Any advice on what to pack? Any advice on what to stock up on? How would you suggest I spend the day?

I suggest you spend the day relaxing and focused on you and your family in order to go in with a peaceful state of mind. On what to pack, my list includes gas-x strips, chapstick, ear plugs, pillow,and an eye mask.

GOOD LUCK !!!! You will do gret and All will be fine !!!!

Good luck and keep us posted on your progress!!!

• Good Luck!!!!!!
  

Good luck and keep us posted on your progress!!!

I'm writing this from my hospital bed at 7:20 AM after my surgery yesterday. I was sleepy, sore, and uncoordinated after the surgery. The surgery was scheduled for 11AM and was supposed to last 3 and a half hours. That seemed pretty accurate. I got to my hospital room at 5-ish. I had trouble with my blood oxygen level in recovery, probably because I was so sleepy and because it was painful to search for body positions

I'm writing this from my hospital bed at 7:20 AM after my surgery yesterday. I was sleepy' date=' sore, and uncoordinated after the surgery. The surgery was scheduled for 11AM and was supposed to last 3 and a half hours. That seemed pretty accurate. I got to my hospital room at 5-ish. I had trouble with my blood oxygen level in recovery, probably because I was so sleepy and because it was painful to search for body positions[/quote']

It was painful to search for body positions that allowed for a deep breath.

As the evening wore on I got more comfortable and better able to move around in the bed. The bed rails are handy to use your arms to roll over. My belly had five little holes with bandages on them. It felt like I was sore from too many sit-ups. I've have no Water or anything by mouth since surgery. Sometime this morning they will take me for a "swallow" study. I gather they give me something to drink and then use some sort of x-ray to see if it leaks out of the stitches in my stomach. If it leaks, nothing by mouth til tomorrow. No leak and I start getting water. Yeah!

More later.

Sounds pretty good so far. Congrats!