GI update 3

[hypatia42]

My Sx post-op took a strange U-turn and I ended up back in urgent care + hospital for imaging on my arm. Superficial thrombophlebitis is a bitch but it doesn't generally come with complications. FTR, R distal lateral vein of the forearm has a clot in it due to the damage caused by the IV. Heat packing it =/>4x daily for at least 20 minutes and regular ibuprofen is the current treatment. If it doesn't improve, I get to talk to a hematologist.

The pain in my abdomen isn't as well controlled as I would like it to be. They tell me that's from the EDS complications. With everything super stretchy, it's harder to heal. #zebralife

Comments

[citabria]

Bloody fecking hell! Not just about the IV-caused clot but also about the EDS complications to your healing. I really, truly hope that, in the 3 days since you posted this, your pain has eased and is more well controlled. It's nowhere near the same as abdominal pain, but what's driven me the nuttiest in healing from my two hip replacements is when everything will be fine and dandy and then -- while I'm sitting with my feet up and am working, not doing anything at all -- it will feel like someone's stabbing me in my thigh (usually) or hip. And then it stops. It's not even all that close to the incision, adding to the WTFery. I hope that you're free of that sort of random pain, at least (though I'd be happiest if you were pain free overall)!

[hypatia42]

Surgery follow up tomorrow, Wednesday. We shall see what they say.

Oh, I didn't realise you were having surgery

[evaelisabeth]

I hope things heal quickly and with as little fuss as possible. Clots are scary do keep us updated on that one. Love you.