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Marissa424    1

Marissa424
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Might Be A Silly Question But I Dont Know The Answer

Do They Give You Pain Medication After The Surgery? While In Hispital And For Home?

Thanks

Being Banded On Feb. 7th

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JDru    0

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Hi Marissa. I had pain medication at the hospital while I was waiting in recovery and the doc sent me home with a prescription for liquid Lortab. I would suggest asking your doctor for the pain med prescription before your surgery so you can have it ready when you want it. I didn't get mine filled before and I was in quite a bit of pain waiting for it to be filled. Good luck!

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JDru    0

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I would describe my pain like a dull aching inside...mostly around my port incision. I had quite a bit of pain and nausea for the first three days and I was taking pain meds every 4 hours. At the worst it was probably around a 7 or 8. But once the meds kick in you will be fine. Everyone reacts differently. I have a friend who was banded 4 days before me and she only took liquid tylenol for her pain. I guess it's just individual.

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puddin    7

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My pain after surgery was at about a 3. The gas pain was the worst - but mostly just an annoyance. I also just took liquid Tylenol.

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I would agree. They sent me home with loritab but my pcp had already prescribed me 5 bottles of liquid loritab, big bottles but I didn't need them. I would say my pain was maybe a 2 if that.

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puddin    7

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Marissa

What's my secret? I think my "secret" is counting every calorie in and out. I count calories "out" by wearing the Body Bugg device on my arm. Other than that, I just work my freakin butt off! I jog an hour each day, weight train 3 X a week with a personal trainer, play indoor soccer 3x a week and play volleyball 2x a week. Never knew I liked sports til I could play them!

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Marissa

What's my secret? I think my "secret" is counting every calorie in and out. I count calories "out" by wearing the Body Bugg device on my arm. Other than that, I just work my freakin butt off! I jog an hour each day, weight train 3 X a week with a personal trainer, play indoor soccer 3x a week and play volleyball 2x a week. Never knew I liked sports til I could play them!

thats my problem i cant exercise right now my weight is hard on my knees how long did you have to weight before you could play?

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puddin    7

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thats my problem i cant exercise right now my weight is hard on my knees how long did you have to weight before you could play?

Marissa

I have bad knees, too. I didn't start playing soccer until I weighed about 215 pounds. Before that, I just did a lot of the eliptical trainer and in the summer did road biking, which I came to ABSOLUTELY LOVE! Find the thing you love when you're able to do it. For now, find some non-impact exercise. Hey, what about Water aerobics? There's hardly ever an excuse NOT to exercise somehow!

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GE Mom    0

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My pain was somewhat worse than some of the folks have described. Yes, I had the worst pain around the port, but I think it was almost as bad as my 2 cesarean operations. It was particularly hard to get up from bed for, say, the first week. I took liquid tylenol with codeine, which tasted so awful that I stopped taking it about day 4. But each day was better than the one before and it was very much worth it.

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puddin    7

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Puddin

You look amazing girl!! Congrats!

MysticstarD

Thanks chickie! My life's not the same. I'll post my after-lower-body-lift pics on my flickr account when I can stand up straight.

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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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
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      1. summerseeker

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