So it has been just a day over 3 weeks since i had my Appendix out and i was healing very slowly at first. That first week i had my operation i honestly thought i was never going to heal, but since then its been quick-ish.
The one thing you are told is take it easy and do not over do it. That i think has been the hardest part. When you have had the operation and you can feel the pain of not only your insides but your wounds also, it really is easy to take it easy because you know 100% what your boundaries are because if you move into a certain position, it hurts straight away so you know that it's too much.
However, when you have started healing some more and moving around becomes easier then that is when you tend to do too much and forget that just because you can see your wounds are healing well, it does not mean that your insides have healed.
It tends the be the little things that you do such as, getting something from the cupboard, bending down to put a wash on, walking too quickly to catch your bus and even hanging washing on the line.
I did all these things days after coming home from the hospital and it really is hard not too, when you have a home which is yours, you need to clean it. That my friends is how a few times i have over stepped the mark with my sore insides.
I have been discharged form the nurses who changed my dressings, so i have not had dressings on for a week today. When i went on the 22nd April, the nurse said that i was healing well and she was happy to dishcharge me and then she told me i wont need dressings anymore. I looked at the nurse as if to say ''are you sure now?'' (worried face). And that walk home from the clinic with my jeans rubbing my stitches was the strangest.
I went to see my doctor on Monday just gone to ask when i will be able to excersise again and she told me 3 months!!!!!! WHAT!!??
She went on to remind me that although it was key hole surgery it was still a major operation (which is scary to think of). The surgeons don't make it out to be anything big because they do these operations so often, but yeah it was a big op and they went through muscle and tissue and i have stitches inside me where my Appendix was and i need to be careful not to aggravate any of that so i heal properly. So that kind of sucks.
Now i have a countdown app on my phone to alert me when i can workout again. Currently i have 61 days left. That was 3 months from the date of my operation. So i look forward to being completely healed.
I am still signed off sick, so i have still not started my new job but i will be in a couple of weeks i hope. Just do not want to over do it as there are a lot of steps and heavy lifting and stretching involved in my job role.
My family, Darren and his mum have been so good to me whilst i've been sick and my lovely Auntie June who was asking how i was on a daily basis whilst i have been recovering. When i uploaded the post about my operation i did not go into detail with how helpful my family where as i did not want to make it longer than it already was.
Little shout outs to my family are;
my sister hannah who came to see me every day i was in hospital bringing me supplies such as dry hair shampoo, face wipes, a bobble ( as i didnt have one when i went in), pjs and lots of other stuff. And putting up with my awful mood! So thank you so much!!
Mum who came in pretty much every day that i was in and even took Darren for a drink and cake to make sure he was ok too.
My dad and other sister (including her partner) who came in to see me looking dreadful and bought me a magazine and chocolates and my dad who took me home- very greatful.
and Ofcourse my Darren who saw me everyday whilst trying to juggle work, being home to let the dogs out and rushing to see me at visiting time. Bringing me allsorts in from my tablet so i was not bored in hospital to ice lollies when the heat was too much and just being there for me when i was sad and cried to him when that evil doctor hurt me. And his lovely mum an family for buying me flowers and asking how i am all the time.
Sorry if that was boring to my readers but it wasn't mentioned and it's important to have a lovely family that supports you and i am very greatful.
Thank you for reading my blog, it means so much to me that these words i mumble interest you and make you want to come back- or is that the cake recipe?? haha.
See you soon xxxxxx
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Monday 27 April 2015
Cake recipe
This past week for some reason had me wanting to be a really good girlfriend and make my man some cakes (they where for me really, don't tell him). I have no idea where it came from. My mum always bakes and i suppose that is where my love of baking comes from but i go through phases and it also depends on my bank account too, baking isn't cheap.
Anyway the first thing i made was Biscotti biscuits from the Hairy Bikers diet cookbook which will be pictured below in this post. They where so lovely but i didn't have proper spoon measures so alls i could taste was baking powder as i had used too much so i really would like to try them again with the correct measures. It's all in the practising.
(sorry the photo is dark. Was late at night when i took this photo.)
The next thing i made was this Hairy Bikers tea cake. It was really lovely.
Mine did not look anything like theres because i did not use the baking tray that they say to use within the recipe. That is only because i simply did not have one. So instead i used two small loaf tins and it was a nightmare. Only because it was not setting in the middle, so i was calling my mum for advice. Basically if you have this book or buy it (which i do reccomend) then i would suggest you use the items they say to :).
