The fat lady hasn't sung YET.
In keeping with this horrendous recovery, a new complication has arising. It seems that I might possibly have an interior incisional abscess brewing. My lower right is in so much pain that the lightest touch makes me recoil. There is a small grape-sized knot under the skin that fills my body with heavy volts of pain if it is pressed. So I will be going back in for a much-dreaded ultrasound this afternoon to investigate further. I say much-dreaded because it will take pressure on a very sensitive spot to get an image, and I really don't look forward to that.
UPDATED
Not an abscess. No idea what it is. I had an ultrasound, which hurt like a mofo. All that was discovered was a grape-sized mass of "flesh" around the internal incision. "Perfectly normal" according to the OB. Then she lectured me about "doing too much" and not taking my Percocet. So I'm now back on the damnable drug, which is not so very awesome right now (hurl, headache, hurl), and back on the couch. I'm allowed to go up-down the stairs once per day (to go to bed).
My guess is that it is a severed nerve or a combo of nerves and massive scar tissue combined. Either way, it hurts. A lot. And I'm really tired of it.
Abi, I admit, I daydreamed about it being an abscess that needed to be opened/drained. At least it would have been something "fixable".
Julia, we have to stop having so many uterine similarities. Let's just copy each other's shoe collections instead.
UG. So sorry, hon.
Posted by: Cecily | April 27, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Damnit! So sorry. Hope you got to take some drugs before to pushing of u/s. Sending you uncomplicated thoughts.
Posted by: Sue | April 27, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Hope it goes ok! Surely they'll have to take the damn ute out if it's not good?
Posted by: crystal | April 27, 2011 at 01:51 PM
This is beyond unfair. I'm so sorry.
Posted by: Cat | April 28, 2011 at 07:45 AM
Aw, everyone is being so nice. And here I was fantasizing about slicing that sucker open and letting the goo drain out...
Posted by: Abi | April 28, 2011 at 07:56 AM
I'll be praying for a severed nerve instead. Not because it hurts less, but because it goes away on its own and doesn't require any further futzing.
Posted by: Uncommon Julia | April 28, 2011 at 03:26 PM
Poor honey! That's no fun... Can you ask the dr to try switching you to vicodin? Some people who don't tolerate percocet well do just fine on vicodin... or even Tylenol/codeine if the vicodin is no good for you. Worth trying till you are comfortable!
hope you are better soon...
Congrats on your beautiful baby!
Posted by: sarah | April 28, 2011 at 11:04 PM