What is it like to recover in the hospital from major surgery? Join me in this video as I talk about my experience in the hospital after my Lower Anterior Resection (LAR) surgery for Colorectal Cancer. Find out what it’s like to recover from getting 12 inches of colon/rectum removed, 17 lymph nodes removed, and getting an ileostomy. I spent 5 days in the hospital and went from only being allowed to “eat” ice chips to being able to eat regular food again. I talk about how even the most basic of tasks are too difficult and/or painful to be able to do, and why you may not want to spend too long standing in the hot shower.

⏱TIMESTAMPS⏱
0:00 Intro
0:58 Seeing my unbandaged incisions the evening following surgery
2:18 First night in the hospital
3:13 Hospital stay day 2 Visit from the surgeon, clear liquids diet, incentive spirometer, first walk
7:16 Hospital stay day 3 Noisy hallway after 6am blood draw, full liquids diet, morphine headache
11:48 Hospital stay day 4 First shower, moving up to soft foods diet, lots of walking
16:06 Hospital stay day 5 First ileostomy bag change, getting released from the hospital!

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