Friday, July 12, 2013

Pilonidal Cyst Removal Take 2


Well I had a lot of anxiety about being put under the anesthetic today.
The powers that be saw fit to have a different approach given to me so that I didn't have to have the same issues last time with the nausea and dizziness post surgery.

Everything went well.

They did a spinal anesthetic with a mild sedative to relax me.  Very surreal.  I was in that state of sleep where you can here everything going on around you but you are asleep.
Also I couldn't feel anything from the waist down.

The surgery took a mere 45 minutes instead of the nearly 2.5 hours the first one took (first surgery was August 12, 2011).
I was moved to recovery within 30 minutes of being brought out of surgery.  I was longer in recovery because I had to prove I could walk and pee without falling on my face.

The feeling coming back to my waist down was really really surreal.
Take that feeling you get when you have a cavity filled, magnify it by a thousand and then apply to your lower body.

It ranks second as the weirdest sensation I have every encountered to my body, bumping giving birth to third, and my knee sloshing post knee surgery holds number one.

Pain wise.
I gave up the Percocept about two hours ago (10pm).  The headache with each pill at each four hour mark was intensifying.  Besides I am in so little pain in comparison to the first surgery that I keep wondering if I had surgery at all.  It is slightly more painful then having a cyst drained, but that is easily managed by extra strength tylenol and the fact I have an incredibly high threshold for pain.

With luck since I was immediately referred back to my surgeon after the first sign of infection in the cyst area that we got it and it WON'T COME BACK this time.
In my drug muddled sleep I heard him comment about how insignificant this cyst was when compared to the first.

Unfortunately I have to have nurses come to me.  CACC has since moved from their central Kitchener location to the boonies out near Fairview Park Mall AND shortened their hours meaning I would have to stop working at 4pm in order to go to the clinic and only if I had a ride every time.
Well that isn't going to work for 2 of 4 childrens' schedule in my care.  Here is hoping they have gotten some more competent nurses with regards to pilonidal wound care in the past two years.

All in all I feel miles better already.  I was pretty sure I was days away from another flare up.  So relieved to have it done and over with.

Now to give my self a few days to heal and begin the tedious process of calling the million people whom need calling with regards to address changes etc.  In a week's time I will begin the process of packing more and sorting and selling more day care stuff.
Moving day is only a month and a bit away.



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