Officially POST-OP!

Wisconsin_Gal · December 20, 2009

Hi all,

I am through with the surgery and in the hotel. Sweet hotel and excellent room! I will take pics.

I am doing excellent. The hospital staff said I was their best patient all year long (LOL); The doctor said that everything went off without a hitch AND they are even going to give me a DVD of my surgery... Ugh and cool at the same time.

I have a checkup on Wednesday to get the drain out and to double check the stiches. Overall, I think it was a relatively easy recovery for me, so far.

I don't have international cell phone access just yet, but am working with my cousin to get a cell phone with international calls available. For now, if anyone wants to get in touch with me, I am at:

The Domnican Fiesta Hotel $ Casino

Tel: 809-562-8222 (just dial 1-#)

Hotel Room: #438

Otherwise, I will keep up with email.

Later everyone!

E. Aimee Bauer

P.S. My surgeon was HOT! And had a deep sexy voice...lol

Tiffykins · December 20, 2009

YAY YAY I've been patiently checking my email and phone to make sure I wasn't missing anything from you.

Keep sipping and walking ! ! !

deedee · December 21, 2009

Congratulations, I'm so happy everything went smoothly AND you got some nice eye candy to look at:-)

Wisconsin_Gal · December 21, 2009

Day 2:

All is going well. I am on a strict regiment of:

My Regular Meds (crushed)

Pain meds every 4 hours

Maalox every 6 hours

30cc Juice/Clear broth every 2 hours

30cc Water every 15 minutes

The nice thing is that included in my hotel stay is all the juice, Water and broth I need brought to my room. ;-)

This sipping thing is not as easy as I thought as apparently I am a gulper... but I will survive. My first attempt at my crushed meds was a disaster. DO NOT add liquid to them. Next time, I will simply slide them in my mouth and then follow with a bit of juice. It will be infinitely more bitter, but I believe I will have an easier time getting the full dose and not leave half of it in the glass!

Minimal pain, mostly just discomfort. Maintaining a good positive attitude and I have plush comfort in this hotel room. I also have a final appointment on Wed with the sexy doc! LOL...

I would recommend those of you that are pre-op to work on strengthening your ab muscles. I have fairly strong (eh!) ab muscles for a fat chick, and I whole-heartedly believe this is helping minimize the pain when I must get up. I can feel my ab muscles engage and while I try to make the trip up easier, the stronger the ab muscles the easier this is... I am going through this predominantly alone, so I have no one to help me up.

Anyone have any idea approximately how long before they take all the stitches out and I can take a shower?

Oh, one thing to warn you about. In Dominican Republic they don't believe in morphine. So their pain meds are much more lower strength than US ones. I must admit that I have a higher pain threshold than most, but I haven't yet found the pain to be unbearable. It was unexpected when I had just come out of surgery, but very manageable otherwise. The pain meds they have me on are children's strength (on top of being lower strength!).

Later!

Aimee

deedee · December 21, 2009

Thanks for the update. Sipping was hard for me as well and liquids "hurt" a little until the day of my first post-op appointment (I think day 13). You seem to be doing wonderfully, enjoy that hotel room!