Surgery today !

[emiko_oz 62]

Took Emend ( nausea ) 0230

Checked in 0530

Surgery 0630

Wok up 0915

Not nauseous ( due to Emend )

Walked, chatted with nurses and doctor.

Check out 1345 ( 145p )

Been home almost 7 hours. Slight pain where drain is - have been walking dogs and made dinner for my family !!!

Nurse had this surgery and we compared notes about Emend ! We both went home the same day as surgery. I'm not a sales rep for Emend - however, I hate the nauseous feeling and this is the best !!!

So happy for me and for everyone on this journey ... thank you guys and gals support !!!

[LessOfMe0503 157]

Congratulations on your surgery! I'm glad you found something to help!

[Mountaingal 322]

Congratulations on being "over and done". I hope you heal well and fast. Surgery is so much easier without the nausea. Nice you got in and out and safely home so fast. Now drink, drink and walk!

[emiko_oz 62]

Since we can only sip - seems it takes forever to finish a glass of Water ???? but I finish and I have 2.5 dogs so I'm definitely walking. Slight pain this morning but no nausea and I have 5 scripts for nausea. So happy. No I can catch up on everyone else's stories !!! Thanks guy

[James Marusek 5,244]

Wow! Checked out of the hospital 7 1/2 hours after sleeve surgery and went home. Is this common?

[emiko_oz 62]

Truth. Staying over was never a plan. I'm a cash patient and the surgical center where it was done ( on the grounds of a hospital ) doesn't have sleep overs. Dr Cottam has been doing the surgeries at this location for 12 years. As long as the Emend is taken prior to surgery and a good anesthesiologist is good - yes. I walk my dogs a mile every other hour. I take 1/2 pain med every 3-4 hours but I'm good. I have a drain bag attached I empty out - but overall I feel great !!!

[The Candidate 3,215]

Congrats! Glad everything went so well and you're already home recuperating!

[Elode 8,093]

Congratulations!

[stuart85 28]

It's amazing there are so many different 'procedures' for the same 'procedure' some don't have a 2 week diet some go home same day, I'm surprised there isn't more regulations on the surgeries.

[emiko_oz 62]

I asked several doctors about this actually

I was on a pre op Clear Liquids for 1 week. He said its asked on your percentage. Higher % longer liquid diet Going home also depends on the anesthesiast ( spelling ). He spoke w me for 30 minutes before surgery explaining everyone and getting to know everything about me. They have lots of before surgery nausea pills - and when I had a lumpectomy 3 years earlier I got really sick - so he gave me a different dose of things during surgery. There were 9 people in the operating room 5 were from the anesthesiast office. I was groggy but not sick. I haven't needed any of the pills except for 2 pain pills so far