Re: suppositories? Dear Lord (to Kev)..

[Guest guest]

I'm not exactly fond of foreign tubes entering my body either

(I don't think most people enjoy them), but they are necessary. You

probably won't even know you had them (I didn't) and even if you do -

you'll probably be too drowsy and medicated to care.

> > Im thinking, if its common practice to use suppositories, I doubt

my doc will change

> common practice just for me... unlike in the US wehre you pay for

it so its done your way,

> in canada we take what we can get... I guess thats the cost of free

healthcare...

> >

> > However, I KNOW I will mark 'Do Not Enter' on my bottom, and as

well on my front...that

> catheter isn't coming near me....HAVE I MENTIONED MY FEAR OF FORIEN

TUBES ENTERING

> MY BODY?

> >

> > I am slowly learning EVERYTHING about this surgery... whether or

not its good is

> another story....

> >

> > Kev

>

> Kev,

>

> The suppositories, you might avoid them. The catheter is not an

option, if your surgery

> last longer than 3 hours I think. The way it works, as they

operate on you, you're gonna

> loose blood. To maintain balance in your system, you're gonna be

injected with a certain

> liquid to compensate. Your blader is gonna be filled pretty soon.

The catheter will avoid

> problems...

>

> Talk about that with your surgeon, as soon as possible, if you

don't want the tube in. You

> might discover there's not going to be a surgery ;-)

>

> Also, you're going to get two more tubes, although those ones are

usually removed

> moments after you wake up and most of the times, people aren't

aware of them. They're

> both installed in the nose, one goes in your stomach, and the other

in your lungs. Again,

> those are not options.

>

> Ray