There are only nineteen days from meeting the specialist to the day of surgery. It’s pretty quick, I did it at NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL. It was done by a famous surgeon. I couldn't choose it myself. The hospital arranged it. I was not mentally prepared. I only briefly asked some medical friends for some knowledge. In this process, I want to tell you some of the dietary situations you encountered while hospitalized and how to solve them.
During the preoperative physical examination, you first go to the lobby on the first floor to register, then go to the fourth floor to draw blood, and then wait to see the nurse and be mentally prepared, which takes four hours. When I see well-dressed Chinese people, they are all accompanied by translators. It is the translators who express their identity. Because I don't have enough money, I didn't hire a translator. During the Q&A, if you don’t understand something, the medical staff will use another non-medical term to help you understand.
The nurse asked a series of questions and answers about health conditions. She basically didn’t remember anything. She only remembered that she seemed to have some disease, what medicine she was allergic to, and many more detailed questions. Finally, she asked if she had made a will. Made it before. The nurse said that if she could not wake up from the operation, she replied no and called the emergency contact person.
Then I went to see the anesthetist. At first I thought it would be this blonde woman who would help me anesthetize me, but during the operation I found out that it was not the case. I also asked about some physical conditions, whether there was any heart disease, etc. Many of the questions were repeated to those asked by the nurse. Finally, I was asked if I needed a pastor to pray. I said no, out of the intention of minimizing trouble for others. A trace of displeasure flashed across the blonde's face, and she asked again, quickly covering it up with a smile, and then she could go home and wait for the operation.
When talking to any doctor or nurse, just answer yes or no, yes or no, don't use ambiguous answers. If special instructions are needed, the doctor will ask the patient to explain. I thought medicine was different in every country, but it turns out medicine is universal.
What I was most concerned about at the time was the anesthesia method. The nurse told me it was general anesthesia. When I discussed it with a doctor friend in China, she said it was impossible. Your operation takes so long and general anesthesia cannot meet the requirements. Lumbar spinal anesthesia plus general anesthesia is required. I said the hospital said it was general anesthesia. She said it was unbelievable and she didn't believe it. During the surgery, it was indeed lumbar spine plus general anesthesia.
Medicine is still universal. However, Canadian anesthesiologists are very skilled and highly skilled in finding the position of the lumbar spine quickly and accurately. The surgery was performed by a group of elderly people. The anesthesiologist is also a DOCTOR. Except for two nurses during the entire operation, they are both DOCTORs. Before the operation, the famous surgeon avoided me and talked with the anesthesiologist for a short while. I’ll skip ahead to surgery and talk about it later.
The days of waiting for surgery are very stressful. I feel very sorry for those friends who have been waiting for a year and a half. I don’t know how they got through this psychological difficulty. I thought about what would happen to the child if he couldn't wake up. The father of the child was not a person responsible for the child, but a person who thought more about himself than the child. Due to various worries, my heartbeat accelerated during the waiting process, and I also experienced palpitation and difficulty breathing. My heart problems became more and more serious day by day.
I informed the hospital, and the hospital tested and said it was within the normal range. And try not to take medicine before surgery. I am very grateful to my family for their generosity. My family in China used international express delivery to deliver the Chinese patent medicine Wenxin Granules and the Western heart medicine Propranolol Hydrochloride Tablets within three days. The family told the cardiologist in China that they did not ask the patient not to use these drugs before the operation, and they could just stop taking them two or three days before the operation. Mom said, "You must not die and leave the child to me, otherwise my life will be ruined." ?I tried drinking Wenxin Granules for a week, but it had no effect, and the number of times I was afraid of panic was not reduced at all. Even I felt as if my heart was about to jump out.
If this continues, I will probably be scared to death during the surgery. I had to use the second option, propranolol hydrochloride tablets, which were very effective. I did not follow the instructions and took one tablet three times a day. I only took one tablet a day for three days, and then stopped taking it three days before the operation. . At this time, my heart seemed very strong, and I didn't have a single panic attack in a day. I didn't seem to be too scared even if I was taken to target practice.
Take laxatives the day before surgery to cleanse your stomach. No food for a day and a half, only apple juice. You cannot drink water from the night before surgery.
I had surgery on Tuesday and went to the hospital two and a half hours in advance to prepare. The children go to school and are cared for in the evenings by friends recommended by friends. It was too early to prepare for the operation. The nurse asked me to take 4 powerful painkillers first.
As a result, the delay in the previous surgery caused my anesthesia to miss the optimal time of 1.5 hours to take effect. It took four hours after the anesthesia was administered to me. I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes 1.5 hours after taking the medicine. When I had the surgery four hours after taking the medicine, I was already awake and not sleepy.
I first underwent lumbar spinal anesthesia. I would like to commend the Canadian anesthesiologists for their really good skills. I followed the general anesthesia, because the drowsy time had passed, and the time for the general anesthesia to enter the state was a little longer than the doctor expected. The pain after general anesthesia surgery is not ordinary pain. You need to take painkillers every few hours, and press the button to inject morphine intravenously when it hurts. I will mention it later.
The operation was very successful. I am very grateful to the experienced medical staff. Their medical skills are not just for boasting, which can be seen from the quick recovery time after the operation. When you wake up, medical staff will touch various parts of the patient to see if the anesthetic effect has worn off. If you feel anything, send the patient to the ward. The anesthetic here wears off quickly and the wound will heal faster.
I was pushed into a triple room, and a kind-looking old white lady in the next bed said one or two blessings to me. It was this old white lady who had done a lot to me in the past few days. Big help. Next to me is a strong South American lady who was discharged from the hospital the next day. She especially likes strong music. At night, she puts her mobile phone on the bedside to listen to music until 2 o'clock in the night. The sound is not loud, but because there is only a curtain, it is still I could hear clearly. After the operation, I was so weak that I couldn't speak a word. I could only drift in and out of the music and couldn't drink water.
