Day Five Speed Hump

I was expecting this day. It happens to many people having surgery or babies. It's a couple of days post op and things start to hurt. Every morning I've been sick and my carers are trying to locate the culprit. Feeling sick and vomiting doesn't make you feel like engaging with the rehabilitation required to get out of hospital.

I'm on a number of different pain killers, haven't used my bowels properly for 6 days, could be a bit dehydrated due to the removal of the drip and have just had a hip replacement.

Bit by bit, the Medical staff have been trying with different combinations of pain relief and at 3am this morning, I hit the wall.

It's that sort of sobbing that's a culmination of pain, pity and reality kicking in. What made matters worse is that my nurses buzzer malfunctioned and had ceased to operate.

I think the patients down the other end of the hall heard me crying ( we all have a turn). The nurse came and sorted out the pain issue. For people having a hip replacement, don't hold back from asking for appropriate pain manna genet. I let it go for too long last night. For the first time in 5 days I awoke and didn't vomit which felt good.

It looks as though we might have found a combination that I don't react badly to. It's only early days, but I'm typing this sitting in a chair, brilliant rays of sunshine lighting the room.