Hey y'all! I had surgery today! I'm doing fairly well, but experiencing dry mouth, and have gas pains from where they fill your abdominal cavity. If anyone has any advice whatsoever for me about the coming days..I'd love to hear from you. This is all new and hopefully will be so rewarding thank you in advance!!

CONGRATS glad u r doing well

Congrats, happy 4 u

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I had surgery on February 4th! I feel much better than I anticipated. Walking definitely helps with the gas and also helps with your overall recovery. I also am making it a priority to get my protein in and my fluid intake! Good luck! I hope you have a great first week!

Yei!!!congrats

Ask for lemon swabs or an oral swab and a cup of water. I know you can't eat or drink anything so that should help. And brushing ur teeth too. Plenty of walking, do a few laps around the halls. Don't be afraid to ask for painkillers after the walks, if morphine makes u dizzy. Good luck to u.

Edited February 9, 201610 yr by RNYNess15

Get up and walk about 15 minutes after you get each dose or or every other dose and walk for a few minutes. I brought a pillow on my walk and kept it pushed against my belly. I found that getting the pain meds and then waiting 15 minutes allowed me the least amount of pain when walking and helped my body to relax and let some of the gas come out in burps. I had a hard time getting the gas out when I wasn't relaxed from the meds and walking. Good luck!

Thank u all for posting these comments! They r making me feel better about my surgery I'm having this Friday!

Congrats!! Hope your recovery is speedy and pain free:)

Congrats I'm at the hospital now! Glad this went well for you. Keep us posted.

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Whoo Hoo! Have you tried the Gas X strips?

Gas has continued to give me trouble for the last couple of days. I'm home now and last night was a somewhat peaceful night. The key is to stay on track with pain meds. I've been adding a Tylenol to the pain pill to help it last longer and it seems to be doing the trick. Walking has helped with the gas stuck in my abdomen, however, it has slowly come out on its own..sorry if tmi lol any bit of relief is a win in my book. I'm staying hydrated. Seems to be doing good, just still tired. Started back taking my vitamins today as well as getting some protein in. Protein was too much at first when I got home..it made me dry heave pretty bad. But can now tolerate it. Hoping for continued progress!!

Edited February 11, 201610 yr by southernbelleAU