Re: Thoughts in the final countdown...

[Guest guest]

Good luck, Lore! Keep some of those goals in mind, because the first

few days after surgery, the discomfort may be greater than you ever

expected, and this perspective will help you get through it all. I

was not prepared for the amount of " incisional pain " or the way that

my stomach spewed acid up my esophagus soon after the stomach awoke

from anesthesia (keep your Prevacid or Prilosec handy, and have a

bunch of Tums or equivalent within reach). The first two days

post-op were brutal for me, and he pain meds did not succeed in

covering over the pain. But, by day 3, I was beginning to feel quite

human again, and now, 11 days post-op, I am feeling terrific, walking

around the block, down 14 pounds, and beginning to eat [small

quantities of] all sorts of things.

Best,

Steve

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