i just came out of surgery 2days ago. (monday) the doctor said
that i should be able to go back to skool tomorrow for about half a day. my back hurts alout win i walk and my stomach still hurts.
would it be better by then or would i stay home another day?
2006-12-06 05:17:00 · 4 answers · asked by 777r 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
I would stay home at least 5 more days. Better safe than sorry.
Coach
2006-12-06 05:24:10 · answer #1 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually with appendicitis, most patients feel much better on the first postop day than they did before the surgery, so if you're hurting worse, I would talk with your surgeon if I were you. This is especially true if you are having any fever or chills. It is possible to have an abscess (local pocket of infection) form in the vicinity of where the appendix was if there was any spillage of appendiceal or colon contents.
If you had open surgery (one long, horizontal incision above your right hip) you may have a little more postop pain than if it was done laparoscopically (three very small incision below and to the left of your belly button). Still, the best thing either way is to be up and walking and being as active as possible as long as you don't have any postop complications like discussed above.
2006-12-06 16:38:37 · answer #2 · answered by tiredsurgeon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judging from your spelling and grammar, you NEED to go to school.
You should be able to go to school, but with some limitations. It is actually better for you to be up and about than to lie around at home. There are post-surgical complications that can be minimized by getting up and being a little bit active. (Atelectasis and thromboembolism, but we won't go into those here.)
You will find that you get tired easily, and will need to walk slowly between classes. You shouldn't carry anything heavy, and a rolling backpack will work great for getting your books around.
Push yourself just a little bit each day, and you'll be stronger in no time. This should, however, be good for getting out of gym class for a good long while.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
2006-12-06 13:28:17 · answer #3 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had my appendix removed about a year ago. I know what you are going through. I stayed home from work all week. I had my surgery late monday night and went home from the hospital on thursday afternoon. Stay home another day, you don't want to get an infection.
2006-12-06 13:29:38 · answer #4 · answered by DawnC36 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