Another operation

Well, I’m having surgery again. I have a hernia in my abdomen. An incisional hernia, it is where my previous incision is. Apparently it is ???complicated??? according to the surgeon. Surgery is scheduled for this coming Monday (14th). He said plan on being in the hospital for 5-7 days. It???s going to hurt! Pain control was a joke the last time & I???m praying it will be better this time. I asked him to make it as early as possible because my daughter is going to Beijing as soon as she gets her visa. She is the only family near me & I need her to take care of my cat.

Wednesday Nov 16
My surgery went well. Now comes the healing. I haven’t been able to eat or drink yet. The surgeon said he had to extend the incision quite a bit because the hernia ended up being larger than he first thought. Pain control has been much better this go round. And over all much better too. Now my gut needs to start coming back to life so I can eat.

November 20
Came home yesterday. I guess it all went well.

November 24
I can’t eat. Technically I can but food tastes terrible. This happened when I started radiation 3 years ago. I ended up with a feeding tube & lost 30-40 lbs. My daughter arrived in Hong Kong a few hours ago. I could really use her help.