Day 1 After Surgery
The morning after surgery, I felt improvement on my movement. I could start to move my head, even just a little. Yes, just a little because my neck was so stiff.
But besides that, I still needed so much help from the nurse.
High Care Unit almost felt like isolation room to me. There was only one bed, no one allowed to be inside the room but hospital staff. Unless of course during visiting hour.
I got bored easily, I can only talk to doctors and nurses with my hoarse voice.
Yes, hoarseness was one of the expected result from thyroidectomy. Before the surgery, I was told the hoarseness might take months before getting back to normal, or it could be permanent.
I wasn't thinking much about this hoarseness. I was just hoping my recovery went well so I could get back to general ward.
dr. Bayu did not able to check on me on Sunday (13/May) because he was out of town. Instead, one if his team member who was also a surgeon, dr. Oggy, came to visit me in the morning.
I had this surgical drain, a rubber tube came out from the wound on my neck to remove blood or other fluid. Before dr. Oggy came to visit me, a nurse checked and removed excess fluid from the surgical drain container and turned out that the fluid was only 10cc.
Dr. Oggy said that this was good news because we had nothing to worry about bleeding. Yay!
Blood work also turned out well, so I was finally moved to general ward around 1 PM. I was so relieved I can leave the HCU, I excitedly talked to family and friends who were visiting me.
Boy, that was wrong move.
My throat was sore and neck so stiff, by the end of visiting hours, everything ached. I shouldn't talk and laugh that much.
Sore throat also made me cough, and it was excruciating. I asked something to relieve the sore throat, but doctor thought it was still normal. It was because I had breathing tube down my throat during surgery.
That night, a nurse came to my room to bring good news. She was going to remove the IV on my hand and leg. This was another good news, I could finally go to bathroom on my own!
The morning after surgery, I felt improvement on my movement. I could start to move my head, even just a little. Yes, just a little because my neck was so stiff.
But besides that, I still needed so much help from the nurse.
High Care Unit almost felt like isolation room to me. There was only one bed, no one allowed to be inside the room but hospital staff. Unless of course during visiting hour.
I got bored easily, I can only talk to doctors and nurses with my hoarse voice.
Yes, hoarseness was one of the expected result from thyroidectomy. Before the surgery, I was told the hoarseness might take months before getting back to normal, or it could be permanent.
I wasn't thinking much about this hoarseness. I was just hoping my recovery went well so I could get back to general ward.
dr. Bayu did not able to check on me on Sunday (13/May) because he was out of town. Instead, one if his team member who was also a surgeon, dr. Oggy, came to visit me in the morning.
I had this surgical drain, a rubber tube came out from the wound on my neck to remove blood or other fluid. Before dr. Oggy came to visit me, a nurse checked and removed excess fluid from the surgical drain container and turned out that the fluid was only 10cc.
Dr. Oggy said that this was good news because we had nothing to worry about bleeding. Yay!
Blood work also turned out well, so I was finally moved to general ward around 1 PM. I was so relieved I can leave the HCU, I excitedly talked to family and friends who were visiting me.
Boy, that was wrong move.
My throat was sore and neck so stiff, by the end of visiting hours, everything ached. I shouldn't talk and laugh that much.
Sore throat also made me cough, and it was excruciating. I asked something to relieve the sore throat, but doctor thought it was still normal. It was because I had breathing tube down my throat during surgery.
That night, a nurse came to my room to bring good news. She was going to remove the IV on my hand and leg. This was another good news, I could finally go to bathroom on my own!
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