I've had three major surgeries in the past year and I really, really, really don't recommend you try it, if you can avoid it. It's not even necessarily the surgeries themselves that are rough on me- it's the damned anesthesia, which really messed with my emotions and mood. I've started taking Gabapentin which is supposed to help with neuropathy and leveling out your mood, so hopefully that helps my chronic pain and post-surgery depression.
During the first surgery they caused trauma to my esophagus, so now I'm dealing with some reflux issues and hoarseness, as a result. It's always something, right?
But wait, that's not all! After the second surgery my oxygen saturation kept dropping and I ended up having to stay in the hospital overnight. Yup, I made it all the way through my fight with Aspergillosis without ever sleeping in the hospital, because I downright refused, even if it meant leaving there at midnight and coming back at 6 am. It only took a concerned wife to keep me there for one night, though. But hey, I got a decent meal and a bunch of popsicles out of it, even if neither of us were able to sleep very well.
I'm still working on getting my body back in order, but I know that these things are only temporary roadblocks on my path to feeling better and I'm doing my best to keep chugging along. I've made it this far, and I have no plans to stop now.
