Yesterday, I went to hospital for day surgery and had Botox injected into the Trigone. And what a surprise, me being trouble, it hurt like hell when I woke up! I knew all the nurses and doctors there, and that was the only thing stopping me punching one of them for being so bloody patronising. Luckily, one nurse who has treated me in recovery three times now and knows me well, clocked me, gace me some morphine She administered triple my usual dose. Why do these things always happen to me?
After 10 agonising minutes, and lots of painkillers, it finally started to ease off, and I was sent back to the ward after about an hour under observations. But then the indwelling catheter they had put in blocked. The Sister wouldn’t believe me, saying no, it’s draining and it’s clear. I had brought my saline and syringes with me, and thought sod you then, I’ll do it myself! I asked her to get me a sterile plastic bowl, and laid it all out. It wasn’t in particularly sterile conditions but I did the best I could, soaking my hands and table in alcohol gel. And yes it was blocked. I pulled out a whole syringe full of mucus.
The Sister was astonished, saying she’d never seen or heard of that before (despite me telling her several times I had a NEO-bladder, NOT a normal one and how it worked). This has happened before and should have been in my notes but wasn’t. To give her credit she did write this in my notes so (hopefully) next time I have surgery that they are to do regular saline flushes, even if it appears to be clear and draining. I have a max capacity under anesthesia of 400ml, 200ml when conscious. I don’t want it to rupture!!!
My discharge note said the procedure had gone without incident. Did it fuck!!! I had my anaesthetist and one of the Urology surgeons come back in to check on me after all my shouting and thrashing when I woke up.
Anyway, a day later and I’m sore, and my tummy is swollen but otherwise okay. I can’t really tell if it’s worked yet, I was told it could take up to two weeks, if at all. So I’ll have to wait. I should be seen in outpatients in 4 to 6 weeks time. Hmm. I’ll take that with a bucket of salt. I took the indwelling catheter out when I got home last night. I didn’t want any bugs to take hold after my less than sterile saline flush. I’ve been drinking lots of water and the evil cranberry juice. The stuff still irritates me. I was a bit antsy last night and couldn’t settle – the drugs wearing off I guess – and went on a cleaning spree of the house. Today I’ve been snoozing all day. In fact my other half has been asleep on the sofa for the last 20 minutes so I’d better sign off and go to bed. I’ll update you if there are any changes. Hope you are all as well as you can be. X
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