Hello,

So, I FINALLY have my surgery date 1/13/23. It's literally FRIDAY THE 13TH....I nervous as hell. I have great friend that had bypass surgery about a year ago brig me an awesome care package. I wasn't prepared for the frankness of our conversation. No showering for a few days...just wipes. For #2's it would be difficult to "clean properly" so he gave me wipes and suggested a bidet. He said that i'd be walking the same day of surgery!! He said the walking was the best way to deal with the gas pain. This liquid diet SUCKS SO HARD!!!! I'm getting cold feet honestly. Any and all kind words will be graciously accepted.

I was allowed to take a shower the next day, but keep my back to the water flow so my incisions did not get "blasted" with water. But, it was ok for them to get wet.

Also, had no problem wiping da butt after surgery either.

I guess everyone is different though. Never know till the time comes. haha

Best of luck with your surgery!

I had surgery several years ago, but I think I remember showering before I left the hospital - if so, they probably just covered them up with surgical tape so they didn't get wet.

On 1/3/2023 at 10:41 AM, shawn524 said:

Hello,

So, I FINALLY have my surgery date 1/13/23. It's literally FRIDAY THE 13TH....I nervous as hell. I have great friend that had bypass surgery about a year ago brig me an awesome care package. I wasn't prepared for the frankness of our conversation. No showering for a few days...just wipes. For #2's it would be difficult to "clean properly" so he gave me wipes and suggested a bidet. He said that i'd be walking the same day of surgery!! He said the walking was the best way to deal with the gas pain. This liquid diet SUCKS SO HARD!!!! I'm getting cold feet honestly. Any and all kind words will be graciously accepted.

I hope your surgery went well today! I showered on day 2 but put a big plastic cover bandage the nurses gave me over my incisions to keep them dry. I was able to clean properly after all bathroom visits once I was out of post-op recovery. I was in post-op recovery for about 7 hours and they couldn't get me to wake up fully so I did have to have my nurse help me clean up after potty, which if I hadn't been so out of it I would have been totally embarrassed by it. You absolutely need to walk every 2 hours or so after surgery, as soon as you can. I'm sure they have told you that. Just do as much as you can at a time. Remember - the diet stages don't last very long. It can be super tough but it's typically about a month to progress to regular food. I just made it there, I am exactly one month post op today. Looking forward to hearing how your surgery went! Hope you keep us posted.

How did it go, Shawn?

I had mine the day before you. Doing great so far and home now but had a very rough first 24 hours in HDU trying to manage my nausea and vomiting. Pain has been generally ok. I had a shower yesterday with my nurse sat outside the door - waterproof dressings! It felt amazing. I’d ask your doctor or nurse if you can, it all depends on what dressings and closures you had (I’m an RN in the UK)

There’s a lot of really nice things you can have on the liquid stage. My favourite so far is a thin mango and orange smoothie.

Surgery tomorrow nervvouusdd

30 minutes ago, CK77 said:

Surgery tomorrow nervvouusdd

Try not to overthink it It’s not as bad as your brain is making it out to be. You’ll be able to be up walking, eating and drinking sooner than you think! Just keep up the with regular pain relief even if you aren’t in any pain, it keeps the levels in your body in a therapeutic range!

Thank you so much for the encouragement!

Anyone having surgery around the 27th that would want to connect? I would love to have someone to bounce off of. :)

My surgery is the 25th of January so next week! I’m excited and nervous at the same time!

3 minutes ago, laskeete84 said:

My surgery is the 25th of January so next week! I’m excited and nervous at the same time!

I bet. You are two days before me! How you finding pre op to be going?