Hi Gord,
Wishing you all the best on your RC and hope the surgery goes super smoothly. Mike’s surgeon did come out around 6:15 pm to let me know that they were sewing Mike up and that all had gone well. I remember thinking how good the surgeon looked for someone who had just performed at 10.5 hour surgery. He said it feels like an hour to him. Guess they really love what they do.
One thing I learned as the wife/caregiver was to be at the hospital for the early morning rounds with the doctors. I found that it was the best time to get answers to questions and frankly, Mike was so “out of it” he couldn’t remember what they told him a minute ago, let alone at 7:30 a.m. if I was not there. It makes for a long day but for me it was worth it to know that I was hearing things from the Urology team directly as opposed to through Mike’s drug-induced interpretation.
I wouldn’t worry about losing that 10lbs as Greg said. Mike went in at 217lbs and came out at 168lbs (he was very sick from pain meds so PLEASE tell your wife not to hesitate to ask them to change meds if you see that you are having any issues). Once they changed the meds, he was able to start feeling much better but it took a few too many days since I was afraid to suggest a change. He is now sitting right around 200 lbs…so it does come back. M&Ms; (the chocolate ones not Monique and Mike) seem to have a way of creeping up on your waistline..LOL!
We will be thinking of you on surgery day.
Monique and Mike
