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Best of luck! I had mine last Sept 10. My best advice is to be calm, I stayed calm up until I was put asleep. The hardest thing was the gas pressure after surgery. My pain was low, a 4 out of 10 the first hours then a 2 out of 10 the following day. Hope everything goes well!

Thanks for the great advice. I just had a hiccup in my great plan of getting a ride to the hospital, which is stressing me out a bit, but I feel really calm about the surgery itself!

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A heating pad saved me from gas pain. I highly recommend one.

:) I just went and bought one - my mom was bringing one for after surgery but I decided to grab one for the hospital as well. Thanks!

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My surgery is also tomorrow! Good luck! :)

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Ok new here... What is the pillow for?

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Just so you know, if you have to wear oxygen at all you can't use your vaseline or any petroleum based product.

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