Good morning everyone.
Had a terrible nights sleep, been up since 4.15am
Ok so heres the details lol:-
Got to hospital at 12.45pm, went to my room. Private is defo the way to go. Had sky tv lol.
THey said i wouldnt be in til 4pm, wasnt happy about that. Got changed into a gown. Chris said he might as well go home for the kids. Nothing he could do anyway, lots of waiting round – boring.
The surgeon came in about 2pm to mark me up, drew a big arrow pointing to the ganglion in marker, nice.
2.30pm they came &got me eeeeeks lol.
They prepared me, led me on the table, covered me up with a wool blanket which was nice hehe.
Gave me the first shot of anaestetic which didnt hurt at all. I looked down at my wrist, it had swelled up even more cos of the liquid in the anaestetic & my ganglion. He injected me again & said if it hurts let me know. OMG the only way to describe it is it felt like my bones were being crushed by the liquid, i was just about to tell him it was really hurting but he stopped lol. I had a quick peek at my wrist and nearly cried lol was like a tennis ball stuck under my skin, when i think about it it makes me feel ill.
They put my hand in this plastic bag thing with a hoop around my arm and hand then pushed it to the top of my arm to cut the blood flow to my hand off. I couldnt feel anything apart from the blood trickle and a pulling in the top of my arm when he was cutting it away from my tendons. The op took 12mins lol. Theyve bandaged my hand and half my arm up really tight & packed it. Looks like i have a cast on lol like ive broke my arm
Went back to my room had some soup, sandwiches, a yogurt & a cup of tea. Was home for 5.30pm.
I need to ring the hospital cos my fingers arent looking like theyre supposed too lol. Theyre really swollen & my hand is still numb from the anaestetic. I think the badage is tii tight cos it really hurts to move my thumb. Ive got paracetamol of the pain & anti-inflammatories so i think once i start taking them the swelling will go down.
The bandage comes off sunday & i cant get my hand wet for 2wks & no washin up lol.
Ive to keep moving my fingers all the time so my tendons dont stiffen up.
So thats what happened yesterday lmao!
I took some pics like before and after but will take another when the bandage comes off lol
