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Sunshine25    5

Sunshine25
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Hey everyone, I am trying to get all my ducks in a row for surgery. I know I still have almost a month to go but the time will be here before I know it. I guess I have two questions, 1st is there anything that you would recommend for me to tell my husband to make sure he finds out after my surgery? 2nd is there anything either before, after, or during the whole process that you wish you would've known?

My husband has supported me through this 100% and will be with me after my surgery stay. I've seen ear plugs and something to read or watch for him as he will get bored and there will be lots of things going on at the hospital.

Thanks,

:wub:

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Lissa    2,631

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The only thing that STILL sticks out in my mind from post-op was that I didn't have the correct way to measure my liquid pain medicine. I only wanted ONE measly dose, but it was measured in mLs and I only have ounce measuring devices at home. I was so out of it at the time that I gave up on finding the conversion and went to bed. I still have an unopened bottle of loritab liquid that I can't find a way to get rid of legally.

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Bubbaloo10    55

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The only thing I can think of is to warn him that hormone changes post surgery may cause you to get a little crabby. I had read enough on this forum to know it was coming and I warned my wife, so she wasn't too upset when I bit her head off a time or two. Happens for men and women too.

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Lissa    2,631

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Wow, Bubba!! Look at you go!! You need to change that from a turtle to a rabbit!! :)

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Sunshine25    5

Sunshine25
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Great advice thank you both.

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Oopsseedaisy    90

Oopsseedaisy
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Lisa -You can take unsed medicine to any pharmacy. That is what I did.

Sunshine -My husband brought puzzle magazines, ipod, and a book. He ate outside of my room (I was nauseated the first few days).

Good luck!

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CaliKat    153

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Get a syringe from CVS/Walgreens for your liquid meds. Very precise, no spilling and you can measure small amounts very precisely.

Second- if he is a weeper or a worrier he needs to have someone to talk to when you are in surgery- a friend/family member that can keep him positive.

I have a weepy one and the surgeon came out the tell him I was in recovery and just fine and before the surgeon could say a word he started crying! :)

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Sunshine25    5

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Yes I do have a softie lol he is already worrying and can be a crier, he would kill me if he knew I said that out loud to anyone better. He will have his phone and a book for sure. The syringe is awesome I had not thought of that thanks so much.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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