Well im back...now with 50% off (the right one) It was all going according to plan. I felt well enough to walk down to theatre and met my surgeon again (big Irish fella) and walked into the prelim room prior to having surgery, He turned to me and calmy said " lay yourself out on the floor Robert and get comfortable, we dont normally supply pillows but I can ask around if you like...." that instantly warmed me to him. He'd told me earlier that he himself had lost a friend (testicle) 30 yrs ago, so I regarded him as a more than qualified urologist to tell me about recovery etc. Surgery - I was told - went very well. I woke up shuddering however, I was aware where I was, sort of. But couldnt help asking 'Where am I....am I on a boat??' the morphine was just keeping the pain under. I started to worry about the shaking and why I couldnt stop it, then I started hyperventilating and my hands became numb all due to the pain emerging very quickly. I was given another three 5 mg doses of morphine by a female surgeon with the most wonderful calming voice ( I told her later before I was wheeled out how great I thought it was ;)...
When I was back in my ward and being transferred from the dolly to my bed, my bed promptly collapsed about 6 inches.
I was hunched up to the side and couldn't get comfortable. Family came to visit whilst I was still tripping on morphine and mumbling through an oxygen mask. When they had gone I tried settling down for a nap. Adjusting myself, thats when I felt something pop. It took about a minute for the pain to reach its peak and I was trying my best to crush the iron headboard with one hand and swear into the mask and not be understood!! The nurse came, followed by another, then another and I could feel the wound throbbing, a swelling in my groin and a warm trickle between my legs. I was bleeding internally. Even though I thought I was being careful in adjusting myself in bed I'd still managed to rupture my wound. the pain was unforgiving!. they game me another morphine shot via IV and it took ages to kick in. So i just laid there, ballooning, spitting curse words into my oxygen mask waiting for the morphine to take affect. I slept all evening and all night!
So that was wednesday night. At 5:30 am the following day I woke up naturally. didnt feel too bad. Then, within 10 mins the pain came back. felt like someone pressing a car cigarette lighter into my lower abs!. My nurse emergency button wasnt to hand and my groans woke up the much poorlier men in my room. One of 'em went to get the nurse and I was hurting....bad...saying....'this isnt right!! over and over again. It was just the build up of pressure during the night the wound was knitting together and hurting a lot. I wanted the dressing off cos I could feel it pulling on hundreds of hairs (and trapping just one hair on your tummy is painful enough!! - guys will agree! ). she gave me some morphine syrup and again just had to grin and bear it till it kicked in.
So..Thurs night and Friday night spent in the hospital all because of this Hematoma Ive suffered. Home now and glad to be in my own bed.
My surgeon told me that after he had removed my testicle, that the tumour appeared 'encapsulated' and not as large as he had thought when first examining me and that it seemed to be contained. He couldn't really say what the risk of it spreading was, but he sounded positive. So it doesnt sound too bad. I hope to get the Path Lab reports back in the next 2 weeks and hope my treatment isnt too extensive
I cant express how great the staff are at HRI. from the minute I was admitted to being discharged I saw a lot of different nurses and there attitude and professionalism were excellent. Also, because of the 'extra' care needed because of all this haemorraghing and bruising, I was the butt of some good jokes!..
Im hobbling about like a man in his eighties, Im sporting an XL jock strap for 'support' and my genitalia resembles a wrinkled aubergine sprouting a few hairs and is swollen to a rather upsetting degree!! But its going to clear up, eventually!
So much for going home the next day!! what a load of Bollocks!!
Bring on Phase 2!!!
