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Today feel like I have been hit by truck. How long does this last.

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The first 4 days were very hard for me ... I felt so much better after I was released from the hospital ... I'm only 8 days out now, not great but so much better than the first days ... It does get better.

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The 2nd day you think you are going to die. You are asking yourself silently if you have made a mistake. You can't say it out loud because you made this decision on your own. Elective... BUT, tomorrow, you will feel better. I promise! And the next day and so on. And when that first 10 pounds is gone, you will think "maybe I did make the right decision". Then, 20 pounds! You did the right thing! Use your pump and remember, this is your future! Congratulations!

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5 months post op and the time I woke up in recovery the pain was a hard 9. The pain meds they gave me did not touch it. Then every day it was a little better and by the end of the first week I was fine. Still having trouble getting fluids and Protein in until day 10 when one morning I could drink so I guess the swelling went down.

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