Less than 11 hours until surgery tomorrow. Even though these two surgeries are fairly minor, I’m more anxious than I was before my heart bypass surgery. I guess those happened quickly so I didn’t have time to dwell, while I’ve had weeks to think about getting a fistula.
During the pre-surgery call last week, the hospital went through all my medications and gave instructions for each one. Some I can take but others I need to skip. I stopped taking Aspirin and Eliquis about a week ago. I was supposed to stop taking vitamins too but I forgot and only stopped tonight. Finally, I’m supposed to skip one of the blood pressure medicines but not the other ones, and skip the blood sugar medication.
They also told me to shower using anti-bacterial soap. Since I can’t take showers with the chest catheter, I’m going to try and clean up a bit with soap and a towel. Don’t want to stink up the OR tomorrow.
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I only slept for 2.5 hours. It’s now 5:15 am and I’ve been up for over three hours. I tried going back to sleep but I’m anxious about the upcoming surgery. I still need to get up in an hour to wash up.
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I give up. Between surgery anxiety and the numbness in my feet, there’s no way I’m getting any more sleep this morning. Also my chest is starting to hurt when I lay flat on my back. I’m going to be under general anesthesia for the surgeries but it’s gonna suck when I wake up with a couple incisions and a sore chest.
Life with chronic diseases 