The second surgery went well. They didn't end up having to take another skin graft. The swelling had gone down enough that they were able to just cut the bad skin off and pulled the rest of the skin together to stitch. The surgery only lasted a couple hours so it really was no big deal.
I started dangling my leg the day after the second surgery, which was Thursday last week, for 5 minutes every 4 hours. Everyday since then I have increased the dangling time by 5 minutes, and yesterday I was able to stand up and hobble around my room for a minute (Baby steps, right?). Today is my 30 minute mark which means I get to go home finally! I'm so excited! It's been a hard few weeks I'm not going to lie. I have been bedridden for pretty much the past 3 weeks which means I haven't been able to get up to go to use the bathroom or take a shower or do anything except watch tv and play card games on the bedside table. This hospital bed and I have gotten well acquainted. I have also gotten to know a lot of the nurses who have taken good care of me, and I am very grateful for them as well as all the people who have come to visit and/or stay with me. With that that being said, today it is officially 1 month since I started this blog and 3 week since my initial surgery. I have to say this experience has been a lot more than I was expecting. I came into this not knowing exactly what it was going to be like or what was going to happen to me (even though I tried preparing myself as best as I could) which was really scary, and I thought the scary part would be over by now but it's really not. I still have a long ways to go. The doctors say I won't know if the surgery worked for at least 3 months, and I still have to have another surgery next year when everything has healed and the swelling has gone down. I wish I would have had a better understanding of what I was getting myself into, but that is not to say I wish I hadn't gone through with it. I'm sure once I can get up on my feet again I will be happy I was strong enough to have done it. Comments are closed.
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AuthorHi, my name is Sydney, and I have Primary Lymphedema. I created this blog to share my journey, and I hope that by sharing my story I can help those who are on a similar path. Archives
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