If the wound hurts, press the morphine button on your hand and the morphine will enter the vein. You can drink a small amount of water after six hours, but since I had been dehydrated for a day and a half, I drank a large glass of ice water with floating ice cubes given by the nurse and asked for another glass. The nurse told me not to drink too much, but I was so thirsty that I couldn't bear it, so I continued to drink. As a result, I had stomach discomfort and vomited violently after taking many painkillers on an empty stomach the next day. A few hours after I drank three large glasses of ice water in one breath, the nurse had to watch me swallow a bunch of painkillers every few hours.
People in the ward said that they did the same thing. Friends, North America You can't let people feel a little pain, pain is inhumane. The nurse repeatedly told me to press the morphine button when I felt pain and not to endure the pain. Because I drank several large glasses of frozen water and kept taking painkillers on an empty stomach, the vomiting was very hard and made me vomit to the point of tears. I refused to take painkillers and the nurse ordered me to take morphine.
Although there are nurses to take care of me, the number of nurses is obviously insufficient. The old white lady helped me a lot, such as helping to call the nurse and letting the nurse know according to my situation. The second day after the operation was a day of great physical changes. I was so hungry that I felt dizzy during lunch time, even though I was dripping very slowly. A large glass of floating ice water and dozens of milliliters of juice were brought to me for lunch. After drinking it, I felt cold, frozen and a little dizzy. Looking at the physique of the clinically thick South American lady with hairy hands, I understand that the hospital’s food is based on North American body standards. Ice water has a hemostatic effect.
The nurse also enthusiastically called the glass of ice water filled with ice floe FRESH WATER. In addition to ice water and a sip of juice, dinner also included a small piece of gel. After dinner I felt even colder and hungrier. I was unbearably hungry. The nurse took the blood pressure, and I saw that it was as low as 93 and 58. I asked the nurse if it was too low, and the nurse said yes. You may not be able to leave the hospital tomorrow, and you will have to stay for another day to monitor your blood pressure. I think I have this physical condition and condition, so I consulted the nurse and got permission from the nurse. I quickly called the friend of a friend who was taking care of the child and asked her to boil some lean meat in water and send it to North York Hospital quickly without using anything else. There was lean meat in the refrigerator.
Half an hour later, she came with the child and said that the lean meat had only been boiled for ten minutes. She was afraid that I would faint, so she brought it first. The water I poured into the cup was really lean meat water, but there was no meat. I told her not to bring any meat, and the hospital did not allow it. She said not to park for too long and leave with the kids. I didn't dare to drink it hot, so I put ice cubes on top of the soup. The soup quickly cooled down, and I drank it after it was cold. I drank several cups. Soon I stopped feeling cold and I started to regain my strength. Two hours later, I felt fine and asked to take my blood pressure. It rose to 112-65, which meant I was no longer hypotensive.
I am very grateful to that big pot of nutritious water for making everything return to normal before going to bed, and then I slept for 13 hours.
Last night, a patient came in who had been coughing and had a bad cold for many days after surgery. I didn't even know that he was next to me. The old lady told me in the morning that she couldn't sleep all night. The patient in the bed next to me coughed too much. During the day, the old lady kept talking. I asked her: Are U OK?
The patient who was transferred to the next bed had been in surgery for a few days, because the patient in her room could not rest for a few days. After a few days, she was transferred to the empty bed next to mine that had just been discharged. Okay, I guess I can take a day or two to rest. This white woman coughed so hard that she couldn't stop talking. She drank coffee and fried chicken burgers bought by her family from outside. The patient in the next bed coughed up phlegm, which made her skin crawl all over her body.
The old white lady opposite me returned to the hospital for further treatment because her wound was still infected and painful three weeks after the operation. The hospital had learned from its experience and gave me some anti-inflammatory drugs when I was discharged. I went to the pharmacy downstairs to buy them. . The white woman next to me didn't know why, but she had been very ill after the operation, with constant runny nose and severe cough. The hospital had to let her stay until she was no longer seriously ill. Although the beds were very tight and they couldn't sweep her out, the hospital couldn't afford it if something happened to her. The South American beauty before the white woman has a strong body, her arms are as thick as my thighs, her body is very good, and she is optimistic. She is expected to be discharged from the hospital.
I kept walking after getting up today. The doctor looked at the wound and said that my body recovered quickly and I can be discharged from the hospital today (Thursday). I feel that my operation was done well and my body recovered quickly. Thank you The blessings from my family and friends, thank you to the serious and meticulous surgeons and nurses, and thank you to Canada.
Bacterial infections spread quickly in the ward, and now I have started to have a cold and a runny nose. I estimate that my cold will not take more than 12 hours to recover, because my cold will be cured soon. I had a rich lunch today, with Western portions, several tuna fish sandwiches, juice, meat and soup, and black tea. Never add that small packet of lemon juice to black tea, it is a simple hand sanitizer. I specifically asked the nurse.
I hope that my surgery process can help some people’s friends or relatives, what procedures need to be done, what should be avoided, and how to do it better. I don't have any intention of making a profit, I just put it out for reference only. For example, the best time to take preoperative medicine before surgery is 1.5 to two hours.
Don’t drink warm soup, drink cold soup, otherwise it will not help stop bleeding. My soup is served with ice cubes, it doesn’t need to be hot or iced. The major hospitals here will send patients home to recuperate even if their indexes are normal a few days after major surgery, because the next patient in the bed needs and does not have much manpower to take care of a patient with normal indexes, unless there is an emergency after the operation.