July22 and 23rd Bandits, check in here!

[losingitat41 0]

Jerzyshore, Big Mama 514, RobinAnn, Ayyypapi, Pereza211, losingitat41, teresajesq

July 23rd: Daqui26, Toot, Lilpeach_059, missymouse, kimmaylynn, cdinky, angelic3432, aubreanna

How is everyone doing?

[angelic3432 0]

Hi!

I had my surgery scheduled for 145pm y'day but didnt go in until 310pm. THere was an emergency surgery ahead of me. I came out about 430pm and immediately wanted to walk around and pee. Checked out at 5pm. I had a big hernia so I had major pain in both shoulders and neck but nothing unbearable. My stomach really hasnt bothered me at all. It still hurts a bit to breathe deep but nothing too bad. I made it! :cool2:

[daqui26 4]

hi all

i had srgery around 10:30ish, i can't remember the exact time i was in recovery. my heart rate and BP was high and kept rising. the nurse told me it was 104 right after surgery and she called the anesthiologist once it reached 113. i told her i had to pee but she did not want to get me up. once he called back he said he thught i might need more fluids and to take me to pee before giving me more. by this time my heart rate was 117. well after my BR trip it immediately went down to 104 and my BP dropped. went to xray band looked ok, went to my room. stayed there a few hours longer my choice, i wanted to make sure i was comfy with my vitals. when i was asked i told them i was ready to go.

today was a little worse than yesterday as far as pain goes. i was walking around yesterday and im up to abt 10 mins per walk. the NP told me for the 1st week to walk 15 min every hour im awake, im getting there.

the gas is horrible like most of you said, once thats gone i can deal with the other pain. its not bad at all.

excuse the typos, no contacts and of couse under meds

safe recovery to us all

[Jerzyshore 0]

Hey Gang,

Went in 7am July 22, 2009. Got banded at about 9:30am, was fine on wed, no sleep wed night, pain set in on thursday morning, and felt better on friday. No shoulder pain, Belly soreness is OK with meds, but drinking Water and Protein Shakes is causing a gassy/almost stuck type of feeling. Anyone else having problems with their Fluid intake? Other than that i am slowly feeling better.

Godspeed to all of us...:cool2:

[Lilpeach_059 0]

My surgery was moved from 930 to 11am on july 23 2009. Then the surgery was delayed until about 3. Surgery started at about 340 and i was out by 420. I woke up in recovery in severe pain and once i was stable i was sent to my room. My surgeon did require an overnight stay which was ok with me. I read about people having to share rooms and i really didnt want to do that and i have a history of mrsa (aug 2008) so i reminded my surgeon and he made sure i got a private room. So when i get up to the room my sis and nephew wanted to to say hi because none of my family could come. im assuming my know it all nurse went straight to the charge nurse instead of asking me the patient about my health history. so in walks the charge nurse explaining why im in isolation and i tried to explain that i am negative for mrsa but shes the charge nurse so she knows everything...so she just overtalked me. but she then tells me that my nephew does not need to be in my room!! My nephew that i live with? The same nephew that i babysit almost everday and take naps with almost everyday? I really did not like how they made assumptions without asking me, or checking my chart or askinb the person allowed to talk for me if the need arised; my sister. But other than a few bad nurses and my my port area being swollen to the size of a grapefruit my stay was ok. I was discharged the next evening. I do have a sore throat and gas pains in my belly.

[VQ Motors 0]

July 23rd here. 8am surgery on Thursday morning, was out Friday at 12PM. Gas pains and soreness and pain around port remain. Everyday is slightly better.

[jtrda 0]

I had surgery on the 23rd. My surgeon required overnight stay and that went pretty well. I am walking around ok and having pain mainly at the port area. I had a hernia repaired at the same time, but the pain is pretty tolerable. I don't have an appetite and I don't think I am getting the amount of liquids down that I should.

[RobinAnn 2]

Had surgery at 2pm on the 22nd. Not quite sure when I came out of the OR, but I do know I slept about 2 hours in the recovery room. Walked, had a popsicle, went to our hotel and slept.

Doing okay with pain (I can sleep on either side or my back) but I'm having a constant salivation issue and a real gurgly stomach. Hard to get in fluids and Proteins with a rumbling stomach. Nothing seems to make it calm down. Plus I need to crush my b/p meds and I've been taking them with some n/f pudding (Nut. approved). Blech.

Doing okay though.

[bashful1269 5]

Doing good, hope everyone is doing well. Just think about how much better we will look in six months!!!

:tongue2:

[jtrda 0]

Glad to see everyone doing well! We are on our way folks!!:tongue2:

[jgurl 0]

Banded July 22. Doing great, happy to be here!:biggrin:

[daqui26 4]

the gas is still kicking my butt, i just cant seem to get rid of it. i have a stuck feeling in my throat too and i have not cheated, still Clear liquids. it seems kinda common on here early on so im not too worried but if its not cleared out by midday tomorrow im calling again.

im getting tired of the fragmin shots, only 2 left thank god. my hubby has been a great help i could not have asked for better. i hope you all are resting and feeling better.

[jtrda 0]

Hi everyone, I am now 5 days out and I am feeling sooo much better today. I went back to work yesterday and I think I am doing pretty good. No more pains in my chest while breathing deeply. I still have soreness in my port area when I bend or lean to the left, but that is the only pain I am having. I have my post op on Thursday so hopefully I can move up to some blended or soft foods. I think I will have to be on liquids for 2 weeks though. I can't really remember. Everyone seems to be doing great!:thumbup:

[poohbear73 0]

Hello, I was banded July 23rd, went in at 0630 and was back home by 130pm. I was up and walking around that evening. I had barely no pain at all!!!

[jtrda 0]

I am starting to feel really good now. I went to my post op visit, and now I can start eating soft foods. YEAH!! If anyone has any suggestions for what to eat, I would appreciate it. I have been eating applesauce and mashed potatoes,and I don't know what else to eat. Port site is still kind of sensitive if I lean to the left or bend that way but other than that, I feel pretty good!!