Not much to say today, really, which is probably a good thing. My drain is working well now and I have been for a 4-lap walk every 90 minutes. My laps of the floor take me around 30 minutes and it is helping to bring down the swelling quite noticeably. This morning the circumference of my right thigh was around four inches bigger than my left and now it's only an inch.
I do want to go home though. My brilliant husband has been here every day during visiting hours but it's a lonely business being in hospital.
I was moved to a private room yesterday as the constant flow of people in the ward was getting to me. It is amazing to have privacy and peace once more. When I was alone, I read my chart, and found the nerve agony was written down as 'some pain around the drain exit site'. This is completely inaccurate and confirms my suspicions that nobody was listening to what I was telling them at the time.
The only thing of note is that the nerve problem is now flaring up randomly with no provocation.They're only flashes of pain across my thigh above the knee, and across the upper right side, and they're not as intense as the other day during vaccing. But they are making me afraid, and they are sharp enough to make me gasp. The nurse's advice is to keep up with the painkillers - I'm on ibuprofen.
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