Re: Re :Thanks to Bert To Fliss

[Guest guest]

Fliss,

I agree with all that you have said and it makes sense to me that

there will be regional, and national differences in approaches. It

does seem like a really long time to be in the hospital the way your

hospital does it. Like I said I was out in 9 days and I didn't feel

like that was too quick. I could move well enough, pain was under

control by pills and patches alone.

Yes, there is no reason why a hospital that is taleneted enough to

do total pancs and islet cell transplants can't keep your comfy. I

elected to use an epidural but because it only offered partial

coverage I ended up on both the epidural and a PCA (pump) with

dilaudid. That worked great. It wasn't until I went off the pump and

on to pills did I experience any significant discomfort. It hurt

like hell when they turned the pump off! They took the epidural out

a day before the pump. I think they moved me down to pills too

quickly, but I lived.

Oh well I am probably driving this in to the ground now; sorry about

that. But I suppose its all fresh enough to me (4 months only) that

the surgery is still a focal point of my thoughts.

be well,

Bert