So after the horrendous experience with the NG tube and all of that, I sort of just plodded my way through the next few days with the tube out. I made sure that I was up and walking, I made sure I was able to shower, I was trying to eat foods that didnt upset me, all of the above, trying to increase my strength every day. In all of this (as a cohorted ward) me and another lady (much older than myself) were moved to Edgefield and EVENTUALLY the…
WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT DESCRIBED BELOW…. So after an idyllic few days on Dilham, where I thought that the world was rosy and while getting out of bed continued to be a rather inelegant movement for me to do, it all went a little pear shaped to say the least. I started to feel quite sick, and the eating became less about actually wanting to eat and enjoy food and more about knowing I needed to. This wasn’t a great sign. Also, my stoma wasnt giving the output that it…
So on Dilham Ward I started my new life with my stoma! Initially I was told that I could eat effectively what I wanted but I decided to stick to things that seemed easy to eat. So I usually had weetabix for breakfast, the inside of a jacket potato for lunch and soup and a sandwich for dinner. All of these things seemed reasonable for me to be eating, not stressing the system all too much. On the first day on Dilham I was encouraged to get out of bed…