NERVOUS!

[LindsayLouLou 3]

Hang in there! Keep us posted!

[rian2010 15]

so the headache turned into Migraine and nothing would touch it. So I have only gotten up twice today to walk the halls which im not proud of. The dr ordered me a med that I am waiting for. Kind funny how my belly pain is nothing compared to this headache. I GOT TO TAKE A SHOWER! it was amazing!!! LOL i feel so hungry but when I try to drink or eat Jello it kinda hurts. I really can't wait to just hurt at home.... it's lonely in the hospital :-(

[rian2010 15]

omg guys.... i thought once I got home I would be so much better..... HOW WRONG WAS I. Please tell me this gas pain get better. I have been taking my gas-ex every six hour but It does NOTHING!! im laying in bed in agony. I need to eat and drink so I dont get dehydrated but it all just hurts so much. I just took tylenol but nothing seems to be taking the edge off.... when does the pain start to go away???

[elfnow 277]

Are you sure it's gas pain and not acid reflux? Lately those two feel almost the same to me!! Try to walk and take a Tums, see if that helps

[rian2010 15]

when I get up and move around I can feel the bubbles move and it kills. They gave me tons of reflux meds in the hospital and I start prilosec tomorrow morning. my belly is just full of gas. It wont come out.... i toot every now and again but its is only a small relief. Omg thank you guys for being on this board.... I really dont know what I would do without you!!!

THANK YOU!! I am hoping my monday I can tolerate the pain better and walk around more easily.

[elfnow 277]

Walk as much as you can, stay upright as much as you can! Can you sleep propped up? I'd still suggest a Tums just to quiet down any residual acid and see how you feel.

There have been a couple times I've swallowed too fast / too soon and got a bubble trapped in my stomach under the food... Once I half-barfed but then it all kinda rearranged and I burped and that was that. Felt much better.

Hang in there!! You'll get through this!!

[rian2010 15]

im so scared of eating and drinking too fast. I dont know if im doing it now. its so hard to change that kind of habit.... swallowing LOL yea id say ive been 50/50 with being up and being in bed. being up hurts so much because of that stupid stitch he put in but laying down is bad with the gas. i hope i get a good night sleep in my own bed and tomorrow brings some relief. How was your first few days home ELFNOW?

[elfnow 277]

Surgery was on a Monday and I came home Tues eve (36-hr observation).

My first few days home were pretty reasonably foggy with dilaudid. I am still nursing my toddler and she likes to put her cold little babyfeet on my belly... I was SO glad I was not sent home with a drain tho!!! That would have bothered me so bad.... I had to keep her from kicking my incisions.

I wasn't sent home with a belly-support so whenever I stood up I felt like I had to hold my belly up a little with my hands. It helped, and eventually after a few days I didn't have to do it anymore.

I have tegaderm Patches and carefully covered up each incision with a waterproof barrier so I didn't feel like I was messing things up by showering. I took a LOT of showers in the first 2 weeks. I think partly it was boredom and partly my skin felt crawly from the dilaudid. I sorta just weaned and stopped using dilaudid within 4 days, tho I had enough for a week. I just didn't hurt. Showers probably help there, too.

I tried to go to the gym with my partner and just sit and watch the baby on that Wednesday morning... That was epic fail. Total epic fail. I felt like someone had run over me, and I was in pain, and chasing a toddler whose ENTIRE GOAL IN LIFE was to climb the center staircase at the gym was the worlds worst idea.

As I started getting back on-schedule and stopped hurting so much, things got easier. Also being able to wear jeans on Saturday (5 days post) felt good. I just kinda focused on drinking things and mitigating pain. I stopped using the nausea meds and scopolamine by the next Monday.

There were MANY issues where I found that too warm or too cold fluids would make me hurt. If I wanted "cold" it needed to be at least room temp, and if I wanted "hot" it needed to be no more than body temp. One little tub of SF Jello was like an hour-long three-course meal.

But by 10 days I was like "ok now I need food!! When does food happen??" LOL

[elfnow 277]

Oh also I got a truckload of little one-oz cups from the hospital but I prefer my little lidded 2-oz "midgets" from tupperware. When I sipped fluids? I seriously barely got my lips wet. I mean I SIPPED. Gulping was right out!!!

[Gina1010 86]

The first few days are always hard but it does get better... After a few weeks maybe two you will be back to normal... The gas pain is the worst... Keep walking and moving it will pass.

[rian2010 15]

yea these gas pains are terrible!! I ate a little Soup today and some Jello. I just want FOOD! I want anything but this crap that they have on the list ..... gimme anything else LOL I am starving. I just dont want to over do it.

[Mercedesgirl 2]

You had your surgery same day as I did! Great someone I can follow. I hope all went well with you. I ended up having a hiatia hernia removed as well. ( didn't know I had it) That bothered me more so. I think if I hadn't had that mine would have been a lot easier. My third day was the worst. Pain meds wore off, hernia spot was really sore and I slept off and on the entire day. Today was better though. I've been up and about today. Hope you are doing okay. Let me know. Mercedesgirl