Hospital Experience(s)

[Sherilyn 0]

Well group I had my surgery this past Monday. I was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. but they had a cancellation and took me in at 7:30 a.m. I was in surgery 1 1/2 hours and in recovery 1 hour. So far I haven't gotten sick to my stomach but I have been fighting one hell of a headache :cursing:since Tuesday morning. I got home around 2 p.m. yesterday and felt miserable all day and night with this headache. They gave me liquid Lorri Tab but that didn't help at all. I finally had to have my husband crush one of my Darvicets and I mixed it with some yogert and that finally helped. However I am starting to feel it coming back. Has anyone else had this horriable headache besides me? If so, please help me and tell me what you did to get rid of them. In the meantime, I am not doing too bad.:wink2:

[NukeChik 1]

Make sure you aren't dehydrated, that will cause a headache. Also it could be a caffeine headache if you are addicted to caffiene and haven't had any/enough.

[Cerrin 3]

I was going to say the same thing For me no headache is as bad as the dehydrated headache.

Drink some gatoraid It will rehydrate you fast or pedilite.

[Blund 0]

I had a headache after surgery too. Not terrible, but enough to make it hard to sleep. The nurses were very forthcoming with the pain meds, and the Lorri Tab helped, but I had to keep taking it all day and night.

[NukeChik 1]

Totally off subject, but oh well. I was just giggling Blund because of your location (near the pinky), my fiance is from near Detroit and he does the hand thing all the time:lol:

[Healthy Grandma 0]

I was banded May 19 and stayed one night. I think it's good because they can give you pain and anti-nausea meds. I also had those leg thingys on that periodically squeeze your legs to keep the circulation going.

The only thing to complain about is once they told me I'd be discharged, I got dressed and sat in a chair for over an hour. I hadn't had any pain meds that morning and was really starting to hurt. My sister finally went to the nursing station and asked about my discharge. My nurse was working on the computer and said, "I've got the paperwork right here" and she got some paperwork from the end of the table. It was obvious she was working on something else and forgot about me. When she came in, I had to ask for a pain pill so I'd be okay for the ride home. Then the person who was getting the wheelchair disappeared for 15 minutes, so all in all it took well over two hours to get out of there once I was dressed. That was frustrating, but it's over now.

Healthy Grandma