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Woohoo, I am post-op and home!

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eriadne    6

eriadne
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My surgery went well on Monday, although there was some scheduling mixup and I wound up going in "late" by their reckoning and very early by mine (someone called me Friday to tell me it was rescheduled for a later time and apparently that was not true.) They had me checked-in and prepped within maybe 30 minutes and before I knew it I was in the recovery room.

About the only thing I wasn't prepared for was the gas pains. OMFG wow, the gas pain is terrible and I still haven't moved much of it. Yowza. Cannot wait for that to get gone.

The bariatric wing of the hospital I was in relocated their floor on the day I had surgery, which meant they were still stocking my room up when I got wheeled down and I still never got a phone. Plus there was a thunderstorm in the middle of the night that knocked out a huge transformer and sent the entire city block including the hospital dark. The emergency generators didn't run the air conditioners however, so it was really miserable by 4am (this is southeastern VA!) Luckily it cooled off when they finally got power back -- not that I would have slept much better even with AC, hospitals are horrible for actually getting any rest.

Got to watch my upper GI, which was cool (and distracted me from the taste of the horrible liquids they made me sip.) No leak, yay!

Now I'm home and I just need to work on this gas, and I think I'll be just fine. Still weird thinking that I'm done with the pre-op phase, but it is a good kind of weird!

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citygal    0

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Congrats on your surgery!! Gasx helps with the pain and so does using a heating pad...my shoulders ached like heck for a week after my sugery.

sending you good wishes for health and healing!

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MINI-Me    196

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I agree ... heating pads ROCK! post-op.

Glad to hear that you are doing well. I grew up in Virginia so I know what you mean about the heat. Sorry you had to go through that.

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eriadne    6

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Congrats to you. Wishing you a speedy recovery!!!

Thanks surgery-sister! Hope your recovery is speedy as well!

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eriadne    6

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I just showered and I'm going to be relaxing with a heating pad first thing!!!! Thanks for the advice

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escapesunshine    0

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Congrats and gasx worked for me.

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JudyM    2

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You cannot know how reassuring your post is!! I am grinning from ear to ear, as that will be me in a week's time! Well done. What is gasx? I know I will have trapped wind, (gale force, it sounds like!!) is Gasx something you can buy over the counter? I can look up the French equivalent...

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eriadne    6

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Gas-X is basically a gas relief medicine -- the active ingredient is simethicone. You'll want the strips that dissolve on your tongue since you can't swallow pills until you are ok'd to take oral medicine.

Between the Gas-X strips and the heating pad, I was finally able to pass some gas this morning and I'm already feeling a lot less pressure and pain because of it. Hopefully I can get the rest out today or tomorrow.

Other than the gas pains, it mostly just feels like I've done a ton of sit-ups and my abs are sore. Unfortunately I can't twist around to reach behind me so I have to have my husband wash the back half of me and wipe my bottom (poor man knows I'm not thrilled about it, but it's very sweet that he loves me enough to help me wipe, LOL!)

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