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I know you are under anesthesia but did they also numb the stomach area or were you sore immediately upon awakening?

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I don't believe Dr. Provost numbed my stomach area. But I wouldn't have notice anyways since he was 'nice' enough to have me on a morphine pump when I woke up! :rolleyes It probably depends on the doctor and where he performs the procedure.

This was my second try at doing the lapband, the first time was a nightmare ":eek:" all around. This time, well I'm sure you've heard the saying 'different as daylight and dark' --- :whoo:and it was!!!!

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I didn't get a morphine pump, so I woke up in excruciating pain. But, I did buzz the nurses every couple minutes to make sure they came and shot me up with some demerol. One night nurse gave me a tip.. if he shot it in my leg, instead of my IV it would last longer. Otherwise it seemed to wear off every 30 minutes.

I don't know about actually numbing it, I don't think they do that in surgery??

But, they severed some sort of nerves, there's a 4"x6" patch of skin below my port scar, that I still can't feel (surgery was in April).

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Hope that doesn't scare you! I was shocked by the pain I was in, most people say it wasn't a big deal.. My surgeon might have just been extra rough on me ;)

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I wasn't numbed and I woke up and I swear I was still being stitched up. I tried to speak and say "Are you stitching me? It HURTS!" But, I think it can out all muffled because I had something in my mouth preventing me from speaking. I don't know if I had a blindfold on because I couldn't see anything. I just tried to talk for a minute and then next thing I knew I was waking up in my room. Really weird!

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I had a Purcacet pump. It was wonderful. The reason you couldn't talk was because you were on oxygen and a hose was put down your throat. I didn't have that because I have a trach and right before I went under, the ENT doc did a trach change. To involved to explain. So when I woke up in the recovery room, I hurt from the nexk down!!

JudyH

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