So after these i decided cookies.. however i kind of ate them all :/ sorry everyone. no photos. I didn't like the recipe anyway so i will find one i like soon and share it with you all. When i return to work i will be baking everyone cookies anyway so you will get to have a sneaky peek.
Next up.. I know can you believe all this baking and in one week!
Next up was the coffee and walnut cake.
Oh it was delicious.
So to do this you will need;
Firstly wash your hands.
preheat your oven to 170 degrees celsius.
To make the cake all you do its measure out your ingredients and set them to one side. Now before anything else you know those 50g of walnuts, well they need to either be crushed by hand in a pestal and morter (like i did, mine is a mini one and it took me like an hour! no joke), OR and this is what i 100% suggest, blitz them up in a food processor. They need to be quite fine unless you want bigger chunks in your cake. Once that is done you can carry on.
This is really easy. All i did was put all the ingredients except the grounded up walnuts, into a big mixing bowl and mixed them all together until its a lovely thick creamy texture. Then fold in the walnuts, very gently so you do not lose any of the air you have just made when mixing. Once its all been gently mixed then you pour the mixture evenly into your two cake bases.
I used two silicone cases, i'm not certain on the sizes but they worked perfectly.
bake them in the oven for 25-30 mins. All ovens are different so be sure to check on them towards to 20 min mark. Do not open the oven any less than that as your cake could sink in the middle due to the temp change.
Once they are baked, turn the cakes out and leave to completley cool.
Make the frosting.
So empty your mascarpone cheese into a mixing bowl, add your sugar and espresso powder and a drop of milk (you can always add more as you need to). and mix together until you have your perfect consistancy. And when your cakes are cool, spread the frosting in the middle and on top of your cake and add your walnut halves to decorate and there you have it. Coffee and walnut cake.
* I must add that you need to refridgerate this cake because if not your frosting starts to go brown and it isnt at all fresh the next day.
Next up is the victoria sponge cake..
So to make this cake all you need to do is follow the instructions for the coffee cake except where it has 1tbsp espresso powder you swap that for 1tsp of vanilla extract and you do not need the walnuts.
so this is what you need.
for the filling;
You will need a jam of your choice, i used strawberry. You will also need double cream, 1tsp vanilla extract and caster sugar.
So in a mixing bowl pour in your cream (i only bought a small tub), sugar and vanilla and whisk them together to form a stiff peak, you will know when its ready. and you are done. Really is easy. Now spread a thick even layer of jam on one side of the cake and on the other the cream. i sprinkled some icing sugar on the top but that is optional.
The coffee and walnut cake and the victoria sponge cake are not my recipes. I found them on a video on youtube and quickly wrote down the recipes. I will try and find who uploaded them. The victoria sponge was my favourite. It tasted amazing. It should do for all the effort i made. I hand whisked the cream for 32 mins with a fork!! haha.
i baked another victoria sponge but this time i used a heart cookie cutter to cut the sponge cake and made these gorgeous little cakes.
I gave them to my dad to take home. Mum already had some cake and theres lots of people to eat them at dads so off they went. Look how cute they are!!
I have really enjoyed making these cakes and biscuits and i hope you will try this recipe, if you do please comment below. I will have to stop baking soon or i will end up so big i wont be able to leave the house to buy more ingredients haha. My friend once had a sign in her kitchen saying 'never trust a skinny cook'.
So i kind of use that now haha. I hope you all have had a lovely day.
Come see me again soon xxxxxx
Anyway the first thing i made was Biscotti biscuits from the Hairy Bikers diet cookbook which will be pictured below in this post. They where so lovely but i didn't have proper spoon measures so alls i could taste was baking powder as i had used too much so i really would like to try them again with the correct measures. It's all in the practising.
(sorry the photo is dark. Was late at night when i took this photo.)
The next thing i made was this Hairy Bikers tea cake. It was really lovely.
So after these i decided cookies.. however i kind of ate them all :/ sorry everyone. no photos. I didn't like the recipe anyway so i will find one i like soon and share it with you all. When i return to work i will be baking everyone cookies anyway so you will get to have a sneaky peek.
Next up.. I know can you believe all this baking and in one week!
Next up was the coffee and walnut cake.
Oh it was delicious.
