How is everyone the 1st night after surgery?

[meyouus 415]

I had morphinefor my knee replacements, I'd press a button and the morphine would enter my system. At only 20 minute intervals at a time. Do they do this for the RNY?

[brandy31 32]

I told my friends & family not to come see me. There was no way I wanted them to see me like that. I'm real happy I did, too. I was pretty incoherent & miserable right after lol. I even cried a tiny bit. However, I have the pain tolerance of a 2 year old.... So, there's that.

After the first night, though, I was MUCH better! The next day I cat napped a lot & even painted my nails before they discharged me. You'll do great, & that night will go by fast for you!

[anaxila 501]

@, I don't know if the absence of the automated drug delivery system was a personal preference of my surgeon or if they're all like that, but I had to ask for meds to get them. They were super responsive and would let me choose the dosage and such based on how I was feeling, so it wasn't an issue. I think part of the reason was that they would give a variety of meds for different types of pain, whether there was a lot of nausea too, etc., so they wanted to know what exactly I was experiencing in order to make a suggestion how to manage it. I was also very nervous about pain management but it has not been a problem. I am five days post-op from RNY.