PurpleKitty
07-16-2006, 01:58 PM
Hey everyone! It's been a rough 5 days since my stim came out but I think today I may be turning a corner. The antibiotics and pyridium plus have seemed to help and I think my flare is starting to calm down:woohoo: My fever is down today and the spasms and pain are at a tolerable level. Thanks so much for all your words of advice, comfort and compassion. I really needed support to get thorugh this.
My incisions are still really sore, but he good news is... where the battery pack used to be, it doesn't hurt anymore. I can actually push on it a little bit and I can definitely feel the difference. The pain is now from the surgery, but that horrible, awful deep ache is gone!!:smile tee The pain where the electrodes were is still there, very tender deep inside. My Dr says it will take some time for that to go away as he had to dig pretty deep to get all the wires and electrode pieces out.
I'm still having trouble with bladder/bowel control, that is something I may have to deal with for life. But for now I'll deal with it one day at a time. I'm trying to think of the positives, and for today the positives are the pain is tolerable and I'm not running to the potty every 15-30 mins. I'm up to at least 1-2 hrs between trips.
Thanks again for all your prayers, you are all in my prayers as we are in this together. I'm so grateful I've found you all and can share with women who "know" what my life is really like. It has been a true blessing during this roller coaster ride. I hope that I can be of help and support to some of you in your time of need.
My incisions are still really sore, but he good news is... where the battery pack used to be, it doesn't hurt anymore. I can actually push on it a little bit and I can definitely feel the difference. The pain is now from the surgery, but that horrible, awful deep ache is gone!!:smile tee The pain where the electrodes were is still there, very tender deep inside. My Dr says it will take some time for that to go away as he had to dig pretty deep to get all the wires and electrode pieces out.
I'm still having trouble with bladder/bowel control, that is something I may have to deal with for life. But for now I'll deal with it one day at a time. I'm trying to think of the positives, and for today the positives are the pain is tolerable and I'm not running to the potty every 15-30 mins. I'm up to at least 1-2 hrs between trips.
Thanks again for all your prayers, you are all in my prayers as we are in this together. I'm so grateful I've found you all and can share with women who "know" what my life is really like. It has been a true blessing during this roller coaster ride. I hope that I can be of help and support to some of you in your time of need.