I am scheduled for February 18th. I will be first in. Wow, this process takes forever.

On 2/24/2019 at 3:47 PM, Gottajustdoit said:

Surgery done.

Well, I had surgery on Monday and it went well. I had a small hiatal hernia repaired. I'm in a world of hurt. This by far is the worst surgery I've ever had--most painful. I'm going through some serious buyers remorse, like wtf did I do to myself?

I can barely take care of myself, so my daughter got up and gave me pain medicine and crushed my anti-nausea meds.

Today is day three of clear liquid only. Still a bit parched. Good luck to all the new surgeries coming up.

Well, I had surgery on Monday and it went well. I had a small hiatal hernia repaired. I'm in a world of hurt. This by far is the worst surgery I've ever had--most painful. I'm going through some serious buyers remorse, like wtf did I do to myself?
I can barely take care of myself, so my daughter got up and gave me pain medicine and crushed my anti-nausea meds.
Today is day three of clear liquid only. Still a bit parched. Good luck to all the new surgeries coming up.

I understand your pain. It gets better day by day, hang in there.

02/27/2019 05:59 AM, gabybab said:

Well, I had surgery on Monday and it went well. I had a small hiatal hernia repaired. I'm in a world of hurt. This by far is the worst surgery I've ever had--most painful. I'm going through some serious buyers remorse, like wtf did I do to myself?

I can barely take care of myself, so my daughter got up and gave me pain medicine and crushed my anti-nausea meds. 

Today is day three of clear liquid only. Still a bit parched. Good luck to all the new surgeries coming up.

I felt the same way for sure. I didn't have a repair but I was hurting really bad and was in the hospital for 4 days. I definitely thought wtf did I do? Mind you, this was my first ever surgery. Like star said though, each day gets better in some way or another, something hurts less, something gets easier. I'm 2 weeks, 3 days out and I almost feel normal again. I still have some pain though, nothing compared to day 3 though. I wish you a speedy recovery.

It will be worth. Remember it hurts to be beautiful! And just think how beautiful you’ll be after this. Maybe I should say beautiful you’ll feel. Everything comes at a price. You’ll make it!
Just can’t believe some surgeons send people home when they are not ready!!

This is the only surgery I’ve ever had before I went in feeling good and came out feeling bad. Most surgeries I have a problem and then I come out feeling good on the other side. Or with some kind of cosmetic improvements. This one is definitely tough but hopefully worth it in the long run. I was getting scared about dehydration but I have more under control now. Things get better day by day!!!

I felt good after surgery. I did a enhanced recovery protocol before I drank 32oz of Gatorade night before surgery and 32 oz a couple hour before surgery. I felt pretty good because of that.
You’ll feel better day by day and when the scale moves even better

I felt good after surgery. I did a enhanced recovery protocol before I drank 32oz of Gatorade night before surgery and 32 oz a couple hour before surgery. I felt pretty good because of that.
You’ll feel better day by day and when the scale moves even better

Wow, most people can't have anything after midnight before surgery.

On 02/27/2019 at 09:09, brittmarr1 said:

I felt good after surgery. I did a enhanced recovery protocol before I drank 32oz of Gatorade night before surgery and 32 oz a couple hour before surgery. I felt pretty good because of that.

You’ll feel better day by day and when the scale moves even better

I got to drink 100% grape juice!!!

I was NPO after midnight. Got up at 5 am and drove 3 hours to the hospital where I was alone until I was released. Husband drove me home so my car is sitting in the hospital parking lot 3 hours away from home!

I know it’s different but it worked. I had all those electrolytes in my system. The only problem was that I held a lot of fluids like 13 lbs of extra weight. It took three weeks to get rid of that

Wow. I was 5 minutes from home. My husband stayed most of the time. Went home for a shower. I was there 3 days. I was lucky.

Every surgeon has their own pre-surgical protocol!

18 minutes ago, Colchabay said:

Wow, most people can't have anything after midnight before surgery.

16 minutes ago, BrooklynKay said:

23 minutes ago, brittmarr1 said:

I felt good after surgery. I did a enhanced recovery protocol before I drank 32oz of Gatorade night before surgery and 32 oz a couple hour before surgery. I felt pretty good because of that.

You’ll feel better day by day and when the scale moves even better

I got to drink 100% grape juice!!!

I had the same enhanced recovery and had to drink a Gatorade type drink the morning of surgery along with a nausea medicine.

So far, i am just struggling to drink but not in too much pain. I am pretty tired. I hope that everyone starts feeling better.

15 minutes ago, brittmarr1 said:

I know it’s different but it worked. I had all those electrolytes in my system. The only problem was that I held a lot of fluids like 13 lbs of extra weight. It took three weeks to get rid of that

Thanks for the heads up on fluids I am not stepping on the scale until my two week check in. No need to disappoint myself.