{"id":268,"date":"2018-06-12T16:43:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lp21.uk\/?page_id=268"},"modified":"2018-10-29T19:53:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T19:53:56","slug":"268-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lp21.uk\/?page_id=268","title":{"rendered":"AKA Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

30th October 2015 – Day 1<\/strong><\/h1>\n

I woke up this morning after having a very interrupted night. Although not in much pain due to keeping on top of it wth the Morphine PCA, I kept waking up, sometimes to take the prescribed drugs, other times because I wasn\u2019t that tired. I had slept a lot the day before.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was very disorientated, but once I realised I was in hospital I had to check if the surgery had actually been done or not as my leg didn\u2019t feel any different to what it had done before amputation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seen my surgeon this morning, he was very happy with how things went during surgery, and has said that I would be in hospital for a mimum of 5 days and then they would review.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today the surgeon wants me to stay in bed to give what is left of my leg a chance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Had a lovely full English breakfast this morning. I may stay here longer, the bed is comfy, and the food is good! :-) <\/span><\/p>\n

As with my BKA 18 months ago, I\u2019m having difficulty in moving my residual limb smoothly, movement is at best very jerky. It has been a lot easier to accept and understand what is going on this time as I have been in this position before.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Morphine PCA was stopped today, and I have been taking a mixture of oral painkillers, IV Paracetamol and IV Antibiotics. Overall not feeling too bad.<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw my residual limb today for the first time, both the limb and the operation scar look quite neat.<\/span><\/p>\n

This afternoon, my residual leg has started to become extremely painful near the operation site. Not sure why.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been taking loads of painkillers of various sorts, but it isn\u2019t feeing any better. It is very tender to the touch. I hope all is OK. I mentioned it to the nurse who has said that this is nerve pain and has given me Gabapentin again to help with the nerve pain. I hope it is less painful in the morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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30th October 2015 – Day 1 I woke up this morning after having a very interrupted night. Although not in much pain due to keeping on top of it wth the Morphine PCA, I kept waking up, sometimes to take the prescribed drugs, other times because I wasn\u2019t that tired. I had slept a lot … <\/p>\n

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