Well I did it! Had my surgery. Now in room

getting ready to get up and walk. Went very well per surgeon.

Thanks so much! I love these boards!

I'm happy for you! Mine was last Thursday and I'm already feeling much better. It's been a chore getting all my fluids down but it's a work in progress.

Hi Lisa. I’m laying here in bed after having surgery today. No pain breathing fine. Have swallow test tomorrow. Hope I pass with flying colors. Look forward to sipping on water! Keep up the good work and let’s keep in touch!

Congratulations

Congrats. Hope you have a smooth speedy recovery. I'm scheduled for this Thursday 7/12. Can't wait to finally get it done and start the new chapter.

18 minutes ago, J San said:

Congrats. Hope you have a smooth speedy recovery. I'm scheduled for this Thursday 7/12. Can't wait to finally get it done and start the new chapter.

Thanks very much. Best of luck to you. Keep in touch.

Congrats

Wooo! Congrats and good luck with your recovery!!!

Thanks everyone for your well wishes. Recovery thus far has we. Ok. The real work is yet to come. Feeling confident and good.

Congratulations! Hope all goes great!

Congrats and enjoy the journey!

Thanks. Waiting to go down for my swallow study. Once that goes well I’ll be out on clears and then if tolerating will go home. Pain is it as bad as I thought. I feel really good.

1 hour ago, Letsgetgoing2018 said:

Thanks. Waiting to go down for my swallow study. Once that goes well I’ll be out on clears and then if tolerating will go home. Pain is it as bad as I thought. I feel really good.

Pain pumps are awesome! I was hospitalized and had abdominal surgery last May and they had me on Fentanyl through the pain pump. Every 8 minutes I was pressing the button. It was wonderful!

When I had my another abdominal surgery in August of last year, they had me on morphine through the pain pump. This did not work for me and I itched all over while taking it. They think I may be allergic to morphine. It was all better when they switched me to Dilaudid. Much stronger so I received it less often, but it worked with no itching. I stayed on that until I could take oral pain meds again.

Keep it up!

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1 minute ago, macadamia said:

Pain pumps are awesome! I was hospitalized and had abdominal surgery last May and they had me on Fentanyl through the pain pump. Every 8 minutes I was pressing the button. It was wonderful!

When I had my another abdominal surgery in August of last year, they had me on morphine through the pain pump. This did not work for me and I itched all over while taking it. They think I may be allergic to morphine. It was all better when they switched me to Dilaudid. Much stronger so I received it less often, but it worked with no itching. I stayed on that until I could take oral pain meds again.

Keep it up!

Thanks for the post. Yes I am a little itchy today. Have to tell nurse. I have Tylenol IV going which seems to be taking the edge off.

1 minute ago, Letsgetgoing2018 said:

Thanks for the post. Yes I am a little itchy today. Have to tell nurse. I have Tylenol IV going which seems to be taking the edge off.

When I was itchy, they would give me Benadryl which would help a bit for the itching, but only once they took me off of morphine, did the itching actually stop.

Keep in mind, Benadryl will make you very very drowsy.