How did it feel?

[dismond1209 1]

When u woke up what did it feel like. What went through your head?

[MountianGirl 109]

Absolute relief. No more second-guessing and the fact that I woke up (I'm super pessimistic). Great feeling

[tnkrrbl 53]

Relief... I think once it's over I can stop thinking, wondering, questioning. And YES YPU WOKE UP. I TOTALLY GET THAT!

[Caseylynn 9]

Great question. How long until you got up to walk? Where are you now in this journey? I keep saying "if I survive" so I guess I am a pessimist too!!,????.

[Kindle 8,667]

My first thought in recovery was how great it was that I wasn't nauseous. First time I've ever woken up from anesthesia not wanting to throw up. Then I fell back asleep for another 3-4 hours and the 1st thought upon that waking was where's my iPad...gotta let my parents know I'm OK. After emailing them and Facetimng with my sister, I hunkered down for a night of wandering around the halls and watching TV. Glad it was done and ecstatic that I had no pain or nausea.

[wannaBthinsoon 1,634]

I agree with those above who said "Relief". I was so relieved to be DONE jumping through hoops, done appeasing my insurance company, and meeting all criteria. I also had no nausea, and after an hour nap, I was up walking every hour till I went home the next day at 8am.

[borg/assimilated 576]

My first thought was to thank God that I had survived and simultaneously relief that the surgery was over. My next thought was about how nauseated I was, which I expected since that is how I react to general anesthesia, but assumed they would manage it better. They soon had that under control though.

[Italian Gal 66]

I too woke up happy to have the surgery behind me! So far, so good....no, so great!

[MountianGirl 109]

I was up walking early that evening so about 5-6 hours after surgery. And I kept on walking. Walked my way right outta there!

[bikrchk 1,313]

Glad it was over! And very groggy. It took me a really long time to really wake up. My op was at 7:30am and though I was taken back to my room by 11am, I wasn't really "with it" till 8pm that night. Good news is by the time I was really with it, I felt better than I expected and was up trucking around the ward as prescribed.

[ShellMilliner 233]

Ditto on the, I'm still here! Then the next feeling was I did it, no turning back now. I had great pain killers on board and an NG tube for the first 24 hours so very minimal gas pain. I napped for an hour or so then started walking every 2 hours...slowly at first. I was a SADI so I was in the hospital 3 days. By the time I left I think I wore a trench around the unit from all my walks.

[ValerieDee1975 55]

When u woke up what did it feel like. What went through your head?

Mainly I was ticked someone woke me up I was having a great nap. For a while I was dozing on and off coming off the anesthesia and my nurse kept hollering for me to take deep breaths (they were measuring my C02 output) but all I wanted to do was sleep....for me, I never had any negative thoughts popping in, I was and am sure this is the best thing for me. I know the pain will go away, I know I'll be able to eat (fairly) normally eventually. I am not a stranger to pain so this is a blip for me (I have degenerative disc disease in my back, arthritis in both knees, bursitis in both knees and shoulder, Fibromyalgia, etc.) I know this surgery will also help me manage those things better Yes, the gas pain is bad, but not unbearable...however I have a fairly high tolerance for pain...everyone is different. And my gas pain didn't kick in until I was home for a while (next day)...I was feeling great at the hospital! Now I feel like I've been hit by a truck lol

Bottom line, my advice is to go with the flow, don't fight the pain, roll with it, makes it easier to deal. Good Luck!

[Caseylynn 9]

You guys are all great. Thanks!

[Conchertito 1]

Love to read positive posts~thx!