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Sorry bout the infection !! Glad ur feeling better though! We miss u

Post op day 2

Ohh yes isn't that stuff great Lori? Like thick chalky goodness. Lol they just brought me over some broth and flavored ice so I am lovin it

thanks all! did 5 laps today

/blush tyvm all! Not much nausea lori but I am having pretty good bouts of pain still my surgeon came in and asked if I wa sure I was only 1 day post op cus I looked great. Same with the pa and the radiologist. They took my foley out thank god! I'm getting way better sleep today and hot packs are helping the pain. Have u farted yet? Not I and my pain is across top and down my left side. 96 mg of morphine since surgery !!! Seems like an awful lot to me.

Just hanging out in holding weeee

Passed my swallow eval! Yeeeeeeaaaaahhh

Doing great!

Trying to fit into some of trailer homes to get people out, having little old ladies tell me I don't look like I miss many meals. Planes, I hate how skinny people look at me when they know they are gonna have to sit next to me . Test driving cars an having the salesman go, well we should look ino something more full size for a hefty boy like you. Not ever again, but I will also never be one that a heaver person had to worry about sitting next to them. Because we arnt nearly as shallow as those born with skinny genes

Hehehhehehe see post op thread for my new updates cus this guy is post op!!! Wooohoooo thanks for all the kind words everyone!

Thanks again everyone for the words of encouragement

Honestly the pain for me was pretty constant for the first few hours. Now it has subsided pretty much and I am able to walk a little.

Waiting on anesthesia now lol then Definatly

Just wanted to post a little blip and say thank you to everyone. A special thanks to princemark who agreed to buddy up with me early on. Something none of us see is the encouragement that comes from the private messages that people send. I have gotten several since I joined this forum and must say that it is the encouragement and support from all of you that make this journey a lot easier. Guess I'll be posting in the post op forum tomarrow night all.

Wow it really does seem like yesterday I started this whole process and now it's here. Thanks everyone for the kind words and the support along the way. I drive down to Bismarck in about 5 hours and check into the hotel. Almost there....

Any of u post oppers had nausea and vomiting the day before? I'm guessing it's my good friend mr. Nerves ohhh nurse, some Valium pls lol

So thanks to everyone around me, I couldn't sleep last night because of a huge sore throat and nasal drip, with surgery in 2 days. Zicam, NyQuil help me out

I am always like an ADHD squirrel. I have had some funky dreams myself, I spent one whole night looking for my left shoe.

Lol it's funny u say that because I was dropping off a pt last night and the ER doc wrote me a script for a zpack lol but in this town no pharmacy open till Monday and surgery is on Tuesday so will just have to try to stay down today, I'm on broth and NyQuil lol.

Thanks Jenn for posting the ISB. I have a running copy that i will update with the info that peeps would like added. I also will be adding the you tube video's as well as some more issues pre and post op. I am finding that anxiety is a huge issue as is poop stuff and i think there should be a large section on that. I will be doing some more research and updateing it. Also i would like ot put a basic list of the general DIET plan pre and post op so people can get an idea of what they are getting into. Thanks everyone for the kind words!! i am glad i didnt write it for nothing! Keep the posts coming of stuff you would like added!

Wow i'm gonna jump on board and say that unless she is a runner or other endurance athlete a rate that slow is concerning. If she is on beta blockers its time to look at her dose! I'd be interested to know what her bp is. anyway, I feel that way sometimes. where your sitting there and you can feel your heart beating in your head, hands, feet. Its a bounding pulse and for me its pretty normal, but i agree 100 percent with the RN (jenn) talk to your dr.

I guess i wanted to post this because people need to advocate for themselves and sometimes you dont have an CRNA or Anesthesia doc that is willing to help you out so here it goes. . . Allot of patients wake up post op with nausea. This is a common side effect to the anesthesia and can be rather uncomfortable. A wonderfull drug, IMHO should be over the counter in fact is called Zofran or Ondansetron. This medication works by stopping the feeling of nausea. I wont go into the pharmacological end of it. Surfice it to say that for most people, as long as you take it before the vomitting begins, it's a god send. Zofran comes in ODT (Oral disolving Tablets) and pills as well as injection and this october a film (like the new med film strips that melt on your tongue your seeing so popular.) 4mg or 8mg is the dosing, the ODT are a little chaulky after they disolve and you need to make sure you have a moist mouth but they are great. The best part about it is that it does not have the GIANT list of side effects that comes with the old friend Phenergan (Promethazine). If before you go into surgery your feeling anxious, you need to tell someone. They can give you medications to help you relax. Its normal to have anxiety and some very real fear before surgery. Your nurse or anesthesia doc can help you with this. Don't man up thru it, use the pharmacology to your advantage! This brings me to post op pain and the management of it. Pain meds come in several forms. I would say the most common are morphine, dilaudid, Fentanyl and then you get into the percocet and vicodin meds. My point in listing this is simple. If a med is not working for you, or is making you sick, ask for a different pain med. These all work a little differently most work on the GABA or MU receptors but each has its own little quirks. Morphine for instance is natorious for giving you an itchy nose. This is due to the histamine release and is common. Nausea with all of these can occur. there is some merit in relaxation techniques and distraction/diversion therapy. This is fairly simply and can help with minor pain or even some break thru pain that can occur post op. Talk to your dr about any concerns you have with pain or pain management or the treatment you are going to recieve. Dont be afraid to ask whats this med for? why are you giving me this? You dont have to be in the medical field to be told what a med is for, but you should know EVERY med your on. If i ask you what is in your PCA (pain pump) you should be able to tell me. Remember that a little pain is ok, your body will throw endorphines (sp) at you and help with it, but any more than that can hinder the healing process. Be informed peeps. Dont go in not knowing what you need for yourself!!! I dont know it all, in fact i would say i know very little and all of this info you can find online. I'm not trying to make myself sound smart, i'm just trying to help some of you shy ones realize that this is your body and you deserve to know whats going in it, and why. Always consult your dr. before taking any medication.

i wonder is this a long term thing, or as your pouch matures, doe sit ahve less of an odor? anyone?

only 5 days left =)

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