So to do this you will need;
- 115g self-raising flour
- 115g caster sugar
- 115g butter (suitable for baking with)
- 2 large free range eggs (i say free range because i won't use any other kind)
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 1tbsp of espresso powder (finely ground)
- 50g walnuts
- Mascarpone cheese (one small-medium tub)
- 1tbsp caster sugar
- 2 tsp espresso powder
- a drop of milk to losen
- 8 walnut halves to decorate
Firstly wash your hands.
preheat your oven to 170 degrees celsius.
To make the cake all you do its measure out your ingredients and set them to one side. Now before anything else you know those 50g of walnuts, well they need to either be crushed by hand in a pestal and morter (like i did, mine is a mini one and it took me like an hour! no joke), OR and this is what i 100% suggest, blitz them up in a food processor. They need to be quite fine unless you want bigger chunks in your cake. Once that is done you can carry on.
This is really easy. All i did was put all the ingredients except the grounded up walnuts, into a big mixing bowl and mixed them all together until its a lovely thick creamy texture. Then fold in the walnuts, very gently so you do not lose any of the air you have just made when mixing. Once its all been gently mixed then you pour the mixture evenly into your two cake bases.
I used two silicone cases, i'm not certain on the sizes but they worked perfectly.
bake them in the oven for 25-30 mins. All ovens are different so be sure to check on them towards to 20 min mark. Do not open the oven any less than that as your cake could sink in the middle due to the temp change.
Once they are baked, turn the cakes out and leave to completley cool.
Make the frosting.
So empty your mascarpone cheese into a mixing bowl, add your sugar and espresso powder and a drop of milk (you can always add more as you need to). and mix together until you have your perfect consistancy. And when your cakes are cool, spread the frosting in the middle and on top of your cake and add your walnut halves to decorate and there you have it. Coffee and walnut cake.
* I must add that you need to refridgerate this cake because if not your frosting starts to go brown and it isnt at all fresh the next day.
Next up is the victoria sponge cake..
So to make this cake all you need to do is follow the instructions for the coffee cake except where it has 1tbsp espresso powder you swap that for 1tsp of vanilla extract and you do not need the walnuts.
so this is what you need.
- 115g self-raising flour
- 115g caster sugar
- 115g butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1tsp vanilla extract
for the filling;
You will need a jam of your choice, i used strawberry. You will also need double cream, 1tsp vanilla extract and caster sugar.
So in a mixing bowl pour in your cream (i only bought a small tub), sugar and vanilla and whisk them together to form a stiff peak, you will know when its ready. and you are done. Really is easy. Now spread a thick even layer of jam on one side of the cake and on the other the cream. i sprinkled some icing sugar on the top but that is optional.
The coffee and walnut cake and the victoria sponge cake are not my recipes. I found them on a video on youtube and quickly wrote down the recipes. I will try and find who uploaded them. The victoria sponge was my favourite. It tasted amazing. It should do for all the effort i made. I hand whisked the cream for 32 mins with a fork!! haha.
i baked another victoria sponge but this time i used a heart cookie cutter to cut the sponge cake and made these gorgeous little cakes.
I gave them to my dad to take home. Mum already had some cake and theres lots of people to eat them at dads so off they went. Look how cute they are!!
I have really enjoyed making these cakes and biscuits and i hope you will try this recipe, if you do please comment below. I will have to stop baking soon or i will end up so big i wont be able to leave the house to buy more ingredients haha. My friend once had a sign in her kitchen saying 'never trust a skinny cook'.
So i kind of use that now haha. I hope you all have had a lovely day.
Come see me again soon xxxxxx
Sunday 26 April 2015
Lady Green Garden centre
So Mum and i went for a little drive to the garden centre yesterday. Mum wanted some plants for a hanging basket and i just fancied some fresh air and it's nice to spend some time together.
For those of you who have not been to this garden centre, you should. It is built on 10 acres of land (i think) and it is just so beautiful! It is in liverpool and i will include the post code within this post, just because if you are like me and would love a nice drive, cup of tea and to be surrounded by gorgeous plants and gifts.. well this is the place for you.
This post does contain a lot of photos haha, but i know you will enjoy them.
This is a photo of our journey down, it was gorgeous but the sky was pretty miserable. Was raining on and off the whole day.
This painting you are about to see has magical powers haha because mum says she can see herself being many things when she stands in front of it.
