Guest guest Posted July 9, 2000 Report Share Posted July 9, 2000 NEWFLASH Judi is getting a tatoo.....on her forhead the word... .....................PRECIOUS///lollollollol I'm no dummy....I need all the help I can get/// Love Judi-no-cath in Fla Quoting : > > > > If I need it fine. But if I don't thats BETTER. > > I'm sure I'll have plenty to think about after the 26th > > with porthole dicomfort,tummy discomfort,reflux > > discomfort,.....I have to feep a few orifices problem > > free. Thx for the update, great news > > Lv Judi in Fla > > I had virtually no pain from the trocar holes. After about > 2-3 days, I had some intense itching that turned > out to be more from the adhesive in the bandages than from > the actual incisions. I actually got some raw skin from that > adhesive. I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to latex and the > adhesive has latex in it. Getting rid of the bandages and > getting bandaids helped a lot. By day 7, when I took the > staples out, the staples were getting pretty annoying, too. > Be sure to ask the nurse for a staple remover before you leave > if you are going to take your staples out yourself (it's easy > to do). > > The gas pains go away pretty fast, especially if you keep the > head of your bed raised and make a real effort to > burp and pass gas (you're alone, it's okay...) that first > day in the hospital. Keeping your head raised lets the > gas go up and out and keeps the pressure off your incisions. > > Unlike Trish, I had *no* trouble sleeping during the day and > night of my surgery (I guess my nurse didn't think I was > precious enough . . . lol!) > > Sleeping is what I did as much as possible after surgery > for the first 6-10 hours to make the time pass quickly and > not feel the gas pains. Whenever I woke up, I got up > and walked " around the block " (the hallway is a big square > over in the pediatric section where I was), visited with > one or two of the other MGB patients, went back to my room, > got a pain shot (I preferred a shot of demeral and phenergan > to the pain pump), talked on the phone for a few minutes, > read a little or listened to tapes, and went back to sleep. > > Walking caused me no pain whatsover, I just felt a little > lazy and unmotivated to do it at first. > > I didn't have any reflux at all and I don't know why you would > have reflux after the surgery. Your stomach is much smaller, > and you aren't eating much of anything, so there's nothing much > to come up. > > I got a lot of bile and excess liquid from Actigall, but you > don't take that until a week or so after the surgery. My > mistake was taking Actigall on an empty stomach (never do that). > When I did finally eat something about an hour later, > it made me barf something terrible and I had a *lot* of bile > and nasty liquids coming up. I did that on two other > occasions, with the same result so I'm sure it was from taking > Actigall on an empty stomach. You won't have to worry about > that in the hospital or the first week. Also, the first month, > you are taking Carafate, which coats the stomach and pretty > well keeps your stomach tame, though it doesn't taste very good. > > I hope your whole MGB experience goes as smoothly as silk! > > Hugs! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > Free Conference Calling with Firetalk! > Click Here! > http://click.egroups.com/1/5480/3/_/453517/_/963194080/ > -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > > ----------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through Hitter Communications Webmail http://webmail.hitter.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2000 Report Share Posted July 9, 2000 > NEWFLASH > Judi is getting a tatoo.....on her forhead the word... > ....................PRECIOUS///lollollollol > I'm no dummy....I need all the help I can get/// > Love Judi-no-cath in Fla > LOL! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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