when does this get better?

[sasicas 194]

I had surgery on Monday as well. Like the others have said you HAVE to get up and move. Walk around the neighborhood, walk around the house. You will not heal near as quickly if you just lay in bed. and you will deal with gas pains worse if you do not move to work them out.

Try different temps of drinks. Try ice cold, cold, room temp, warm, and hot, find what works best for you and your sleeve.

If I take too big of a sip I will get a quick pain in my chest, enough that it stops me in my steps, I burp after that and try again. Get a medicine cup and put your Water in there to sip from, it helps you to control how much you get. If all else fails, get a baby spoon and drink your Water from that to force yourself to take small sips.

Stay on your pain meds! If you dont take it consistantly, you will have a much harder time playing catch-up on the the pain. Make sure to drink some water before you take the meds.

Chances are you are very dehydrated and will need an IV of fluids anyways, so call your surgeon or just go to the ER. Dont play around with this, if there is an issue, it needs to be resolved or you WILL get worse and that will worsen your recovery time.

[GreenEyedMamma 5]

It hurt for me to sip the first few days because my throat hurt from the breathing tube. I sucked down what I could though and eventually I was able to drink more each day.

I felt horrible until after my JP drain was removed. It didn't get removed until 1 week after surgery. After that I felt 200x better and now (only 9 days out) unless I look in the mirror, I don't physically feel like I had surgery. I did get up and move around quite a bit once I got home and like everyone above has said, it works.

If your pain is from the actual liquid going into your stomach, you should see your doctor to make sure you don't have a leak.

Hang in there!