Well, I'm here @ the hotel. My husband and son are swimming and will be going out to eat @ Cracker Barrel. I live 1.5 hours away from the hospital, so it was easier to get a hotel close to the hospital since I have to be there @ 6am.

My pre-op directions were for today only. One day of Clear liquids and also to take 1 bottle of Magnesium Citrate. I purposely barely ate anything yesterday so it would make it for an 'easier' and 'quicker' experience today due to the liquid laxative I had to take.

So, I'm sitting here feeling all sorts of things. Weird things. Things I expected to feel. It's crazy.

I just needed to reach out and share this with ya'll.

Good luck to you and give us an update when you can!

Best wishes for a smooth operation and a very speedy recovery. Please keep us posted.

Deb

good luck for tomorrow|!!!! let us know how you are when you can!!!

Good luck with your surgery! I know that the night before can be a bit unnerving but know that you are doing something really fabulous for your self! Can't wait til it's MY "night before"! Keep us updated!

Good luck! By now you are probably in surgery, hope to hear from you soon!

I hope everything went well with your surgery. I will be waiting to hear how things went.

Thanks for all the kind words: I had the surgery Monday and I jut got home (Wednesday evening). I can honestly say that I feel like crap. I'm assuming the upper chest/shoulder pain is from the gas. And, that the aches and pains in the mid regions are from the surgery itself. I have had LOADS of esophageal spasms which are horrific. The Dr. was going to make me stay another day if I didn't get more hydrated. After EIGHT bags of Fluid and 3 hours of drinking 1 ounce every 10 minutes..I was released.

Question: is it normal to feel THIS bad after surgery? I keep reading how some people are jumping around after surgery. Not me.......at all.