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Unfortunately, it was an outpatient procedure. I went in today for two liters of hydration and I think that helped.

Now I'm just focusing on sipping and walking.

Hang in there ... you will turn a MAJOR corner in a day or two. I'll bet you will feel much more like yourself by the end of the weekend. :001_smile:

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Temp is 100.2 I HATE running a fever. It makes me feel all-over ick.

yuck, hang in their buddy. How is the Fluid intake coming?

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I had a problem with a fever on the day I can home. Dr. said don't worry until it goes over 101.5. By day 4 it was gone and I felt 1000 times better.

I didn't even get in 2 ounces of Water on day 1 and 2 so I think you are doing great.

By day 4 things were so much better.

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So far today I've taken in 45 oz of Water (not counting the two 1-liter IV bags they pushed in at the hospital).

I'm hoping that this fever is just temporary and not a sign of an infection.

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I think it being that low grade you're probably ok.

Hey a few of us are in chat if you'd like to join us!

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Good call on the hydration thing. Thats the one thing I don't get about out patient. I would have never been able to hydrate without my IV

Ditto for me as well.

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Hey Buddy

Sorry I missed telling you happy surgery day!! I feel bad for you, the first 2 days are really bad. By the 3rd day it really does get much better, I wish you a speedy recovery!

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Thanks for all the good wishes. I'm still feverish (it's hovering right around 99-100) and all over achey. My abdomen feels like I've been hit by a bison. And the most bizarre muscles are sore -- my calves, my shoulders, and so on. My girlfriend thinks that some of that may be because I'm using strange muscles to sit down and stand up, since I'm sort of sparing my core muscles.

I have a fair amount of congestion in my lungs, but I don't think I'm at risk of pneumonia; I've had pneumonia before and I remember that horrible whistling, wet breathing sound, and I have NOTHING like that -- just some yellowish mucous (sorry, TMI, I know, but hey, we're all family here, right?)

I just discovered that my prescription pain med (Roxicet) makes my fever go down a little, makes most of my aches and pains fade away and (probably most important for me!) tamps down my anxiety quite a bit. I know it's addictive (which is why I was avoiding it), but I figure the doc prescribed it for just this reason, so I've been taking half doses, and it really seems to help. I'm HOPING I can get a few restful hours of sleep tonight.

I'm really hopeful that people are right when they say that things start getting better around day 4. That means just one more day of miserable, hopefully, and I'll start feeling better. The pain, I can deal with. The fever is really the unpleasant bit.

On a plus note, I'm not hungry at ALL, despite having basically 0 calories for two days. Well, maybe 50-60 calories in some watered down apple juice but still, normally I'd be starving by now. At the moment, the thought of food revolts me (which may be tricky when I have to start on the "full liquids" tomorrow).

Also apparently my wounds look really good (when the MA changed my dressings today, he commented that a couple of the wounds didn't look like they'd bled at all). And I can walk almost 3/4 of a mile without getting winded or tired. So on some levels my recovery is going really smoothly. If only this darned fever would break!

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Hey there I thoroughly relate and I'm so glad that you are communicating your recovery with us. I may have missed a post or two so I'm wondering if you have informed your surgeon of the lingering low grade fever? If I recall correctly I was told that fever becomes a bigger concern at 101 and then again I'm not sure. I took mine nearly every day for the first couple of weeks post op and mine fluctuated between 97 and 100. It takes time for the body and mind to adjust. A few people seem to glide with ease right through. As for me, that was not the case. I'm glad you have something you can take conservatively that works to ease both pain and anxiety.

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Hey there I thoroughly relate and I'm so glad that you are communicating your recovery with us. I may have missed a post or two so I'm wondering if you have informed your surgeon of the lingering low grade fever? If I recall correctly I was told that fever becomes a bigger concern at 101 and then again I'm not sure. I took mine nearly every day for the first couple of weeks post op and mine fluctuated between 97 and 100. It takes time for the body and mind to adjust. A few people seem to glide with ease right through. As for me, that was not the case. I'm glad you have something you can take conservatively that works to ease both pain and anxiety.

Yeah I called Dr. Landerholm and he assured me that at 100 degrees, I didn't have anything to worry about. He just said to keep doing deep breathing as much as possible.

Now my new hassle is what's probably acid reflux; I wake up with a tickle or cough in my throat. But since I start on "full liquids" today, I can sprinkle my Omeprazole capsules into my smoothy. That will help!

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be sure to get the 60-70 G of Protein in you. It's important for you to heal. What has you doctor said about that? do they have you on a program? Best of luck.

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be sure to get the 60-70 G of Protein in you. It's important for you to heal. What has you doctor said about that? do they have you on a program? Best of luck.

Yeah I'm already drinking Protein in a smoothie. It'll be a challenge to drink it all down, but I'm not having any nausea or problems with keeping it down.

It's going to be challenging to keep up with hydration and protein, but I think I can do it.

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