Hi everyone, my first subject post despite being and avid viewer of this forum for years!
I had my HT last Friday in Istanbul, I may share my experience on a seperate thread, and now on day 4 post op I feel my body has reacted badly to the HT and wondered if anyone had similar experiences? Firstly I was very nervous / anxious so did not sleep well 2 days before the op, then on the day as you know it is a long very tiring day, at the end if it all you want to do is sleep which is one thing you can't do ! on morning of day 3 post op my head really swelled up, my eyes were quite puffy. today I have 1 black eye and around the recipient area seems like bruising - very yellowy. My wife says I look like i've been beaten up ! and I do ! The frustration of virtually no sleep for almost a week is very unpleasant, i'm on the sofa otherwise I will keep waking her up. I'm one of those people who find it hard to sleep unless very confortable in bed, i.e. I can't sleep on a chair or on a flight. I'm not too worried about it as everybody's body is different and I guess mine is a bit sensitive. Can't wait for day 10 and return to a bit of normality. I just wondered if anyone else had similar reactions as i don't notice any similar experiences from the reviews? Or am I just being a big baby ? 😀