debberdo

HW 264 SW 262 CW 239 Had surgery 10/7/13. I am just losing alot of Fluid weight according to the doc. It should slow down next week by ALOT.

J hopefully it is healing pain and nothing else. You know if farting hurt as much as sneezing, hiccupping or burping does-we would all be in SO much trouble!!!! Keep us posted on you pain. Keeping my fingers crossed here for ya.

J you must have a high pain tolerance if it took 2 weeks for to you to have weird pain. Good God. I was worried that I was going to run out of the Lortab on my 2nd day home. It is so much better now though and I still have some Lortab left.. I have found out that I can't sneeze just yet. Sneezed the other day and it was like when I tried to get in my truck. A sneeze!!!! Felt like hot coals going through me. Does your incision sites get hot? Mine have but no infection. Doc said it was normal. Just wondering though ...

Most of my twinges were at the left side incision and where my drain was (right side) I felt good enough to stop the liquid Lortab at day 6. Switched to liquid childrens Tylenol and have only taken 2 doses of that. It was surprising that once most of the gas was gone, most of the pain was gone. Unless you are a dumbass like me who tried to climb into a truck without any help. (Not a good idea-I was in tears). Today been feeling pretty dang good! More energy. Better mood. Not hungry but could go for chocolate anything like no one 's business!!!

Lynn hope the stool issue has resolved. I didnt have any bloody ones just very watery. Still have not had a formed/solid one but then I am on week 2 of liquids. It is strange how different the docs work. Some ppl on here are have soft foods @ day 3. I will be on liquids for 6 weeks! Not complaining though. Have lost a nice chunk of weight though. How are you feeling?

That is funny but I totally agree with you. I was almost to the point of telling my husband to take me to the ER because I felt so bad. Now at 7 days out-i feel MUCH better. Not so much gas, not so much incision pain, able to move a little better and losing weight like crazy!

Hahaha! For real! Geez laughing hurts!

I hear ya! I am 6 days out and I finally slept like a log in my bed last night but I think it was from being exhausted. My bottom also hurts like heck. Hurts to sit hurts to lie down. At least it makes me get up and walk around!

Glad you are home. I have been having the hot flashes and cold sweats too for the past 3 days. Wasnt sure if it was menopause kicking in or my body saying "what in the heck did you do to me?" No fever either. When will you get the staples out? My doc glued me -6 sites. Surprisingly they have held up. Hang in there.

Debbie denise- how are you doing? I am finally out of the "fart" woods! Today has been the best day so far. Not a lot of pain. Finally got some decent sleep too. Hope you are doing well.

Hi everyone. I had my surgery on 10/7 and came home on Wednesday. Was feeling pretty good until today. I woke up and my belly was distended and sore. I had been passing gas steadily since Monday evening. My husband jokes that I fart more than a cowboy hooked on beans! Is anyone having a hard time sleeping? I cant seem to get comfortable at all. Still have a jp drain until next week so that doesn't help either. Hanging in there though. Good luck to everyone!