Another December 9th sleever here. Heading into the TMI area. I feel like I'm in bondage, Left arm has blood pressure and Left hand has IV. Right Finger has oxygen sensor, and Right wrist has 3 hospital bracelets, Nose has oxygen tube in each nostril. Legs have cuffs to prevent blood clots. Stomach has the bandages and I have a drain. Got my pain pump, and call button, and other room controls. Have my laptop and phone plugged in. Whew. And I have had to pee... a lot,so every time I have to go, I have to get unhooked from it all. Plus it takes forever to actually start going. I also Nurse game me omeprazole thru IV and that's generated lots of burping. Able to have ice chips but if I over indulge I get nauseous. Over indulge being about 15 ice chips. And I'm HUNGRY. That scares me, thought the hunger would be gone. Oh yeah, my scalp is itchy and dry. On the plus side my little cheats (the chicken and carrots in my "broth". The few ounces of turkey with a tablespoon each of potato,stuffing,squash and cranberry sauce. The 1/2 scrambled egg at lunch the day before surgery.. Those cheats did not come back to haunt me. I have a private room, Moving over to the post surgery threads, but wants to let you folks know it wasn't that bad. My complaints are all minor compared with my health issues due to obesity. Soooooooo glad to have done this. Good luck everyone, and see you on the other side~ Moving to the loser's bench. Can't wait till you join us there. Going back to sleep as soon as the nurses do their thing.

That's great!! I hope I feel as good and sound as positive as you!!

Doing okay today, some gas pains, problem with the drain. Can't quite bring myself to drink the ounce of milk I'm supposed to every hour today. Keeping down an ounce of tea, Water, broth every hour ok. Jello doesn't appeal at all and had a problem with it yesterday, so haven't touched that again. Waiting to see if I can go home this afternoon or if they will keep me another day. Still feel constitpated, but they don't want to give me anything for it yet. Never had a catheter. Drain is coming out later today. Glad of that cause yesterday it dripped everywhere when I went to the restroom. Definitely glad I brought chapstick. Had a friend bring me tea bags, as the meal folks brought hot water, no tea for 2 meals yesterday, and some spicy Tazo cinnamon pepper tea for the other. Did not even open it. Fortunately there are decaf tea bags on the floor, so the nurses have just brought me one of those. I have to get cleared by respiratory ( I have a CPAP), PT, who gave me a cane for my stairs yesterday, and Endocrinologist since I'm type 2 diabetic. Then we'll see if I can go home.