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You've made it this far. All of those whacky appointments, seminar, liter of blood drawn, test you probably never heard of and answering all of those questions with the Psych doctor. Now the time is is. Stay close to God or whatever grounds you. Keep us posted. And let us know if you need us. Because we'll need you too :)

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Just remember the pain is temporary and you can get through it. You'll have plenty of medicine to control it. The majority of my pain was acid-related (intense burning at the sternum) and was only resolved with IV Pepcid. Narcotics didn't help it & I had to ask the doc for the Pepcid. Good luck with your surgery! I'm sure all will go smoothly.

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Congratulations and i wish you the best! Mine is in a week!! Im nervous / excited too!

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I'm three days post-op and things keep getting better every day. Good luck, you'll be on the other side before you know it!

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Oh no! Poor thing, Im so sorry. Maybe something will change by then and you will have help.

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Im setting up my living room so everything i need isnt too far. Are you able to get up off a chair and walk day 2 and 3? If not, ill be taking LOTS of meds so I can. Ugh!

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I was not in too much pain same day I was walking and if you keep walking its even better to get rid of the gas :)

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It's probably better if you don't put everything nearby, because walking to go get it will be good for you. Just try to not have to pick up your little.... I'm not supposed to lift over 10 lbs for two weeks. Thankfully my youngest is 3 yrs old, so I don't need to carry him hardly ever.

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      1. NickelChip

        All I can tell you is that for me, it got easier after the first week. The hunger pains got less intense and I kind of got used to it and gave up torturing myself by thinking about food. But if you can, get anything tempting out of the house and avoid being around people who are eating. I sent my kids to my parents' house for two weeks so I wouldn't have to prepare meals I couldn't eat. After surgery, the hunger was totally gone.

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      I have my final approval from my insurance, only thing holding up things is one last x-ray needed, which I have scheduled for the fourth of next month, which is my birthday.

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        Well done! I'm 9 days away from surgery! Keep us updated!

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