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shanicexo    2

shanicexo
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gooood morning ,

curious to know how much help you would need after the surgery while you're home .

my mom is insisting that i need to stay with her

and my friends mom ( who had the surgery ) says i'm not going to be able to do anything

i know everyone is different , but how was recovery for everyone ?

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RNMomof4    86

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What kind of things would you need help with? Do you have kids/pets to take care of? My husband helped with kids and pets but if it was just myself I would have been fine on my own. I would not have needed to stay with anyone.

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Hiraeth    515

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I didn't need any help after 3 days. I had a lot of body aches on the 2nd day, but I was fine on the 3rd day. In my opinion, depending on how you feel, you should be fine on your own (unless you have kids). Just make sure you get in your fluids and Vitamins. It would be nice if she would come check on you at least every other day.

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shanicexo    2

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no kids or pets ,

i don't think i would be doing much besides resting

& doing homework on my laptop

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kmorri    1,689

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I didn't need any help with anything......My husband was here with me but I was fine....I didn't take any pain meds once I got home from the hospital....didn't need any. But like you said everyone is different.

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suzzzzz    1,005

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I live alone and didn't need any help after surgery. I had friends on standby in case I had a complication. Overall, my recovery was pretty easy. Went off pain meds after day 2, no gas pain, walked, slep, and focused on getting Water in.

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Bufflehead    6,358

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I didn't need any help after surgery, other than some assistance with lifting bags of kitty litter -- which looks like it will not be an issue for you.

Frankly it would have irritated me to have someone hovering around me and trying to be "helpful." I'm a pretty firm believer that taking care of yourself after this surgery is generally better than having someone wait on you -- getting up and moving around is good for you IMO.

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Yvona    11

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I didn't need any help. Unless you have severe complications, which in thus case, you would still be in the hospital, I don't see the reason, why would you need help. It's a good motivation and reason also, as moving and walking around after the surgery, is necessary.

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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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      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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