Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Portal Vein Embolization Outcome

I went in last week for the PVE surgery and was told everything went 'textbook', I interperet that as very good.  The surgery itself did hurt because they had to keep me awake so I didn't move.  They gave me pain medication but I thought I felt a lot of it and it was not pleasent.  Eventually, the pain medication won out and I only remember about 5 minutes of the painful part.

After surgery, I was kept in a room for about 4 hours to monitor my condition.  The nurse gave me some perkiset and that worked great to help ease the pain in my side from the surgery.  I went home and stayed close to bed for the next few days.  Advil was the best for pain control.  By Monday, I was back at work.  I did notice some pressure around what I would consider my heart area for a few days.  I could not get a full breath until Thursday of that week.  Now I feel pretty much normal.  I don't really feel anything different internally so I think that is a pretty good sign.  Hopefully everything is growing as expected.  My next big hurdle is the MRI at the beginning of July.

I thank God for his continue blessing and the pray he continues to give me and my family hope that everything will be ok through each step of this journey.  I continue to thank God daily for the mercy he has on me during this trial.

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