this "too posh to push" crap and all I can think of now is how is must be to have a c-section and try to care for a newborn!
Has anyone out there had an apendectomy? I'd love to hear your stories and any tips for recovery.
Boomer is so 2005.
I hope you feel better soon! How awful for you! but good that they caught it before it ruptured.
Yes, the fantasy world where birth hurts and is dangerous but surgery doesn't and isn't.
So sorry!! I wish you a few pain pills and and a quick recovery!
Sunflower
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Sunflower the unflower
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Sunflower
"Yoda of the vagina"
never had an appendectomy, but i did have a c section. one thing i learned, listen to the doctor who tells you to take it easy. it hurts like a bitch to pop one of those internal stitches. (do they use those in appendectomies?) let it heal a good long time before you're doing the hardcore pilates.
hope you feel better soon.
"I've done a lot of things in my life I ain't too proud of, and the things I am proud of are disgusting." - Mo Szyslak
"I've done a lot of things in my life I ain't too proud of, and the things I am proud of are disgusting." - Mo Szyslak
then they may not have needed to cut you, therefore no internal stitches.
"I've done a lot of things in my life I ain't too proud of, and the things I am proud of are disgusting." - Mo Szyslak
quickly, boomer! (No appendectomy advice or stories here.)
I'm working on it. Lots of sleeping today 
Yeah, I've heard c-sections are a bitch to recover from. People don't think about that I guess. Do you have any family to help out? Hope you feel better soon.
It is so hard not to pick them up! But I just can't. They have been pretty understanding so far (but I've only seen them about 6 hours since Sunday) 
We will be doing a lot of cuddling in bed to make up for it.
How are you doing today? Still feeling awful?
i know that pain! (from my cesarian) i think it's funny too how there is this idea that women who have cesarians are somehow avoiding pain - ummm, try standing up after major abdominal surgery. ouch!
take it easy, boomer lady.
Don't pick up the kids! Don't vaccuum! Don't push a stroller!
REALLY! I heard all of that after my c-section, did all three, and wound up with popped stitches and an incision that WOULD NOT heal for months.
Take care of yourself, feel better, and many thanks for mentioning all of us c-section lovelies!
"Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system." - Dorothy Day
"Step off my big ass."
- Anthromom
I had mine out at the end of July. I also had the laproscopic. I thought it totally sucked. I really think it was worse than my c-section. Sounds crazy but after the c-section I had S to occupy me. After months of anticipation she was finally there for me to hold her and love her up. Secondly, as a newborn, S weighed just under 8 pounds. She was 16-months when I had my appendix out and she was a 25 pounder then. Way harder to pick up! Plus, she is way more wiggly now and I took a couple of sharp elbows to the incision when we were trying to have quiet time with her sitting on my lap.
It took me a full two weeks to recover from the appendectomy and the bigger of the three incisions still hurts sometimes.
Take care of yourself!!!!
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I am glad we got to the ER before it ruptured, too. I didn't think it was that serious but my husband remembered his Dads appendix erupting so he really encouraged me to get it checked out. It's a miracle I actually got somewhere early