She can imagine herself walking her dog along the beach everyday and believe it or not she is an author! well i never. We laughed as both of us had the same ideas as one another when we looked at it, i had a massive house on the beach which was spotless (see why i say magical?) and i see myself reading and walking lots and im like half the weight i am and its always sunny. Life is almost perfect when you stare at this painting for a while haha.
Next stop was the cafe ofcourse! There is not one member of my family that i know that goes to a garden centre and does not have a cup of tea atleast.
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The main reason this garden centre is probably my favourite is because of the out door plants area. It is huge and the scenery is just beautiful. I would love to work there, it would never be a case of ''i don't want to get up for work''.
I hope you enoyed the photos. If you like garden centres and have never been to this and you live in the Liverpool area then have a visit. Honestly it makes for a lovely day out. The post code is L38 1QB.
Me and mum had a fab day and thank you for visiting me.
Tomorrow i will be putting up a post on all the baking i have done this week. lots of cakes and a recipe! xxxxx
For those of you who have not been to this garden centre, you should. It is built on 10 acres of land (i think) and it is just so beautiful! It is in liverpool and i will include the post code within this post, just because if you are like me and would love a nice drive, cup of tea and to be surrounded by gorgeous plants and gifts.. well this is the place for you.
This post does contain a lot of photos haha, but i know you will enjoy them.
This is a photo of our journey down, it was gorgeous but the sky was pretty miserable. Was raining on and off the whole day.
We made it!!
Lady Green has a lovely entrance. Lots of beautiful trees and flowers.
so first things first, we had a look around the shop area, they have gorgeous home products and fun gift ideas.
Mum and i loved these two hanging verses. We laughed so much. Mum said the one about the bedroom was me when i was little, haha so true!!
She can imagine herself walking her dog along the beach everyday and believe it or not she is an author! well i never. We laughed as both of us had the same ideas as one another when we looked at it, i had a massive house on the beach which was spotless (see why i say magical?) and i see myself reading and walking lots and im like half the weight i am and its always sunny. Life is almost perfect when you stare at this painting for a while haha.
Next stop was the cafe ofcourse! There is not one member of my family that i know that goes to a garden centre and does not have a cup of tea atleast.
These mini jam jars are great for storing jewellery and also sauces for salads, they are handy to keep a small portion of nuts in to snack on or even your daily medication so you know you have it safe.
how lovely is the view from the window. I remember when we where younger we came for lunch and it was a lovely day so we decided to sit outside under the sun umberella. Needless to say we basically spent the whole time running away from wasps whilst still trying to eat. Never sat out since, the view is great though :p
How fab are these owl water fountains?!
The main reason this garden centre is probably my favourite is because of the out door plants area. It is huge and the scenery is just beautiful. I would love to work there, it would never be a case of ''i don't want to get up for work''.
Beautiful isn't it.
Who remembers as children either putting your finger inside this plant or a leaf or twig so it shuts?
They have a cute little craft shop. The very basics and small variety of yarn. I love it. I love browsing the craft shops, see if it doesn't spark any bright ideas :)
Well mum got the plants she wanted and i had a good old nose round and it was home time. How lovely is this, they have it outside as you leave.
I hope you enoyed the photos. If you like garden centres and have never been to this and you live in the Liverpool area then have a visit. Honestly it makes for a lovely day out. The post code is L38 1QB.
Me and mum had a fab day and thank you for visiting me.
Tomorrow i will be putting up a post on all the baking i have done this week. lots of cakes and a recipe! xxxxx
Friday 24 April 2015
Pippa's a blogger
I have told you all that Pippa is a cheeky dog and has such a personality well she wants to share that with you all clearly as these pictures say it all.. She wants to be a blogger haha.
''Oh what a lovely day to blog, Hope Darren doesn't mind me using his laptop''
''Am i in the shot ok?''
''mmm now just to choose my layout..''
'' just checking my stats on blogger, one pageview, hang on does this count me looking as one?''
haha hope you enjoyed them. She gets herself into these positions and its hard to resist getting a photo. What a cutey!!
Smile and have a fabulous day everyone :) xxxxxxx
''Oh what a lovely day to blog, Hope Darren doesn't mind me using his laptop''
''Am i in the shot ok?''
''mmm now just to choose my layout..''
'' just checking my stats on blogger, one pageview, hang on does this count me looking as one?''
haha hope you enjoyed them. She gets herself into these positions and its hard to resist getting a photo. What a cutey!!
