I Am Home

[Carlos G 18]

My surgery was Wednesday about 1, got released late yesterday due to a mix up with the doc , got home close to midnight, fely good to be home , the shower this morning felt better . OMG , that alone was amazing. Ok so I am home , I MISS MY TALL CUP OF coffee, oh well cant focus on the past . ok now the future, how in the hell do you get this dam protien down , 1/4 cup dowm and the gas has me horrified. My throat has done some amasing twist and gags the last two days. TMI so it feels like I am going to expel , propel this crap like a horror movie., ok so I will quit my whinning, good to be back ,missed you guys

[Liliana Arleen 173]

Yay Carlos! So glad that you are doing well now that you are home,I love this forum more than the other one lol. Get well soon!!

[Lissa 2,631]

I'm glad you're home and sleeved! Welcome to the loser's bench!

It will take a while for you to be able to drink larger quantities of liquid. The mantra for now is "sip, sip, sip, walk, walk, walk". When you're tired of that, try sip, walk, sip, walk.

Congrats and just take things slow and easy. You will feel much better very quickly!

[Carlos G 18]

Thank you Lilliana, My doctors sub came in to release me yesterday morning but I was having my leak test done at the time , being as that was on another floor I had my chart with me . so when he came in looking for me no chart he assumed no Carlos lol. Finally about 7 i started to get impatient and I requested the nurses paige him sure enough he was home enjoying a movie, the bright side out of that was I got to meet yall.

[upwardfocusedgirl 33]

I had similar problems with gas and acid in the beginning. Nothing wanted to stay down, at least not comfortably! I had to sleep sitting up for almost 2 weeks because the reflux was so painful. In the hospital they gave me a bottle of baby gas medicine Simethicone. That helped a lot. You don't have to do the baby drops, they have chewable stuff like Gas X, but the drops went down better at first. Also after taking my Protonics regularly for several days I felt much better. Does your doctor have you on any acid blockers?

[Carlos G 18]

I'm glad you're home and sleeved! Welcome to the loser's bench!

It will take a while for you to be able to drink larger quantities of liquid. The mantra for now is "sip, sip, sip, walk, walk, walk". When you're tired of that, try sip, walk, sip, walk.

Congrats and just take things slow and easy. You will feel much better very quickly!

Thank you Lissa, I was already screwing up lol ok so I am taking my cup with me and going for a walk on the beautiful spring morning, Thanks for the nudge .

[Carlos G 18]

I had similar problems with gas and acid in the beginning. Nothing wanted to stay down, at least not comfortably! I had to sleep sitting up for almost 2 weeks because the reflux was so painful. In the hospital they gave me a bottle of baby gas medicine Simethicone. That helped a lot. You don't have to do the baby drops, they have chewable stuff like Gas X, but the drops went down better at first. Also after taking my Protonics regularly for several days I felt much better. Does your doctor have you on any acid blockers?

I have some chewable gas x and I also have the protonics. Just now getting back in the routine. only thing I had had down me since my surgery has been 1 cup of Barium (lovely stuff) and a popsicle, today I start my everything

[upwardfocusedgirl 33]

Oh good, well hopefully you'll be feeling much better soon! It does get easier to get more down after the 1st couple of weeks once the swelling starts to go down.