14th June (A day before surgery) Bowel preparation:
They ask you not to eat anything and get admitted in hospital early in the morning you can just take liquids , once I was at the hospital Dr.Pradeep Jain's assistant came and gave me 2 bottles of laxative liquid each of 500 ml . Dr .Pradeep Jain is Gastroenterology team and laparoscopic surgeon so basically two surgeons are involved here ,Dr Richie Gupta creates Neo vagina and Dr.Pradeep Jain and his teams brings sigmoid colon down into Neo vagina via laparoscopic surgery .Dr Pradeep Jain is renowned in this field has 35 years of experience.
The laxative is bitter in taste and you need to finish those 2 bottles within 3 hours .I was directly pouring those shots into my throat without them touching my tongue so I dint taste it π, it was easy for me to finish them .I was drinking a lot of waster and be prepared to go to toilet as soon as you can .You pass stools for 5-6 times it's as though the intestines are getting washed .after sometime my stools were almost clear like water I told Dr's Assistant and he said stop taking laxative so thankfully I just had 1.5 bottle of that liquid
They told me not to drink water from 12 am in night
I slept well as I knew it's surgery tmmrw (15th June )
The big day (15th June surgery)
9 am a nurse came and placed a canuala on my hand ,they asked me to remove unwanted hair everywhere from my body ..I am almost hairless due to lasers so almost my side prep was done .
A anaesthesia doctor came into my ward and asked me to remove all gold and metal items also inner wear ..nothing except hospital gown .she took me to anesthesia room .
I went all alone to get this surgery so all the paper work in OT was done by me ,signing and all Dr.Richie and Rajat came and met me .Dr. Rajat is so kind β₯οΈHe placed his hand on my head and comforted me .
I was scared as one of my frnd who got surgery last year initially got epidural anesthesia.basically they place a needle in spinal cord it has its own issues .The anesthesiologist came to me I asked her are you going to give me epidural now ,she said No ! , I said I thought you will give me ,then she said let me check with doctor they discussed Nd anesthesiologist was so adamant she said no no epidural is not required we shall do it on General anesthesia.
I was so much relieved π
. The canuala which sister placed in ward was so painful ! It's unusual as I got surgeries previously I am used to canuala I told people in OT they said okay we will remove and place it on other hand .They placed a new one on another hand .she slowly placed all the wires on my chest , she kept said a little prik you will feel and placed the oxygen mask ! I don't remember prick , I don't remember anything I fall asleep within 2 sec not even 2 sec as soon as she placed that mask I was like knocked off !
Waking up from surgery :
I woke up in ICU all Kerala nurses around me those girls were awesome each one was doing something or the other one was wiping my mouth the other was ensuring DBT pump is proper or not .
I was feeling pain in my abdomen ,It was not intense I don't remember it now but was pain .I told them and they gave me PCT it dint work , they gave tramadol it don't work , and then they gave me Fentanyl I was knocked off ! Whole day I was sleeping , next day night as well I was sleeping πand withing 1 day I passed gas which means I am good to go for liquid diet they started giving me coconut water , juices ...I was bleeding a lot next day and my haemoglobin fall to 8 ! I remember 2 bedsheets full of blood as though some animal is cut π
, Dr. Rajat said it's normal we should be worried it it doesn't bleed .
I dint feel anything down in my vagina ,only the 5 small holes were hurting .
Avoid coughing , laughing! It hurts in abdomen
3rd day I had 1 unit blood transfusion....
3 days in ICU were like tough as we cannot move , cannot do anything it's as though tied on bed π€, there was one drain tube in my stomach it doesn't hurt at all it collects bad blood .
3rd day they shifted me to ward , I had no issues whatsoever, no pain , only discomfort was from canuala
Canuala's were very painful they changed my canula several times as my veins are slippery .
DAY 4 : They removed my drain tube ! no pain whatsoever , and also they did dressing and removed the stent from my vagina ....no pain nothing just a little discomfort
DAY 5: Semi liquid diet like soups and stuff/no pain ..only discomfort with canuala
Day 6 -My hand was swollen because of canuala I asked doctors to remove it and witch me to tablets which they did
THE VISITING DUTY DOCTOR : I don't remember his name he's with Dr.Richies teams ...OMG he's so amazing π my goodness ...ππ
Day 6 I passed stools πwhich is good news which means everything went well
Day 7 : They mobilised me ,Dr.Rajat came to my bed he asked me to sit first and then slowly stand ,he held me right and made me walk it gave me alot of confidence and I slowly started walking
I was discharged with a Catheter in the evening
I checked in hotel nearby all alone
Day 8,9,10 : stayed at hotel had good food , fruits and gained some energy.In the hotel the vagina was paining may be because I came off medication it was not very intense pain but manageable like 2/10 not even 2 ! .I was unable to stand for more than 20 mins as the stitches on my stomach were tight
Day 10 : They removed the catheter I was scared but no pain whatsoever it was little discomfort
I was asked to drink a lot of water and let them know whenever I pee , 2-3 times I went for peeing I had no issues touchwood.....so no urinary complications
First Dilation :
They dilated using 2 silicone dilators which were of a size of a penis ...I had no pain nothing ! Not even discomfort as I was prepared , relaxed and ready
I was able to work up till dilator 4 ! With no pressure ..which is actually a good result
Day 12 ,13,14 : manageable pain in vagina ! No abdominal pain no issues with digestion
Today I am flying back to he town 29th June