Wow! These past 2 weeks have been interesting and a learning experience. There is a reason for restrictions, and I for one have never been one to follow restrictions. I had my first ileostomy surgery in 2011. It was then I was told no heavy lifting, no pushing, no pulling, that didn't last. Bowel obstructions due to damaging swelling that caused strictures. I already had a hernia. But, I am positive my mowing the yard didn't help, and I hate a dirty house and a yard that is unkept. So, I mowed the yard. Then, I had 2 more surgeries on my ostomy, both were emergency, and both were caused by hernias, that I am not even sure if they were the actual cause as my colon was so damaged that I kept getting resections until 2014 and it was all removed. I do have 3 hernias now, just a matter of time before those will have be corrected.
Now, I have had to get this Gastric Stimulator in hopes to have a better life without so many pills, iv pushes, because I am so nauseated and vomiting. I mean who ever heard that your stomach quits working, paralyzed? Of all my years in nursing, I had never heard of it, gastroparesis. Something else to add to my list of organs/body functions that have started to fail on me, shorten my life span. With this new device, I have even more restrictions! Hell, I might as well write what I can do! I am just hoping going through all the red tape and this surgery that it is all worth it. I started thinking about all the little gadgets that have been implanted in my body...lol...if something happens to me and need to identify me, you can use my teeth, my port, and the stimulator. Only I would think about crazy stuff like that, but it is true.
You know, I remember the day I was diagnosed with Crohns Disease. I was indifferent, I wasn't happy and I wasn't sad. I finally had a diagnosis. But, the more I thought about it, the more I upset I got. I was given a diagnosis of something that had no cure. It's not cancer, but it mimics it in many ways. Then, I couldn't empty my bladder anymore, for whatever reason, it stopped, and I got the diagnosis of a neurogenic bladder. My surgeon had been treating me for Gastroparesis, but never diagnosed until last year. Just another disease with no cure.
A life full of restrictions. But, if I can enjoy it with these restrictions, then that is exactly what I will do!
Now, I have had to get this Gastric Stimulator in hopes to have a better life without so many pills, iv pushes, because I am so nauseated and vomiting. I mean who ever heard that your stomach quits working, paralyzed? Of all my years in nursing, I had never heard of it, gastroparesis. Something else to add to my list of organs/body functions that have started to fail on me, shorten my life span. With this new device, I have even more restrictions! Hell, I might as well write what I can do! I am just hoping going through all the red tape and this surgery that it is all worth it. I started thinking about all the little gadgets that have been implanted in my body...lol...if something happens to me and need to identify me, you can use my teeth, my port, and the stimulator. Only I would think about crazy stuff like that, but it is true.
You know, I remember the day I was diagnosed with Crohns Disease. I was indifferent, I wasn't happy and I wasn't sad. I finally had a diagnosis. But, the more I thought about it, the more I upset I got. I was given a diagnosis of something that had no cure. It's not cancer, but it mimics it in many ways. Then, I couldn't empty my bladder anymore, for whatever reason, it stopped, and I got the diagnosis of a neurogenic bladder. My surgeon had been treating me for Gastroparesis, but never diagnosed until last year. Just another disease with no cure.
A life full of restrictions. But, if I can enjoy it with these restrictions, then that is exactly what I will do!