2nd November 

/ Ceri's blog

I feel great!!! It’s 1am and I had my endoscopic procedure yesterday to inflate a small balloon into my pyloric muscle at the base of my stomach to make a hole in it to allow food through. Eventually this hole will heal up as the muscle starts to work properly again pushing food out of my stomach and into my bowel. From their point of view, it went well and we’ll test it with liquid food at breakfast. I was heavily sedated, which I’m very happy about as I didn’t really like the sound of it and I can’t remember a thing. 
They wheeled me off in my hospital bed at about 1pm (I’d wanted to walk) and Neil came as he wanted to see the resulting pictures. We had quite a laugh with the nurses working in the endoscopic unit in their heavy jazzy lead tunics. More tubes went in (with difficulty as my veins seem to be seizing up), then the next thing I knew I was back on the ward ( just as well I didn’t walk!)

Neil was with me all day and saw the pictures which looked like good results. The kind radiologist had squeezed me into his busy list and still made time to talk the Neil. Such great staff here. 

Neil too was tired when he left here at 6 last night , knowing I was fine, and the minute he left I fell promptly asleep. Now I feel really great and wide awake and it’s the middle of the night! And no nose tube. Yay!!! Nasal freedom ha ha !! I still have a tube feeding me into my right arm, but that’s nothing. The previous night I had a tube in my left arm attached to a saline drip, one up my nose attached to a drain bag and a third in my right arm attached to a drip stand. Try going to the loo with that lot!! So now feel I could walk 10 miles!!!

I’ll read a while to pass the time and hopefully go back to sleep, then in the morning I’ll try my first liquid food. I’ve no idea what they’ll give me. I’ll probably get diarrhoea for quite a while next. Be warned Devon friends!! But hopefully it won’t last too long as my body learns to cope with my modified stomach and it’s new ‘conduit’. 

The only problem with feeling as well as I do, stuck in hospital with an iPhone and Wi-fi is Internet Shopping!!! It’s GREAT!!! Neil’s going to heave a huge sigh of relief when we leave for oh-so-many reasons!!! 

Get the flags out for Friday (we hope!!!), but first, Bon Appetite Moi for my first mystery breakfast Thursday morning. 

15 thoughts on “2nd November ”

  2. Good morning Ceri, I can’t sleep either – wide awake ! So I’m very pleased to receive such brilliant news from you – what a difference a day makes ! We are certainly made of strong stuff in Wales – you make it sound like a breeze , which of course is very far from the truth – and I love your graphic descriptions…..hope you enjoy your breakfast ……good night Ceri, sweet dreams of the food to come xx

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    • Still Weg dnesday here in the States! Just saw your blog re today’s surgical success. Hopefully you’re fast asleep dreaming of breakfast. Liquefied Eggs Benedict perhaps? Yum. Enjoy.

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  3. Morning Ceri you may have had breakfast by now knowing hospital timings, hope you can enjoy it, so pleased you’ve had the procedure done. Fingers crossed for Friday xx

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  4. Time will fly, and it will be a distant memory that will come back when you are tucking into a big breakfast before your hike up to the beacon, everything crossed for Friday x

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  7. Liquid bacon and eggs? Whatever it is we hope it will pass through appropriately, smoothly and disperse effortlessly! A big test for you!
    Lots of love H and T xx

    Sent from my iPad

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  10. Hi Ceri I hope your breakfast was enjoyable today? Must have been very strange after 2 weeks off food. You are such a brave girl and you are getting there. I love hearing your news and admire you so much. Keep cheerful but don’t expect too much too soon. Your blog has been absolutely amazing. much love Catherine

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  11. I suspect by now you have had breakfast lunch and supper….I’m pleased all is going well and will be great to get home. Keep on trooping 👍😁❤️

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