Hi all ???? I'm Jaysen and was curious to see if anyone has a May surgery date? I think it'd be great to have as much support as possible..

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Received my liquicel in mail today , I ordered the packets. I added orange packet to a glass of water with ice. Tasty and can add the water to my intake. Its very sweet to me but mixed with a glass of water if perfect and 16g protein. Thanks for the tip.

So glad you liked it. It definitely is kinda sweet right at first, you get used to it.

Anybody have any advice on how to get rid of back pain while trying to heal? My heating pad just isn't doing it for me anymore and the pain is pretty terrible

Anybody have any advice on how to get rid of back pain while trying to heal? My heating pad just isn't doing it for me anymore and the pain is pretty terrible

Hot shower. Did Dr give you pain meds ? Does walking help?

The heating pad is my go to , but as you said not helping you.

Hope feels better soon

Anybody have any advice on how to get rid of back pain while trying to heal? My heating pad just isn't doing it for me anymore and the pain is pretty terrible

Hot shower. Did Dr give you pain meds ? Does walking help?

The heating pad is my go to , but as you said not helping you.

Hope feels better soon

Thanks for responding! I do have pain meds and I took a shower yesterday!

I also had my first post-op bowel movement today and that seemed to help a bit! Walking does help but it's been rainy and there's not much space to walk around in my house! Thanks for answering!

Mine was April 28th

Edited May 14, 201511 yr by nursebetty02

I stopped taking my pain meds, they were making me soon sick. I have been able to take Tylenol, ground up (tastes nasty) I have ordered some liquid acetaminophen. It has managed to keep my pain at bay. Hope that you feel better soon.

I stopped taking my pain meds, they were making me soon sick. I have been able to take Tylenol, ground up (tastes nasty) I have ordered some liquid acetaminophen. It has managed to keep my pain at bay. Hope that you feel better soon.

Hey peeps. So far so good. I'm doing good although I have not had a BM yet. It's been 4 days. Is this mormal?

Hey peeps. So far so good. I'm doing good although I have not had a BM yet. It's been 4 days. Is this mormal?

When was your surgery?

Mine was Monday and they said if I hadn't had any inkling of having one Thursday (today) at noon I should medicate with miralax to have results by Friday.

I had results today on its own, though!

Mine was monday

Hey peeps. So far so good. I'm doing good although I have not had a BM yet. It's been 4 days. Is this mormal?

When was your surgery?

Mine was Monday and they said if I hadn't had any inkling of having one Thursday (today) at noon I should medicate with miralax to have results by Friday.

I had results today on its own, though!

Mine was Monday too. But I'm wondering if it's also due to pain meds I'm on. I have previous pain from neck back leg and feet. So I'm in morphine sulfer. Norco gabapentin and cymbalta. I took a colace 100mg today

Hey peeps. So far so good. I'm doing good although I have not had a BM yet. It's been 4 days. Is this mormal?

When was your surgery?

Mine was Monday and they said if I hadn't had any inkling of having one Thursday (today) at noon I should medicate with miralax to have results by Friday.

I had results today on its own, though!

Mine was Monday too. But I'm wondering if it's also due to pain meds I'm on. I have previous pain from neck back leg and feet. So I'm in morphine sulfer. Norco gabapentin and cymbalta. I took a colace 100mg today

You may want to take some miralax!

Ok thanks I'll try some of that.

Woke up in quite a bit of pain today because I slept in my bed ALL night long and have only been able to do that for part of the night, but that quickly melted away when I realized I finally joined the losers bench today. I am 2 pounds lighter than my hospital admission weight and I am so excited I can't seem to contain it!

Hey peeps. So far so good. I'm doing good although I have not had a BM yet. It's been 4 days. Is this mormal?

I think this is normal. I didn't have first BM until about the 5th post op and I'm seeing others saying the same, 5 to 6 days. I was told by my Dr and NUT to add a bit of fiber to diet (Benefiber) is what I'm using.

Glad your doing good, happy healing ????