I am rather sore today and it feels really weird to have this tube hanging on the outside of my body and the battery pack is rather large and heavy and falls off my pants all the time. I think that companies forget that women to don’t wear the same type of pants as men and the batter cannot be clipped on them as well. Another issue is that I can’t wear anything but soft stretchy pants or it hurts real bad so that makes the size of the external battery even worse.
Here are some lovely pics of the back of my hip and the battery pack.
I have to keep a log of everything I eat and drink and when I use the bathroom and how much the urge is etc. So far since I got this yesterday there has been no change. I drink, I pee, that is pretty much it. If i drink 10 ounces of water I pee about 3-4 times within an hour and a lot. I hope that this eventually works because it will be a real bummer if it doesn’t. I did do some research yesterday and saw a lot of laces where it said it can take a few days to over a week for people to notice changes so am hoping that in a day or so I will see some.
Other problems is that I can’t bend over, or OUCH! I can feel the leads pull and I feel like I am bleeding everywhere where the incision is. My 4 year old is being bribed with an extra Christmas present from Santa if she does all my bending over the next couple of weeks. So far so good.
Will keep you posted on my progress!
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« Previous 1 2I hope that you feel better. When in pain, it is easy to get down on ourselves. People are around to check on you. I hope you smile.
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Draven Ames
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Hi Tawna,
My name is Natasja, I am from the Netherlands and I'm going to have InterTstim next week. How are you feeling today? I am a little bit nervous and really hope this will works, so I hope you can tell me about your positive experience...
Natasja:
I hope it works for you. I am feeling kind of like throwing up sicne about 5am. Not sure if it is working yet. Hope I am ont getting an infection.
I will do a new post later today and keep you updated. I am keeping a log of everything going in and out and yesterday it was a little better, but not great. Hoping today is even a little more better!
I hope you come back and keep me posted on y our results too!