Bundle of Nerves....tomorrow's the day.

jeffrey · April 3, 2011

You will be fine. I completely understand. My husband will have his surgery on April 13th and it is a 2 hour drive for us. Not sure yet if we will get a hotel the night before as he does not have to be at the hospital until 8:30 but with Atlanta rush hour traffic we would have to leave around 4 in the morning as we lose an hour crossing the border from AL to GA. Insurance will only reimburse up to $50 a night and there is no way there is a hotel that will only be $50 a night in downtown Atlanta. Good Luck and see you on the loser bench real soon!.

Check with the hospital and see if a hotel close by offers a hospital rate. It can be a substantial discount.

Lanette · April 4, 2011

You are correct about the hospital rates for hotels. This time we did a priceline the day of (couldn't make up my mind whether to go the night before or get up early). We got a Cortyard by Marriott for $50! I have always gotten great price line deals when it is the day of. I travel to a lot of hospitals for work so I get the hospital rate a lot too. Most only contract with a few and you have to know which ones. When traveling for work I usually do this b/c I need the guarantee of having a room and I want my points! (priceline=no points)

I did my surgery at Summit Medical Center with Dr.Travis Goodnight (Van Buren, AR) Cannot say enough positive things! It was a great experience.

Good luck with your upcoming surgery!! Where are you having it done? Please keep us posted and let us know if there is anything we can do to help (answering questions, etc)

kelli · April 4, 2011

Hey guys...just wanted to update here since a few of you have upcoming surgeries. I will say that Thursday (day 3 post op) was by far my hardest. I was still on Clear Liquids and was having a hard time with drinking anything b/c everything sounded horrible, taste horrible, made me gag, etc. I never did actually throw up, but boy I could have. I took my phenegran and pain meds and slept the rest of that day off and prayed Friday would be better After that things really started looking up. I only tell you guys this to say that you need to prepare for a rough day....whether it's day 3 or 4, etc. Just know ahead of time that once you get to full liquids it gets SO much better. I'm already able to drink so much easier without every drink causing gas pressure and can finally get in some Protein. Just remember what everyone says about walking. Get up as soon as they will let you and increase the time every chance you get. Let us know how things go on the 8th and the 11th!!

ONe week to go for me (11th) started the preop liquid diet today...getting close...