Sarah has been posting to the blog from her Blackberry. The posts have uploaded as comments to the 'Thank you all' post of June 26. Here they are again.
29 June 2013 17:55
Drug regime:
My steroids have been reduced to 4mg in morning and 4mg at night. I took 2 steroid tablets, 2 paracetemol, 2 codein and 2 tablets to help me pooh. I have not been able to pooh!
Before op I took 8mg steroids in morning and 8mg at night. Everyday I take one other pill in the morning to protect gut from steroids. S xx
My steroids have been reduced to 4mg in morning and 4mg at night. I took 2 steroid tablets, 2 paracetemol, 2 codein and 2 tablets to help me pooh. I have not been able to pooh!
Before op I took 8mg steroids in morning and 8mg at night. Everyday I take one other pill in the morning to protect gut from steroids. S xx
29 June 2013 21:32
Coming out of anaesthetic, my mum tells me that my answer to the questions was helen.
Who is the queen?
What is the name of the prime minister?
What day is it?
What year is it?
What hospital are you in?
What did you come in for?
This is true! I can remember doc karabatsou asking me questions. I can also remember my fantasy - helen was at the hospital with her dad. He was in the next room under a general anaesthetic. Whatever the doc asked me, my answer, Helen, was guiding her to take Helen t he Dad
Who is the queen?
What is the name of the prime minister?
What day is it?
What year is it?
What hospital are you in?
What did you come in for?
This is true! I can remember doc karabatsou asking me questions. I can also remember my fantasy - helen was at the hospital with her dad. He was in the next room under a general anaesthetic. Whatever the doc asked me, my answer, Helen, was guiding her to take Helen t he Dad
29 June 2013 21:54
I was interupted by the ward sister, to take my pulse, blood pressure, ask me all the questions written above ...
I have had a gOod day today. Max came to visit me, from bristol and she shared the tennis progress with me. I so want to be watching andy beat djovic in the final. What a good year that would be :). Max was not blubby either. She kept bursting into tears whe I last saw her - I had diagnosis and was getting ready for op. I cried only once - when katu gave me a get wellcard.
Bev and mum and no doubt max have all been looking after martha and katy. They showed me videos on katy's ipod touch. My favourite by miles was a vidoe of them doing a cup song to a song they had composed for me. I am hoping bev may be able to upload it to BLOG forall to see.
More to ome - having a hot choc .
I have had a gOod day today. Max came to visit me, from bristol and she shared the tennis progress with me. I so want to be watching andy beat djovic in the final. What a good year that would be :). Max was not blubby either. She kept bursting into tears whe I last saw her - I had diagnosis and was getting ready for op. I cried only once - when katu gave me a get wellcard.
Bev and mum and no doubt max have all been looking after martha and katy. They showed me videos on katy's ipod touch. My favourite by miles was a vidoe of them doing a cup song to a song they had composed for me. I am hoping bev may be able to upload it to BLOG forall to see.
More to ome - having a hot choc .
29 June 2013 22:05
Bev was astounded by how well I am looking. We think I may be through the worst of the swelling, but let's wait and see. She brought me some meringues - these are my no 1 cake. The french meringues are the best, but the M and S version are top quality too :)
Louise dropped in for A quick visit too, which was spot on because I was very tired. I loved seeing her. And know that as we go along, louise will undestand the subtleties of my experience. Eg I gave up my job because I couldn't cope. Hmmmmm. I had a brain tumour. All different to me now...
Off to bed and a good sleep. Lve you all. Keep sending messages - they are all warming me. Sarah xxx
Louise dropped in for A quick visit too, which was spot on because I was very tired. I loved seeing her. And know that as we go along, louise will undestand the subtleties of my experience. Eg I gave up my job because I couldn't cope. Hmmmmm. I had a brain tumour. All different to me now...
Off to bed and a good sleep. Lve you all. Keep sending messages - they are all warming me. Sarah xxx
29 June 2013 23:38
It is the middle of the night and I have given up on sleep for a while. I share the ward with two women. Victoria has had an op yesterday, something to do with collpsed veins and shakeyness - when she walks she shakes her arms, her legs, her head. She has her antibiotics through a drip. The drip is set up to bleep at various stages. It is bleeping now. Bleeep. Bleeeeep. Bleeeeep ...
Victoria is actually the quiet one! Directly across from my bed is Jo. She is a stroke victim, who is close to my age. She has a stunning husand(a builder) and three beautiful children aged 6 10 and 12 I think. (Hooray victoria's bleepig has stopped). Jo has had a tracheotomy - she breathes through a tube into her throat. She is fed using liquids directly into her stomach. All day se has been "nill by mouth" because she was due to have an operation today. At about 5 pm the sister discovered it had been cancelled (and she had not been informed). Since then the sister has been trying to feed Jo. The sisters change over at 6 pm, so this continues with new sister ... They are still at it. I do no know if they will go beyond 2am. I guess they will stop there for jo to be ready for op tomorrow. I don't know. But the bleeping continues. I am so sorry that jo has to go through it ...
Victoria is actually the quiet one! Directly across from my bed is Jo. She is a stroke victim, who is close to my age. She has a stunning husand(a builder) and three beautiful children aged 6 10 and 12 I think. (Hooray victoria's bleepig has stopped). Jo has had a tracheotomy - she breathes through a tube into her throat. She is fed using liquids directly into her stomach. All day se has been "nill by mouth" because she was due to have an operation today. At about 5 pm the sister discovered it had been cancelled (and she had not been informed). Since then the sister has been trying to feed Jo. The sisters change over at 6 pm, so this continues with new sister ... They are still at it. I do no know if they will go beyond 2am. I guess they will stop there for jo to be ready for op tomorrow. I don't know. But the bleeping continues. I am so sorry that jo has to go through it ...
