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Had surgery today

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Frustr8    7,886

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And it is going to be fabulous and fine. So happy for you on this ,your day.Congratulations!😛

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Lisa K.    62

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I'm happy for you! Mine was last Thursday and I'm already feeling much better. It's been a chore getting all my fluids down but it's a work in progress.

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Letsgetgoing2018    448

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Hi Lisa. I’m laying here in bed after having surgery today. No pain breathing fine. Have swallow test tomorrow. Hope I pass with flying colors. Look forward to sipping on water! Keep up the good work and let’s keep in touch!

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J San    1,072

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Congrats. Hope you have a smooth speedy recovery. I'm scheduled for this Thursday 7/12. Can't wait to finally get it done and start the new chapter.

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Letsgetgoing2018    448

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18 minutes ago, J San said:

Congrats. Hope you have a smooth speedy recovery. I'm scheduled for this Thursday 7/12. Can't wait to finally get it done and start the new chapter.

Thanks very much. Best of luck to you. Keep in touch.

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Pink nova    99

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Wooo! Congrats and good luck with your recovery!!!

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Letsgetgoing2018    448

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Thanks everyone for your well wishes. Recovery thus far has we. Ok. The real work is yet to come. Feeling confident and good.

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BostonWLKC    807

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Congrats and enjoy the journey!

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Letsgetgoing2018    448

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Thanks. Waiting to go down for my swallow study. Once that goes well I’ll be out on clears and then if tolerating will go home. Pain is it as bad as I thought. I feel really good.

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macadamia    591

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1 hour ago, Letsgetgoing2018 said:

Thanks. Waiting to go down for my swallow study. Once that goes well I’ll be out on clears and then if tolerating will go home. Pain is it as bad as I thought. I feel really good.

Pain pumps are awesome! I was hospitalized and had abdominal surgery last May and they had me on Fentanyl through the pain pump. Every 8 minutes I was pressing the button. It was wonderful!

When I had my another abdominal surgery in August of last year, they had me on morphine through the pain pump. This did not work for me and I itched all over while taking it. They think I may be allergic to morphine. It was all better when they switched me to Dilaudid. Much stronger so I received it less often, but it worked with no itching. I stayed on that until I could take oral pain meds again.

Keep it up!

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Letsgetgoing2018    448

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1 minute ago, macadamia said:

Pain pumps are awesome! I was hospitalized and had abdominal surgery last May and they had me on Fentanyl through the pain pump. Every 8 minutes I was pressing the button. It was wonderful!

When I had my another abdominal surgery in August of last year, they had me on morphine through the pain pump. This did not work for me and I itched all over while taking it. They think I may be allergic to morphine. It was all better when they switched me to Dilaudid. Much stronger so I received it less often, but it worked with no itching. I stayed on that until I could take oral pain meds again.

Keep it up!

Thanks for the post. Yes I am a little itchy today. Have to tell nurse. I have Tylenol IV going which seems to be taking the edge off.

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