Smile and have a fabulous day everyone :) xxxxxxx
Thursday 23 April 2015
Thank you to all my readers :D xx
Like any new blogger i tend to check my stats on blogger quite a lot. Before i had my operation i had only a handful of pageviews and about 10% of them where from my family and 90% from me viewing my pages haha.
So after my post on my operation i viewed my stats again seeing as it had been like 2 weeks or more. I was so shocked to see the figures!!
The majority of my audience is America. wow. Thank you so much. I would never have imagined.
I also have Australia, Canada and Ireland and the UK of course. I can't tell you what it means to me that people are reading my blog. I really hope you are all enjoying it. I am really enjoying writing it. I was concerned at first that i would not have anything to talk about but it has never been something i have worried about in the past, as anyone that knows me will tell you all that i never shut up :).
Oh and i have a follower which i am ridiculously excited about! I am still getting to grips with this blogger. I have peoples blogs to add to mine and i will do it so don't worry and please feel free to add my blog to yours too.
Thank you so much for visiting me and being a part of my life and blogging journey. I try and upload regular posts but sometimes things happen so stay with me and i will upload them soon enough.
If you enjoy reading and want to stay up to date with my posts then please subscribe. You can do this by putting your email in the subscription box at the bottom of my blog and you will get an email each time i make a new post.
Also please comment and message me if you want to talk or know anything else. I really appreciate your visits and i hope i see more from you.
Take care xxxxx
So after my post on my operation i viewed my stats again seeing as it had been like 2 weeks or more. I was so shocked to see the figures!!
The majority of my audience is America. wow. Thank you so much. I would never have imagined.
I also have Australia, Canada and Ireland and the UK of course. I can't tell you what it means to me that people are reading my blog. I really hope you are all enjoying it. I am really enjoying writing it. I was concerned at first that i would not have anything to talk about but it has never been something i have worried about in the past, as anyone that knows me will tell you all that i never shut up :).
Oh and i have a follower which i am ridiculously excited about! I am still getting to grips with this blogger. I have peoples blogs to add to mine and i will do it so don't worry and please feel free to add my blog to yours too.
Thank you so much for visiting me and being a part of my life and blogging journey. I try and upload regular posts but sometimes things happen so stay with me and i will upload them soon enough.
If you enjoy reading and want to stay up to date with my posts then please subscribe. You can do this by putting your email in the subscription box at the bottom of my blog and you will get an email each time i make a new post.
Also please comment and message me if you want to talk or know anything else. I really appreciate your visits and i hope i see more from you.
Take care xxxxx
Refreshing Honey and Lemon drink
How amazing has the weather been?!
just look at this sky.
on the photos the sky looks dark but the sun was just so bright. I had to keep my eyes closed to take the photo, all in all i am pleased with them :) captured the sun lovely.
Definitely a clothes drying day for sure
so anyway back to what this post is actually about. The drink.
Honey and Lemon are both extremley good for you. I will be making a post soon to tell you all of these benefits and much more to do with these two magical ingredients.
To make this gorgeous guilt free drink you will need;
I would 100% put ice cubes into your delicious summer drink. Have fun and use your favourite ice cubes. This is mine..
this is my pineapple silicone ice tray from wilkinsons. I have had this for a few years now. It was a complete bargain at only 50p!! I know!! I doubt they stock them at that price anymore.
That isn't the only bargain i have to share with you.
These jars where from Homebargains. You will never guess how much they where!?
ok i will put you out of your misery.. but one more thing before i say the price, Please save me a couple more to purchase.
Ready? ... 69p!!! I could hardly believe it..
This drink is a healthy alternative to fizzy drinks or even alcohol. It does have sugar in but its all 100% natural. If you are concerned for your teeth then just make sure you use a good quality toothpaste with acid protection. I use sensodyne.
I really hope you enjoy making this lovely refreshing, healthy and cheap summer drink.
Pippa and Jack have been enjoying the sun whilst i was enjoying my drink :)
Hope you have all had a wonderful day and keep smiling xxxxxx
just look at this sky.
on the photos the sky looks dark but the sun was just so bright. I had to keep my eyes closed to take the photo, all in all i am pleased with them :) captured the sun lovely.
Definitely a clothes drying day for sure
so anyway back to what this post is actually about. The drink.
Honey and Lemon are both extremley good for you. I will be making a post soon to tell you all of these benefits and much more to do with these two magical ingredients.
