Tell me about your immediate post-op recovery!

[chuckwalsh 122]

I remember waking up in the recovery room.. dont remember what the room looked like or what/who was in it.. just I remember bs'ing with the nurse and finding out she owned and rode a horse Haha which I then shared with my family once I made it back to my room and my parents and the nurse had a fairly lengthy conversation about horses.. was pretty interesting.

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[ElizabethHurlbutt 13]

On 10/25/2018 at 20:10, BelleOfBatonRouge said:

I had my sleeve performed on October 17 (yay sleeve! Down 24 pounds officially from the start of the pre-op liquid diet to today). From waking up from anesthesia to the next morning was VERY rough. I kept gagging up bloody saliva and dry heaving, if I had anything in my stomach I would have been vomiting. I couldn’t keep ice chips or sips of Water down- within thirty minutes more gagging blood. I was in and out of consciousness between the blood, and since my mom was out of state I’m grateful my surgeon called her when he was done because it wasn’t until about 11 pm I felt okay enough to text people (I woke up around 4 pm, surgery was at 1) and she would have been freaking out. Nurses said I wasn’t allowed to walk around my room until the first day after surgery, so I ended up having a panic attack around 4 am due to claustrophobia of being trapped in that bed with the blood clot leg things and the nurse taking a while to get to me. Took a Xanax, then gagged up blood an hour later and was heaving so hard I peed myself. Thankfully that was the last of it and I’ve been pretty dang great ever since.

I don’t want this thread to scare people, but I remember texting my mom that night that “I didn’t expect to be this miserable.” I genuinely was surprised at my inability to keep down Water and about how uncomfortable I felt even with all the meds I was on (that first night they had me on dilaudad and an anti-nausea. There may have been more, but that is what I remember). My description of choice was “an over inflated beach ball that got hit by a truck”.

I would love to hear about the first 12 or so hours after you woke up from anesthesia in the hopes of learning more and sharing the information.

I experienced exact same thing with the meds and anesthesia. I was thinking I made a huge mistake. Yesterday, I woke up, started drinking, walking. I finally felt like myself again. I denied all drugs yesterday because I think they dope me up to much and all I would want to do is sleep. Anyway, I’m home now- so much better. I just need to control my stomach incisions. They are very painful. And drink those fluids well!

[Lillymunster 49]

I woke up in recovery in severe pain. I kept calling for a nurse and after what seemed like forever they gave me something. I woke up when I got to my room and i got into my bed myself. I was pretty out of it. My cath hurt so they took it out that night and I got to the bathroom with help. I was in a lot of pain that night and kept hitting my pain pump but it didn’t help. I thought morphine would have been better. The day after I woke up and felt much better. Did my swallow study and started with Water. Started walking that day. I came home on 10/31 and I feel like my pain hasn’t improved. I do a lot of walking and wonder if I’m doing too much.

[Jazzy1125 1,010]

I've been getting head cravings every now and again. Distraction is helping, as is trying to identify what it is I'd like and having something along those lines. Like if it's savory, then some Soup (I make my own). If it's sweet I make a faux hot chocolate (coffee with two caps of sugar-free chocolate Syrup, lactose-free milk and a small spray of canned whipped cream)

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I really like the faux hot chocolate idea..thank you

SW 306.6 CW 284.8 GW 135