Surgery was last night

[Mnicole 17]

So my surgery was last night.....I was in soooooo much pain it was unbelievable. Meds made me nauseous and so did walking around. I have not been able to fart, these gas pains are no joke.....and I've only been able to get down like 3 ice chips. Still in pain but not as bad as last night

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[KristenLe 5,979]

@@Mnicole Try to walk, walk, walk - that's really the only way to get rid of the gas pains. It's not in your intestines - it's in your abdominal cavity. Even when sitting try to move - move your legs, arms, rock back and forth. Ask for something other than the pain meds that made you nauseous - and ask for anti-nausea meds - there's no reason to suffer if they can help. Hope you feel better soon!!!

[mr1121 59]

@@Mnicole, I had my surgery Tuesday early am I was in ssssoooo much pain from the air in my body. My BP was extremely high hadn't been able to sleep or anything. I felt like I would take 1 step forward and 2 steps back. I put 2. & 2 together and believe it or not the morphine was contributing to the gas pain. I say this because when I finally was able to pass gas I had some relief, so I went gung ho on increasing my walking. Started feeling good then I would push the morphine button and BAM right back to day 1. I finally said to myself let's try a test. I asked them to take me off morphine pump. So they did, but then they continued to inject every 4 hrs the morphine. I then stopped that and asked them for something totally different. They gave me narco. But then that you can only get every 4 hrs. So of course after about 2 hrs I was in pain again. I had them call my surgeon and see if I could go back on certain meds I took on a daily basis, of course they just said, we are going to discharge you. This was at 11pm. Anyway I got home, crushed my meds and had some narco and tramadol here so I alternated every 1.5 hrs. And then was able to take my xanax and seroquel. I slept all night except to go to the bathroom. I now felt very stiff. I didn't crush any pain pills in the middle of the night but I did 1st thing in the am. My husband came home and couldn't believe the improvement I made since discharge. If you don't feel the meds are working talk to somebody about switching them. I know for a fact the morphine was not the best choice after 12 hrs post op. It's your body and only you can know what is working for you. I only explained this long winded story because ppl need to speak up during their recovery. We are not all the same.... keep me posted on your outcome

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[izzy13 117]

I was in the same boat, had surgery Wednesday, they put my on a fentynl pump and I was having lots of pain so they increased my dose overnight. Went for a walk at 6am yesterday morning and started dry heaving. That was the worst pain ever!! I then had to have a barium swallow test to check for leaks before I could sip any Water which made me dry heave some more by the time I got back to my room I was beat and it was only 11am yesterday. They switched my pain meds to torridol every 6 hrs and morphine as needed which I only needed a couple of times and viola...2 hours later I was walking and feeling great. Complete 180, oh I also had a scope patch to the back of my ear and zofran for the nausea.

Have them try different pain meds sometimes it's trial and error. The only thing I'm dealing with is a cramping feeling in my chest when i sip Water might be from the hernia repair they did.

Hopefully you feel better soon!!! Oh and k started farting about 24 hrs after surgery that made me feel better too

[NikkiRT 265]

In the hospital they gave me some pain medication that started with a D, can not remember the exact name but one they put that in my IV no pain what so ever

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[QueenOfTheTamazons 634]

I can't believe how lucky I was. I see all these posts about extreme pain. I was hitting the morphine button pretty much every time I remembered it was there the day of surgery but I really don't remember any pain. Never had any of the gas issues. The worst part was no liquids. Surgeon said no liquids for 24 hours after surgery and I already been with no liquids for 12 hours prior.

Day 2 I was taking liquid Vicodin but only had two doses. I was only able to get a few steps at a time but food was going down okay.

Day three, there was that was really bad nausea and I had to take three different types of anti nausea medicine to get under control but that was it. I had one dose of liquid Vicodin in anticipation of a long car ride and a half a Vicodin when I got home but nothing since.One of the posters who was sleeve that pretty much the exact same time I was still needs Tramadol and Oxycodone to sleep. I do have problems with pressure in my chest when eating and often all day but nothing to the level of true pain. I've got to pray to the gods of weight loss surgery for sparing me some of the stuff that you guys are going through. You have my sympathies.

HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

Edited October 14, 2016 by QueenOfTheTamazons

[FunkyMunkyBrat 205]

In the hospital they gave me some pain medication that started with a D, can not remember the exact name but one they put that in my IV no pain what so ever

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Dilaudid?

Munky

[NikkiRT 265]

In the hospital they gave me some pain medication that started with a D, can not remember the exact name but one they put that in my IV no pain what so ever

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Dilaudid?

Munky

Yes

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[OneLostFyrEMT 0]

I was sleeved Wednesday. I was on a dilaudid pump while in the hospital. It eased the pain, but made me sleep more. I am home now. I was taking 5mg of oxycodon, but have found that Tylenol is waaaaay better. The narcotics just trick your brain into thinking you don't hurt. The Tylenol actually reduces the swelling so you don't hurt, plus it helps with the nausea since it is reducing the swelling in your stomach.

Most people think it is not good enough because it is over the counter.

-Cyn

Edited October 15, 2016 by OneLostFyrEMT