To make this gorgeous guilt free drink you will need;
- Your favourite glass or drinking cup
- 1 Lemon
- 2 tbs Honey
- A small amount of hot water and also cold water
- Ice cubes (optional but highly reccomended)
I would 100% put ice cubes into your delicious summer drink. Have fun and use your favourite ice cubes. This is mine..
this is my pineapple silicone ice tray from wilkinsons. I have had this for a few years now. It was a complete bargain at only 50p!! I know!! I doubt they stock them at that price anymore.
That isn't the only bargain i have to share with you.
These jars where from Homebargains. You will never guess how much they where!?
ok i will put you out of your misery.. but one more thing before i say the price, Please save me a couple more to purchase.
Ready? ... 69p!!! I could hardly believe it..
This drink is a healthy alternative to fizzy drinks or even alcohol. It does have sugar in but its all 100% natural. If you are concerned for your teeth then just make sure you use a good quality toothpaste with acid protection. I use sensodyne.
I really hope you enjoy making this lovely refreshing, healthy and cheap summer drink.
Pippa and Jack have been enjoying the sun whilst i was enjoying my drink :)
Hope you have all had a wonderful day and keep smiling xxxxxx
Sunday 19 April 2015
I HAD MY APPENDIX OUT!!!
I wanted to share my hospital experience with you all. So this is the reason i do not have any updated posts since Easter. This post is a long one but if you are interested stay with me :)
So you all know i was in wales staying with my family over the easter weekend.
Easter Monday morning i woke up and i was in a lot of pain, i had pelvic pain which throughout the day continued to rise up my stomach to just under my chest. The pain was quite intense and it hurt to touch, even to breathe. We left wales around 3pm and the journey home was quite painful. when i arrived home i decided to go to the walk in center. The nurse who saw me said that it was either my ovaries ( I have PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome), or my Appendix. She reffered me to the Royal Liverpool Hospital. By this point i was worried as i honestly thought it may have been really bad trapped wind or something and i did not want to make such a fuss in case it was, as that would have been really embaressing, but the pain was not nice. When i stood up it felt like my insides where being forced down, almost like what i would imagine a prolapse to feel like.
Darren was with me for all of this thank goodness. When we arrived at A+E they told me to go through to the surgical assessment ward. When we finally located it a member of staff asked where we where going, we told him and he said there where no beds, This baffled me because i had a refferal and two members of staff told me to go there. I queried what i was to do but he just repeated 'There are no beds!'. He was horrible and had no people skills at all. We had to go back to A+E to be told to go somewhere else, a lovely doctor saw that we where lost and directed us. We waited in this ward for a total of 2 hours.
Within this time we saw all sorts. A poor lady was having a fit which was scary. An old man was sat in front of me and darren and he had THEEE LONGEST TOE NAILS EVERRR!!! anyone that knows me will know that my thoughts of men with horrible long crusty toe nails makes me sick! its vile. Then there was a woman who came to hospital in an ambulance with a sore arm and complaining of feeling funny. The nurse who was speaking to her asked how long she had felt the way she did for and the lady replied a few days, the nurse then asked her if she had been to the doctors or a walk in center and the lady said she hadn't. The nurse looked confused and asked why not and the lady said she just didn't want to go, she was then asked if she had taken any medication to help with the pain. Ofcourse she had not, why? because she didn't want to take medication. WHAT A WASTE OF AN AMBULANCE!!! the nurse felt the same as me clearly as long story short, she was sent home.
Early hours of the morning one of the surgical doctors came to see me and told me that my blood test showed inflamation of what he thought was the appendix but they still where unsure and told me they would have to keep me in. My poor Darren had to leave me as i was going onto a ward.
I got onto the ward around 1.40am and i was told i would be nill by mouth from 2am, when i asked why the nurse said for my operation in the morning. I was not told this, so by this point i thought she is either presuming i will have one or she knew something and i did not.
The next morning when the doctors came to see me (oh my god there was like 12 of them, i didn't know who to look at haha) i was told they where going to put me to sleep and put a camera into my belly button and see what the problem is and if its my appendix they will remove them there and then by making two more cuts and doing it key hole. I really did not have the time to be nervous or scared as i was the first patient in surgery that day and they wanted me down there asap! I had a quick handwash whilst telling Darren on loudspeaker what was happening so he could tell my family, and then back on the ward to put on these dreadful knickers...
i know! are these even knickers? i thought someone had left a dishcloth on my hospital night dress and stockings!!
turns out they are actually really comfortable!!
and throw on my theatre gown and stockings. The stockings where the hardest.
