Sharon1964

I'm a left-side sleeper, and coming out of anesthesia in recovery, the first thing I did was grab the bedrail and turn over on my left. I've had no problem sleeping on my side and did it in the hospital.

They won't, because the authorization date will be after your surgery. So if you have surgery on 10/1, and on 10/15 you are approved, your authorization will be something like 10/15/2015 to 12/31/2015.

I was on omeprazole for a month after surgery. A week or two after stopping it, I started getting nauseated, experienced heartburn and threw up a few times. Called my surgeon's office and they put me back on the omeprazole and said to continue for three months.

I misunderstood your original post. It sounded like you were eating and trying to feel full. And since I've never heard of anyone eating one cup that soon after surgery, well, I'm sure you can understand the confusion.

I think it's a good thing that fear is a motivator in the beginning. Fear is what keeps me from eating things I should not. Gradually the desire for those things is lessening. The only thing I'm craving right now is when the Little Caesers pizza commercial comes on and they dip the cheesy bread in the marinara sauce. I swear I can taste it and I can feel the crunch in my mouth. LOL!

At this stage, you should be eating about 1/3 cup per meal. At one year, you would be at the one-cup phase. Don't eat until you feel full. Eat your 1/3 cup and be done. IMHO, YMMV, yada yada yada.

In addition to everything above, I would suggest warm broth. Cold drinks at this point can cause stomach spasms.

Well, that's the usual protocol, but that doesn't mean they can't give it a second try now. If your sample didn't have enough endocervical cells, and if you're pre-menopausal (I don't know your age), your doctor can prescribe vaginal estrogen cream which can make your endocervical cells "more available." If it just didn't have enough total cells, I would do a repeat pap now and if it comes back the same, wait the 2-3 months and try again. Not a doctor, yada yada yada.

Awwwww... shucks!

I have close friends in open relationships, some in closed poly relationships, some in open poly relationships, some in closed triads, etc. When someone brings up this topic (usually with some degree of horror), I always tell them that we must each make our own choices, and what is right for one person isn't necessarily right for another. Maybe the OP's man really is okay with her having her needs met elsewhere, as long as he is getting what he needs out of his relationship with her. Some people really don't feel jealousy. Some people don't feel jealousy if their needs are being met.

I guess that depends on if you brought him back a bottle of tequila or not! LOL! I wouldn't worry.

It could be Anthem Blue Cross of California (a for-profit company owned by Wellpoint) or it could be Blue Shield of California (a non-profit owned by California Physicians Service). They are separate companies in this state. The only plan I've ever seen that says Blue Cross/Blue Shield of California is the federal employees plan, and I think they do that because pretty much every other state does it. Federal employees are processed through Blue Shield of California.

This doesn't even make sense to me because there is no reason to contact the insurance company after you have approval. I work for a physician and we get authorizations for surgical procedures all the time. Once we have the authorization we NEVER make contact with the insurance company again until after the procedure is done and we send them the claim and the surgical report.

At my first appointment at the surgeon's office, I met with his patient coordinator who had run my benefits. She said that she expected they wouldn't be billing me at all since it looked like my max out of pocket would be going to the hospital. I had surgery nine months later. About ten days before surgery, the hospital called me and told me they expected my portion to be $3,000 to $3,500, based on my current benefits and what I'd spent already this year. They asked how much I would be paying on surgery day, and I told them $3,000 (I've been saving like mad). Since this isn't emergency surgery, they expect the majority to be paid before services are rendered. My insurance has now processed, and I owe the hospital an additional $100, and I owe the surgeon around $300 - looks like he got his bill in before the hospital got theirs in. I've now met my maximum out of pocket cost for the calendar year, so any other medical stuff this year should be at no copay to me.

So you're just going to walk in to his office one day 100 pounds lighter and pretend nothing happened?!?!

Are you talking about internal or external sutures? If external, have your surgeon remove them and seal you up with surgical glue.

The hospital said I could drive home if I wanted since I hadn't had pain meds in more than six hours or so (I think it had been 12). I declined.

I've had two meetings in restaurants since my surgery. The first one was early on, and it was a diner-type place that I've been to many times for meetings. Had our usual waitress, and I just quietly told her I just had surgery and couldn't eat much. I asked her for one scrambled egg. It was delicious. The second meeting was last weekend, on the day I got to add steak to my repertoire. I order a steak and shrimp meal, ate the four grilled shrimp, two bites of steak, and took the rest home and ate it for four more meals.

You are one amazing lady. Wishes for lots of courage and strength to you. And you definitely get the pass on the cake.

Make sure you find out from your surgeon what you're allowed to have. A lot of things mentioned above I was not allowed at one week. No meat, no chicken, nothing with lumps, no seafood. I was allowed things like: applesauce, hummus, greek yogurt (smooth), sugar free pudding, Jello, broth, non-cream Soup, mashed potatoes. Three meals a day, 1/3 cup food at each meal, no Snacks.

Three meals of 1/3 cup food each, no Snacks. Time between meals is spent getting in fluids. One month on omeprazole required.

It took about nine months from the time I decided I was going to have surgery until I had the surgery (jumping through insurance hoops). It was much like having a baby. It's on your mind every day. You can't make a lot of plans because you don't know what the future will hold, but you "dream" about it. You feel like you can't wait for it to get here, and it will take forever. Once you finally get there, it feels like the time flew by! On another note, so many of us have gone on diets in the past and failed. So any pronouncement of what we're going to do or what our goals are feels too much like the past, a past when we failed. We all have those thoughts of "what if it doesn't work for me?" "what if I have surgery and don't lose weight?" Making any goals before surgery made me feel like I was going to jinx myself.

I don't eat all day; I eat three meals a day. I'm eating 1/3 cup of food at each meal, so I pack a bag with a small container of food and crystal light in bottles in a little lunch cooler. I bought some little containers that are 4 oz size, which holds my lunch. I got to add steak to my repertoire this weekend, so today I'm having leftover steak with sautéed mushrooms.

I agree with what everyone has said. Do a "post-mortem" on your day. Look at your own post and think about what could have been prevented, or could be prevented in the future. You could make sure you always have a Protein bar or two in your purse (keep them in an empty hard eyeglass case to keep them from getting destroyed in your purse). You can go online and look at Chinese food menus to see what would have been a better choice than what you had. For instance, at Panda Express you can get mandarin chicken (some places have changed the name to teriyaki chicken) with the sauce on the side. For your side you can get steamed vegetables. They always say "rice or chow mein" but steamed vegies are also a choice. As far as the leftovers go, before you make a move on them, or when you have the container on the counter, stop and ask yourself, "is this going to help me or hurt me." Be honest with yourself. With your large family I don't imagine you throw away much food, so I won't suggest that. You could freeze it and give it to the kids another day. Good luck and hang in there. You can do this!

I would take the 20 yr old and leave the others at home. It's hours of boring waiting and they would be better off occupying themselves at home. My mom and my high-energy 11 yr old went with me. One of my coworkers met us there. She took my kid out for lunch to give my mom a break, while I was in surgery. A little while after the surgery I had enough of high-energy anything and asked my Mom to head on home with the kid.