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Surgery Tore My Throat UP!

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ellie123    374

ellie123
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Hydrocodone helps the most...but it hurts like the dickens going down :o I have to dilute it in apple juice and Water and ice, so it's a lot more liquid, and then takes me like 40mins for it to go down!

I went to see my PCP today (because ENT's take forever to get to!). She looked down my throat and said "Honey, i don't know how to fix this!". I was running a low grade fever, so she did a swab and will send it out for culture to see if it's getting infected. In the meantime insurance is trying to assist in getting me to an ENT asap.

My surgeons office has only suggested I see an ENT if I feel I need to. I guess when you sign away that you understand all those risks of surgery, this is probably one of them.

I read that once they put you to sleep, they have seconds before you stop breathing on your own and then establishing an airway is critical. In that regard, I'm happy to be alive :) I will keep you all posted!

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samantha614    12

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Omg! There's no reason! The only time a patient should have their throat ripped like that is when an emergency intubation is done or a patient is fighting it. You were knocked out, so he was just being careless! I would definitely go see an ENT and see what's going on.

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jazzysleever467    3

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I'm sorry you went through that. I had similar issues,was sleeved this past Tuesday,December 22,just home from the hospital yesterday evening. When I was in recovery after waking from anesthesia, my throat hurt so bad .I kept screaming that I think I have strep throat. The doctor ordered a numbing spray for the nurses to spray my throat every few hours. It helped but the hurt finally went away when they removed this tube that connect to stomach to drain any excessive fluids. I was so over that pain.I started crying like a baby and didn't care anyone saw it. But I feel way better now.

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ellie123    374

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To all reading this post, quick update, throat is 100% healed. Was the pain worth it...absolutely! My progress is nothing short of phenomenal and I am daily grateful to God for blessing me with this surgery :) Sending everyone love and happiness!

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ssflbelle    829

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Glad to hear your throat is better. Almost 8 weeks is an awful long time to be in such pain with your throat, of all things. I gather the incisions were not as painful as the throat. Congratulations on the 40 pounds lost as well.

I finally got my surgery date of Jan 26th and hope and pray I do not have the same throat issues. However I will continue to follow your thread, just in case I do. Keep going strong and you will make it to goal.

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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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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

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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. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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