I was not scared to go down to theatre, i was rather looking forward to the sleep ha, as i had not slept properly at all. I had two hours if that, i had a saline drip in my arm which hurt so much but also meant i needed to take the drip with me to the loo which was a mission as i had to unplug it and get it out of the ward without waking people with its beeping, then there where people who where crying and bed alarms going off. So sleep was very difficult.
The team that would be in theatre with me where lovely and it was a positive experience. I was not scared at all (which i still am shocked about but so proud of myself for).
I was relieved when i woke up in the recovery ward. I was told the operation would take between 30-45 mins but i was in for nearly 2 hours!! After that it was a painful and slow recovery time.
The hardest bit of the recovery is getting out of bed to go to the toilet or to sit up. I was made to get up by one of the health care assistants so she could make my bed and i cried and cried and later on my dressings where soaked in blood. But the morphine was great haha.
I had a terrible experience with one of the night doctors. I wanted tramadol to help with the pain and the nurse said she will ask the doctor. I was in bed and it was really late, past 11pm. I was comfortable, watching a film on my tablet and falling asleep. The doctor said he needed to feel my stomach (all the nurses and doctors so far have lifted my night dress up so they can see where the dressings are). This doctor did not care to see where my dressings where and put both hands on my stomach and pressed my stitches so hard i yelped and said to him hes really hurting me but he ignored me and kept pressing hard. I burst out crying when he left and i could not stop, the nurses ran into me and i sobbed and told them what he did and she was shocked and said she did not know why he did it and got me a double dose of morphine for the pain and logged a complaint against him. I cried down the phone to darren and my dad i was so upset. My dad was fuming.
That was the worst of my experiences. The hospital food was quite nice to be honest. The seaghulls know when its dinner time and they come and sit on the ledges outside the windows and look in. Its so funny.
the magic is when i zoomed in.. Darren and i nearly wet ourselves laughing when i showed him the photo. ready?..
*wiping the tears from my eyes!!*
This was my view for a week.
I came into hospital monday 7th april at 10.10pm and left sat 11th april.
my doggies where so excited to see me :) i missed them so much!!!
My stomach is so big here. During the surgery they fill you up with air to inflate your stomach and it takes a while to go down. My stomach is still big now :( but no where near this photo.
and i could finally cut my wrist band off!!
Darrens mum and her partner came round to see me when i got home and bought me these gorgeous flowers, off them and darrens nan and uncle. I was made up and they are still going strong. They are beautiful and the roses in them are amazing. Such a lovely family.
I am still in a lot of discomfort and knowing your limits is hard. I keep reaching up for things which i shouldn't but you can't help but get back into your routine and when you have your own place it needs cleaning. But im glad im home and finally done this long post.
Thank you for visiting me and taking the time to be a part of my journey to recovery. I will keep you all updated with my progress :) Take care xxx
So you all know i was in wales staying with my family over the easter weekend.
Easter Monday morning i woke up and i was in a lot of pain, i had pelvic pain which throughout the day continued to rise up my stomach to just under my chest. The pain was quite intense and it hurt to touch, even to breathe. We left wales around 3pm and the journey home was quite painful. when i arrived home i decided to go to the walk in center. The nurse who saw me said that it was either my ovaries ( I have PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome), or my Appendix. She reffered me to the Royal Liverpool Hospital. By this point i was worried as i honestly thought it may have been really bad trapped wind or something and i did not want to make such a fuss in case it was, as that would have been really embaressing, but the pain was not nice. When i stood up it felt like my insides where being forced down, almost like what i would imagine a prolapse to feel like.
Darren was with me for all of this thank goodness. When we arrived at A+E they told me to go through to the surgical assessment ward. When we finally located it a member of staff asked where we where going, we told him and he said there where no beds, This baffled me because i had a refferal and two members of staff told me to go there. I queried what i was to do but he just repeated 'There are no beds!'. He was horrible and had no people skills at all. We had to go back to A+E to be told to go somewhere else, a lovely doctor saw that we where lost and directed us. We waited in this ward for a total of 2 hours.
