V Reeves, I had no symptoms until I was home for a week. It all happened within 24 hours.
Edward, that is a weird coincidence. I thought it may have been something in the water or a parasite at first, but the pain got so bad I began to think I had kidney stones and did think of appendicitis too, but my back hurt really bad so I thought it might be stones.
I was hoping for an enema when I got to the hospital thinking it would help. The pain meds they gave me were heaven, but made me high as a kite. My husband said I sounded like Buddy the elf. I was just so happy to not have pain. - " does someone need a hug?" Haha. I said things like, "I love the color on the wall. It's pretty and calming."
And..."Why are you asking me if I'm right-handed? Are you going to ask me a question during surgery that I need to raise my hand to answer?"
And to what's your pain level, "None now. That's a silly question. You gave me pain meds, remember?"
The surgeon came in wearing street clothes and I asked him if he was doing surgery in that outfit and looked him up and down.
After surgery my family said that I kept asking the question (amoung other things), "My calves feel funny. Why do my calves feel so funny?" Even after they'd tell me the reason. They had cuffs on them to keep me from having blood clots and it pumped up and down. I don't remember that stuff. Anesthesia.
