Upon my discharge from UT Medical Center, I received a phone call from a NURSE who follows-up with patients who have just been discharged to make sure they are ok and to make sure that they have or are following their discharge instructions. During this phone call, the NURSE told me that it typically took 3 days at home to every day in the Hospital before one returns to normal. So, as far as my situation is concerned that would mean I have to endure 18 days at home before I should begin not to just feel better but before I return to that lifestyle that was considered NORMAL for me.
I have been home 5 days so far.
During those 5 days, I continue to lose 1 pound a day and while I am eating, I am still not eating at the levels I was before I went into the hospital.
I still feel FATIGUED more than anything else with a little bit of nausea that crops up from time-to-time mainly associated with after I have eaten something. I continue to drink coffee in the mornings like I used to, but maybe 1 cup at the most whereas before it was 4-5 cups of coffee and we are not talking about those small coffee cups but large 16 oz cups...
HOWEVER, marks a milestone, at least for me, because this morning was the first time I have had a substantial bowel movement since I was admitted to the hospital some 11 days ago. I have felt like a rabbit when it comes to this because the size has been life golf balls and that is not normal for me at all... but it all changed for me yesterday... and, this tells me I am on the road to recovery...
Perhaps you have already experienced something like this or perhaps not... in any event, my comments and sharing of personal, private information is being done solely for the purpose of the reader's education... perhaps to make their experience a little less uncertain and frightening.
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