Within this time we saw all sorts. A poor lady was having a fit which was scary. An old man was sat in front of me and darren and he had THEEE LONGEST TOE NAILS EVERRR!!! anyone that knows me will know that my thoughts of men with horrible long crusty toe nails makes me sick! its vile. Then there was a woman who came to hospital in an ambulance with a sore arm and complaining of feeling funny. The nurse who was speaking to her asked how long she had felt the way she did for and the lady replied a few days, the nurse then asked her if she had been to the doctors or a walk in center and the lady said she hadn't. The nurse looked confused and asked why not and the lady said she just didn't want to go, she was then asked if she had taken any medication to help with the pain. Ofcourse she had not, why? because she didn't want to take medication. WHAT A WASTE OF AN AMBULANCE!!! the nurse felt the same as me clearly as long story short, she was sent home.
Early hours of the morning one of the surgical doctors came to see me and told me that my blood test showed inflamation of what he thought was the appendix but they still where unsure and told me they would have to keep me in. My poor Darren had to leave me as i was going onto a ward.
I got onto the ward around 1.40am and i was told i would be nill by mouth from 2am, when i asked why the nurse said for my operation in the morning. I was not told this, so by this point i thought she is either presuming i will have one or she knew something and i did not.
The next morning when the doctors came to see me (oh my god there was like 12 of them, i didn't know who to look at haha) i was told they where going to put me to sleep and put a camera into my belly button and see what the problem is and if its my appendix they will remove them there and then by making two more cuts and doing it key hole. I really did not have the time to be nervous or scared as i was the first patient in surgery that day and they wanted me down there asap! I had a quick handwash whilst telling Darren on loudspeaker what was happening so he could tell my family, and then back on the ward to put on these dreadful knickers...
turns out they are actually really comfortable!!
and throw on my theatre gown and stockings. The stockings where the hardest.
I was not scared to go down to theatre, i was rather looking forward to the sleep ha, as i had not slept properly at all. I had two hours if that, i had a saline drip in my arm which hurt so much but also meant i needed to take the drip with me to the loo which was a mission as i had to unplug it and get it out of the ward without waking people with its beeping, then there where people who where crying and bed alarms going off. So sleep was very difficult.
The team that would be in theatre with me where lovely and it was a positive experience. I was not scared at all (which i still am shocked about but so proud of myself for).
I was relieved when i woke up in the recovery ward. I was told the operation would take between 30-45 mins but i was in for nearly 2 hours!! After that it was a painful and slow recovery time.
The hardest bit of the recovery is getting out of bed to go to the toilet or to sit up. I was made to get up by one of the health care assistants so she could make my bed and i cried and cried and later on my dressings where soaked in blood. But the morphine was great haha.
I had a terrible experience with one of the night doctors. I wanted tramadol to help with the pain and the nurse said she will ask the doctor. I was in bed and it was really late, past 11pm. I was comfortable, watching a film on my tablet and falling asleep. The doctor said he needed to feel my stomach (all the nurses and doctors so far have lifted my night dress up so they can see where the dressings are). This doctor did not care to see where my dressings where and put both hands on my stomach and pressed my stitches so hard i yelped and said to him hes really hurting me but he ignored me and kept pressing hard. I burst out crying when he left and i could not stop, the nurses ran into me and i sobbed and told them what he did and she was shocked and said she did not know why he did it and got me a double dose of morphine for the pain and logged a complaint against him. I cried down the phone to darren and my dad i was so upset. My dad was fuming.
That was the worst of my experiences. The hospital food was quite nice to be honest. The seaghulls know when its dinner time and they come and sit on the ledges outside the windows and look in. Its so funny.
This next photo i took was when i was eating my dinner one evening and i looked to my right and the seaghull was looking in at me.
*wiping the tears from my eyes!!*
This was my view for a week.
I came into hospital monday 7th april at 10.10pm and left sat 11th april.
my doggies where so excited to see me :) i missed them so much!!!
My stomach is so big here. During the surgery they fill you up with air to inflate your stomach and it takes a while to go down. My stomach is still big now :( but no where near this photo.
and i could finally cut my wrist band off!!
Darrens mum and her partner came round to see me when i got home and bought me these gorgeous flowers, off them and darrens nan and uncle. I was made up and they are still going strong. They are beautiful and the roses in them are amazing. Such a lovely family.
I am still in a lot of discomfort and knowing your limits is hard. I keep reaching up for things which i shouldn't but you can't help but get back into your routine and when you have your own place it needs cleaning. But im glad im home and finally done this long post.
Thank you for visiting me and taking the time to be a part of my journey to recovery. I will keep you all updated with my progress :) Take care xxx
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