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Surgery on the 28th



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Finally, eh! Best of luck to you, I can tell by your posts that you are ready for this and will do well. Speedy recovery and hope the sun is shining bright for you today, best of luck!

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Back at home. Able to walk but the pain meds are making me less sharp than I think. I would describe my "pain" as feeling more like "tightness" but my abdomen does feel like I got punched really hard (benefits of being punched really hard in the past I guess). My throat is sore but I'm guessing it's from the anesthesia.

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I thought it was cool my surgeon gave me photoes from his scope.

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Enjoy your meds! Hope you get a good nights sleep/rest. Tomorrow....heating pad and don't forget your fluids. I'm sure you're going to come through this with flying colors. Patience helps right now.

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I'm starting to feel he shoulder pain people talk about so the wife agreed to get me some of the gas-x strips those same people talked about. I've been taking a walk around the house approx every hour since I got home. It's not much but I figure it's better than nothing. I am finding I are to ge my fluids consumed today. I keep sipping but I don't make much progress on my first 32 oz yet.

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I know I didn't get all my liquids in for the first couple of days, I always had Water with me and drank what I could. Don't stress over it. I was trying to sip every half hour, things got easier next day. You'll be swollen from surgery and then there's that god forsaken shoulder pain. Gas x did help somewhat, the heating pad helped somewhat and I was always rubbing my shoulder thinking I could just rub it away. I took pain meds every 4 hours first day and especially before bed. Next day I only took Tylenol but went back to the prescribed pain meds before bed, and did the same day 3. Still had shoulder pain day 4 but moving really helps as well as moving your arms in a windmill kind of way. I was in a hockey arena day 4 cheering my grandson on. Tired, but feeling not bad at all...wasn't ready to run up and down any stairs but was feeling pretty good. Day 5 I was golden! So, I guess what I'm saying is take it easy, rest when you need to, get outside for a bit, walk, move your body...but leave the tobogganing for a bit yet. Keep us posted with your progress, nice to have your wife helping you out.

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I just urinated for the first time since leaving the hospital and that oddly relieved the pain in one shoulder. I'm sorry if that's TMI but I'm trying to be as specific as possible about my recovery so others can compare and our prepare for their own experiences.

I tried waiting 5 hrs between pain meds (rather the prescribed 4) so far I made it to 4.5. Haven't used any of the nausea meds yet I'm guessing I'll need those when I get off the Clear Liquids.

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Finally able pass gas late last night and again this morning the shoulder pain is gone like magic. I'd describe my abdominal as being equivalent to a solid but not forceful series of punches. More of a throbbing at each wound site similar to what i'd feel after a hard weightlifting workout.

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Sounds like you're coming along great. And positive about the whole thing. Continued success !

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Today was pretty good up and about most of the day. Incisions still pretty tender if I try to bend over did much better on getting my fluids in today and the Gas-x worked wonders.

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Had my first post op bowel movement today which was a bit of a surprise since I've been only drinking clear fluids the last three days but I figure that means I'm probably breaking down some fat tissue. On one hand I'm glad I can start some food with substance today but I'm not hungry yet so I'm holding off on Breakfast for now. I do not recall ever looking forward to some hot Cereal this much before.

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