Osahar
Working on the swing
Hey all, finally back at a computer again. Had my acoustic neuroma removal done on Thursday, August 25th. Everything went well that day, I think it was about a 4 hour procedure. I spent the night in the neurosurgery ICU, and moved to a recovery bed on Friday night. Post-surgery scans were good, looks like a total removal.
I had a few complications in the neuro PCU during recovery. I blame a lot of that on the quack that was doing rounds for my doctor on Saturday/Sunday. The two big things for the first weekend were to transition me to solid food diet and have my lumbar drain removed. This guy's version of doing rounds for my neurosurgeon was to stop in, ask if anything was ok, and leave. Sunday was the fun part of the complication due to my diet. Ended up spending the night throwing up, having CAT scans and abdominal x-rays taken, and the next morning found out that as a result of not advancing my diet on schedule my intestines had not come back online and were blocked (not uncommon I'm told). So got some stronger meds for a day, not much sleep sunday/monday, and a little extra help in getting things moving.
I managed to make it home on Tuesday night, and have been slowly getting my strength back. Overall I feel fairly good now, no real headaches lingering. I think I still have some swelling or possible weakness on the right side of my face, but I'm waiting until my follow-up appointment on Wednesday before I worry about it very much. Still have a little vertigo, which is to be expected, but I'm walking around and doing pretty good on my feet.
Well, that's where I sit right now...we'll see how things continue going forward.
I had a few complications in the neuro PCU during recovery. I blame a lot of that on the quack that was doing rounds for my doctor on Saturday/Sunday. The two big things for the first weekend were to transition me to solid food diet and have my lumbar drain removed. This guy's version of doing rounds for my neurosurgeon was to stop in, ask if anything was ok, and leave. Sunday was the fun part of the complication due to my diet. Ended up spending the night throwing up, having CAT scans and abdominal x-rays taken, and the next morning found out that as a result of not advancing my diet on schedule my intestines had not come back online and were blocked (not uncommon I'm told). So got some stronger meds for a day, not much sleep sunday/monday, and a little extra help in getting things moving.
I managed to make it home on Tuesday night, and have been slowly getting my strength back. Overall I feel fairly good now, no real headaches lingering. I think I still have some swelling or possible weakness on the right side of my face, but I'm waiting until my follow-up appointment on Wednesday before I worry about it very much. Still have a little vertigo, which is to be expected, but I'm walking around and doing pretty good on my feet.
Well, that's where I sit right now...we'll see how things continue going forward.
