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coyotegirl

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coyotegirl    3

coyotegirl
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Hi everyone, Thank you for your prayers and well wishes!!!:)

I had surgery at 7:30am Friday 15th. Surgery took 1 1/2 hours and then I was in recovery for another 1 1/2 hours. I guess I got kind of angry when I was waking up because I am told that I pulled out my IV'S.:omg: I remember thinking that I couldn't breath and then they were giving me a breathing treatment. One nurse told me that the anesthesia caused my Asthma to act up. What? I don't have asthma. They figured it out and just had to calm me down. Oh well I can now breath just fine. LOL I was put in the short stay wing of the hospital and was well taken care of. I needed NO pain pills at all. They kept asking "are you sure?" Nope I don't need them!! I was up walking (with walker) within 1 hour.My nurse said I was the BOMB!! LOL BUT again just like my last surgery I COULDN'T PEE!! Had to get a straight cath to empty my bladder. Then after that I started peeing on my own.:clap2:

The same surgeon that put in my band did this surgery also. He said that my GB looked angry:angry and that while he was in there he went up and took a look at my band and everything there looks great. I can get a refill on the 26th when I see him for my post-op appt.

I left the hospital the next day (Saturday) at about 2;30pm. I stayed that late only because they wanted to give me my last round of antibiotics before I left. The trip home was a little hard and I was wishing for some of the pain pills I turned down. Today I am fine with very little pain. I could go back to work tomorrow BUT I'm NOT!:) I am going to take another me day!!!

Well again Thanks.

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beachgirl    2

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So glad to hear everything went great. Hope you have a very fast recovery and that's great on getting your refill. Hope your up to par fast.

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DonnaB    3

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Congratulations coyotegirl! Welcome to bandland! It sounds like your surgery went very smoothly, despite your post-anethesia mini-melt-down! Weird about the catheter thing though. Hmmmm.

Glad you're feeling well, best wishes going back to work.

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*susan*    1,709

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I am glad that everything went well for you and that your band is looking good too! I hope you have a speedy recovery!

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piercedqt78    658

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Glad everything went so well. Take it easy, you may feel like a million bucks but you still need to heal and that takes rest. (((hugs))) ~Mandy

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shell04937    0

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I had my GB out in 1997 and remember the gas pains like they were yesterday. I hope you dont get any of them. mine came around day 3 and went away around day 6 or 7.

I am being banded on Friday the 22nd and am a little nervouse about those horrible gas pains up in my shoulders....

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Alexandra    55

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Yay that it's all over and you're on the road to recovery! Take good care of yourself and rest up. Congratulations on another step to better health! :biggrin1:

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CCBSTX    0

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I am glad that you are over the scary part! Sounds like you are quite a trooper as far as surgery goes.

Take care, Shawn

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coyotegirl    3

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Thanks everyone. Today (Wednesday) was my 1st day back to work. NOt too bad just very tired when I got home. I rested a little then decided to go food shopping. Not a good decission because half way through

Wal-Mart I was crying like a baby because I was soooooo tired. People were looking at me strange and asking me if I was Ok. I would just cry and say yeesss :):D

Tomorrow I will go to work then come home and stay home!!!

Thanks again everyone! You're the BEST!!

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susannah    2

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Hi Terri. My name is Susannah, and i live in Australia. I had my gall bladder out in 1985 long before laproscopic surgery. Man I did it tough, having open surgery and being only 15 years old!:omg: Pain. I was a month getting over it.:omg: . Glad you didn't suffer that. Susannah

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