by Confuzzled12 » Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:01 am
Well, a big update. I got out of hospital and went overseas and that was a mixed bag. I enjoyed it a lot but mania was really getting in the way. I wasn't manic in a 'fun' way, more an uncomfortable, agitated state.
My parents rang my psych and got me back into hospital as soon as we got home. I spent a month in there which was positive and really settled me down. I've had seroquel added as a regular drug now which I find keeps me level if I'm going too high but totally bottoms me out if I'm in a normal mood.
On top of that I've just had gastric bypass surgery since I had put on 45kgs in the six months I had been home.
Hopefully this surgery works and I think it will. My hunger isn't there at the moment. I've got a chest infection that is being treated in here and as soon as that is fixed I'll be home. Early October I have another appointment with my neurosurgeon who wants to operate again as I have been getting severe pain in my legs when walking, as well as some numbness.
An MRI revealed bone spurs growing in my spinal canal between L3/L5. So I will have surgery for that as soon as I've recovered sufficiently from this one. Hospital has been a bit strange. I've been high as a kite on morphine and okay with just being "OK" if that makes sense?
The other question is how my meds will be absorbed with 90% of my stomach being bypassed. That's going to be another learning curve for me and my psych. So far I don't feel like I'm not getting the effects of my meds but I only had the surgery on Saturday. For the first day or two I had a naso-gastral drain in and they weren't closing it off for my meds. So I'd take my pills and then see them go out my nose a few minutes later hahahaha!
But apart from that, things are good. I was approved for the disability pension which has taken a lot of my money worries away.
Anyway, that's just me blogging and self-reporting I guess!