Surgery Tomorrow.....

[HICK CHICK '99 2]

Surgery tomorrow. I am excited & nervous about the pain. Please pray for me.

[jennifer1 180]

Praying for a successful surgery and speedy recovery...best wishes on your journey.

Jennifer

[babycakes86 6]

good luck with ur surgery... you wont feel anything before during or for a few hrs after.... for me the nausea was worst than the pain.. be sure to munch on ur ice chips after you wake up.. it helped me alot with the throw-uppy feeling. be strong.. stay excited... it beats any other feeling.

[yellowrose88 43]

Good Luck with your new begining!

[Cindysmom (Ilene) 130]

Best of luck in your surgery. Have positive thought. Walk walk walk! Don't be scared.

[Regnu 9]

I'm in my 50's and didn't think the surgery was bad at all. Also had a large hiatal hernia repair at the same time. I know a lot of people complain about pain from the gas they pump in, the nurse told me they pumped most of it back out so did not have a lot of gas pain either also never felt nauseous.

[dee257 1,516]

sending prayers.....you will do just fine.....

and Congrats !!!

[Ready2BFit 33]

You are in my prayers.

[morelgirl 177]

Congratulations. Remember to breathe and try to relax. It will be over in a snap. Everyone has a different recovery experience, but I had next to no pain. Just remember that your surgeon will give you pain meds and you should TAKE THEM! Uncontrolled pain can slow your recovery so don't let it get very uncomfortable. Medicate when your pain rises above a 3 on a 1 to 10 scale. If the meds aren't working well enough, let your doctor know. You need to be comfortable in order to heal.

Best of luck and many good thoughts your way!

[1shauna1 129]

Good luck! Hope all goes well.

[XOXOXO 18]

Gooduck. All will be over soon. My anethasist gave me some type of knockout that reduces nausea & I didn't feel sick at all. :-). Take others advice - keep up your pain meds! Even if you don't think you need them. While you are in care be cared for. You will feel so much better for it. Prayers coming your way. Xoxo

[judych 225]

Surgery tomorrow. I am excited & nervous about the pain. Please pray for me.

i certainly will. i know you are nervous.. i guess all of us are or will be. it will be fine. remember all the positive posts that you have read here... that may help you. hopefully you wont have any pain at all to speak of. i hope you do really well.. and i will be praying for you for tomorrow. ((hugs ))))

[judych 225]

Gooduck. All will be over soon. My anethasist gave me some type of knockout that reduces nausea & I didn't feel sick at all. :-). Take others advice - keep up your pain meds! Even if you don't think you need them. While you are in care be cared for. You will feel so much better for it. Prayers coming your way. Xoxo

i need to know... what about taking meds immediately before surgery?? i take meds for high blood pressure. did anyone else have the issue of what to do about taking their meds the day of their op?? and, whats more, how does one get on afterwoods?? we are liquids only... if we take tablets are we headed for trouble with swallowing meds ?? anyone got any info on this one please??

Also... i know we are on liquids only for the first two weeks. does that include coffee without milk and sugar?? i have mine black without sugar. im goign to have awful withdrawals without it. lol. worse than that i think.

[judych 225]

Congratulations. Remember to breathe and try to relax. It will be over in a snap. Everyone has a different recovery experience, but I had next to no pain. Just remember that your surgeon will give you pain meds and you should TAKE THEM! Uncontrolled pain can slow your recovery so don't let it get very uncomfortable. Medicate when your pain rises above a 3 on a 1 to 10 scale. If the meds aren't working well enough, let your doctor know. You need to be comfortable in order to heal.

Best of luck and many good thoughts your way!

this is so right. nursing staff will tell you its far better to manage pain before it gets to be a big issue the more pain the harder it is medicate. so, its better to just take the meds every four hours and stop the pain from getting a hold. Even if the pain isnt much of an issue its better to take those meds.

i want to ask about these meds.. again, im getting back to taking in anything solid. has anyone had to swallow solid pain killers after surgery?? this is concerning me as im having a lot of discomfort with my hernia constantly now. the thought of anything else happening to make things worse is just awful. im not sure whether i have some gastritis even. the dr will know when he operates. meantime i have a problem even taking b/p meds right now. i may have to ring my dr.

[judych 225]

I'm in my 50's and didn't think the surgery was bad at all. Also had a large hiatal hernia repair at the same time. I know a lot of people complain about pain from the gas they pump in, the nurse told me they pumped most of it back out so did not have a lot of gas pain either also never felt nauseous.

that was so good you didnt have much pain. i asked my dr about using CO2 and he doesnt use it. i will be interested to see how much pain i get, if i get any, when he doesnt use the gas in the abdo.

also... a sensitive issue, a womans issue and one that a lot of older women live with. i think that i have a low lying bladder infection... i just live with it. however, im not sure if it would be enough to interfere with my surgery at all. anyone else here had these issues before surgery?? if i really have to i will see my dr again for antibiotics... but it wont be for another week. she only works part time. im running out of time as im done in about 12 days now.