Surgery went well

So it's been two weeks since my enteric conversion of my new pancreas (hook up changed from the bladder to the bowel) and I am doing well. Things were a bit of a drag the day of the surgery though. I was supposed to go in at 10:15, but because the previous surgery was delayed I didn't get taken in until after 2 pm. Talk about a long wait for Mom, Dad and me. I was lucky though. I was getting a bear hug. What is that you ask? It's fantastic. When they had me change the gown was really weird. Huge and double layered. It turns out that there were pockets that a tube could be hooked up to and hot air blown in. For the first time in ages I was nice and toasty warm while waiting for something. In fact, I eventually became warm enough to turn off the air flow. Wow!

I was only in the hospital for a less than a week (out on the Thursday - in the previous Friday). The pain meds were fantastic. I barfed the first few days because of one of the meds but we turned that off fairly quickly. I had a new type of pain med where they had 2 small catheters inserted into my abdomen that delivered something like lidocaine to the incision. I didn't feel a thing.

The hospital food was fantastic too. They had room service if you can believe it. They had a menu and I called to order and the food was delivered within 45 minutes. Talk about amazing. And minimal waste too. They must be saving a lot of money that way. I shudder to think of all the hospital stuff that's arrived on my tray that's been thrown out over the years.

Basically at this point I am just waiting for the go ahead from the surgeon to go home. This will happen this coming Tuesday so hopefully will be home some time soon after. My labs are pretty good and it's nice to have normal bicarb without having to take a huge amount during the day and upsetting my stomach. All in all a good experience and I'm glad I did it.