Im having my surgery in a week and two days im nervous. This liquid diet is challenging. My family is clearly not changing their eating habits. So its hard to sip chalk shakes and watery soup on robard. The cinnamon bars are the best. Im just ready ready ready. Im 282.3 as of today.

6 minutes ago, Anabugg said:

How are you feeling post op?

Im in alot of pain my liver didnt shrink. So they had to use a special device. I cant keep nothing down. So now i have a nausea sticker on my ear. How u feeling?

On 12/9/2018 at 6:42 PM, Ed_NW said:

Thanks, I guess I'm ready. The nervous feeling seems to ramp up the closer I get to the 17th. It will be nice once I'm post-op

How you doing

Wow they told me my liver didn’t shrink either. They didn’t mention a special device but I’m in a ton of pain. Luckily I haven’t had a issue with keeping stuff down but every time I drink water my stomach cramps up really bad. I am shocked my liver didn’t shrink because I was so strict with my pre op diet.

7 minutes ago, Anabugg said:

Wow they told me my liver didn’t shrink either. They didn’t mention a special device but I’m in a ton of pain. Luckily I haven’t had a issue with keeping stuff down but every time I drink Water my stomach cramps up really bad. I am shocked my liver didn’t shrink because I was so strict with my pre op diet.

7 minutes ago, Anabugg said:

Wow they told me my liver didn’t shrink either. They didn’t mention a special device but I’m in a ton of pain. Luckily I haven’t had a issue with keeping stuff down but every time I drink Water my stomach cramps up really bad. I am shocked my liver didn’t shrink because I was so strict with my pre op diet.

Yea they use a special device to lift it. I can stand up straight. It hurts to walk amd sleeping is hard. Im so tired of it. Im on gabapentin and a oxycodein syrup. Which help a little. But i cant do broth or popsicles or jello it all taste very weird to me. I can only do water & crystal light

Just now, LesbianDad30 said:

Yea they use a special device to lift it. I can stand up straight. It hurts to walk amd sleeping is hard. Im so tired of it. Im on gabapentin and a oxycodein Syrup. Which help a little. But i cant do broth or popsicles or Jello it all taste very weird to me. I can only do Water & crystal light

Make sure when u drink u are sitting up or stamding. And force yaself to burp

Yeah I’ve been noticing water taste strange now. They sent me home with OxyContin tablets. I wish it was liquid. Oh yeah and sleeping is so hard! My dad has had this procedure and he keeps reassuring me after the first week it gets way easier. Oh and I will definitely try drinking while standing.

2 minutes ago, Anabugg said:

Yeah I’ve been noticing Water taste strange now. They sent me home with OxyContin tablets. I wish it was liquid. Oh yeah and sleeping is so hard! My dad has had this procedure and he keeps reassuring me after the first week it gets way easier. Oh and I will definitely try drinking while standing.

Crush up the Oxy and put it in some yogurt or applesauce. They gave me a gigantic horsepill of Potassium post-op and said I had to either break it into fourths to take it or crush it and put it in applesauce. They gave me Percs and I only took like 2 or 3 of them. Just had muscle pains and I found pain meds don't help with that.

Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to try the applesauce trick, it hurts to take the pills. I’m glad I’m not the only one having a lot of pain. It seems like some people recover really fast

1 hour ago, LesbianDad30 said:

How you doing

I'm doing better as the days progress. I keep forgetting to sip then get the chest pain. I'm selling a simi truck at work and I've been doing some running around getting it prepared but don't feel like I'm overdoing it. How are you doing?

1 hour ago, Anabugg said:

Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to try the applesauce trick, it hurts to take the pills. I’m glad I’m not the only one having a lot of pain. It seems like some people recover really fast

Hey we can have applesauce?

7 minutes ago, Ed_NW said:

I'm doing better as the days progress. I keep forgetting to sip then get the chest pain. I'm selling a simi truck at work and I've been doing some running around getting it prepared but don't feel like I'm overdoing it. How are you doing?

U really up i cant walk to soon my stomach gets very tight

Yeah I’m still in recovery mode, I haven’t been cooking or cleaning or back to work. I can hardly stand up straight.

1 minute ago, LesbianDad30 said:

U really up i cant walk to soon my stomach gets very tight

I can get around without much problem. I think it's because they didn't have to do the hiatal hernia repair. That causes the tight feeling when getting up. Did you have that?

29 minutes ago, Ed_NW said:

I can get around without much problem. I think it's because they didn't have to do the hiatal hernia repair. That causes the tight feeling when getting up. Did you have that?

No i didnt have that. Mines is very tight laying down is the most comfortable but now im tired of laying i move around when the neds kick in

1 hour ago, Anabugg said:

Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to try the applesauce trick, it hurts to take the pills. I’m glad I’m not the only one having a lot of pain. It seems like some people recover really fast

30 minutes ago, Ed_NW said:

I can get around without much problem. I think it's because they didn't have to do the hiatal hernia repair. That causes the tight feeling when getting up. Did you have that?

33 minutes ago, Anabugg said:

Yeah I’m still in recovery mode, I haven’t been cooking or cleaning or back to work. I can hardly stand up straight.

Yea me either