Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi, y'all (notice the S. Carolina accent)

Hope you didn't miss me too much. It's good to be home. I'm back at work and

rarin' to go.

I had the MGB on 11/9 at . I did okay. But the first night of my recovery

when they gave me my first dose of Carafate, about a minute later I went into

the most excruciating pain!! It wasn't the Carafate, but the first stimulation

to my " new " stomach, I think. I thought, " Oh, my god, my stomach just came

apart! " Plus it was scary because my legs were trapped in those things to keep

us from getting blood clots, so I couldn't move! So my friend called the nurse

in and they got me out of bed. Eventually I ended up sitting in the recliner

which they pulled out by the bed. The nurses at were really the BEST!

They gave me a shot of Demerol and soon I was asleep or in LaLa land or

something. After the initial bout of bad pain, I just had the regular sore

stomach and I would get an occasional " catch " that would hurt. All of that was

not bad.

The reason I go into detail is that when I had that jolt of pain--well, I have

heard so many people just sail through--it's either perfect or failure. You

know what I mean. Few people have anything " negative " to say. So when I had

that pain I really thought something had gone wrong. But anyone else, if you

have a really bad pain after surgery, don't be afraid! It's okay, your insides

didn't just come apart! And the Demerol works so it wasn't the end of the

world.

Now I feel great. I'm definitely tired, but I was pretty tired before the

surgery, too. I did Xmas shopping yesterday and then followed that up with an

evening of bowling. Toward the end of the night it was all I could do to get

back to my car!

In any event, I promised Dr.R that I would give a detailed and accurate account

of the pain I experienced because it will help to alleviate the fears of those

of us who have something happen other than the: i was up and walking 2 minutes

after I woke up and everything was peachy!

I love you all and if have any questions about this, drop me a line!

: )

Sperb

( from CA)

[Guest guest]

Hi, y'all (notice the S. Carolina accent)

Hope you didn't miss me too much. It's good to be home. I'm back at work and

rarin' to go.

I had the MGB on 11/9 at . I did okay. But the first night of my recovery

when they gave me my first dose of Carafate, about a minute later I went into

the most excruciating pain!! It wasn't the Carafate, but the first stimulation

to my " new " stomach, I think. I thought, " Oh, my god, my stomach just came

apart! " Plus it was scary because my legs were trapped in those things to keep

us from getting blood clots, so I couldn't move! So my friend called the nurse

in and they got me out of bed. Eventually I ended up sitting in the recliner

which they pulled out by the bed. The nurses at were really the BEST!

They gave me a shot of Demerol and soon I was asleep or in LaLa land or

something. After the initial bout of bad pain, I just had the regular sore

stomach and I would get an occasional " catch " that would hurt. All of that was

not bad.

The reason I go into detail is that when I had that jolt of pain--well, I have

heard so many people just sail through--it's either perfect or failure. You

know what I mean. Few people have anything " negative " to say. So when I had

that pain I really thought something had gone wrong. But anyone else, if you

have a really bad pain after surgery, don't be afraid! It's okay, your insides

didn't just come apart! And the Demerol works so it wasn't the end of the

world.

Now I feel great. I'm definitely tired, but I was pretty tired before the

surgery, too. I did Xmas shopping yesterday and then followed that up with an

evening of bowling. Toward the end of the night it was all I could do to get

back to my car!

In any event, I promised Dr.R that I would give a detailed and accurate account

of the pain I experienced because it will help to alleviate the fears of those

of us who have something happen other than the: i was up and walking 2 minutes

after I woke up and everything was peachy!

I love you all and if have any questions about this, drop me a line!

: )

Sperb

( from CA)

[Guest guest]

Sperb,

Glad to hear you are feeling better now, and sorry for the " pain " ! Glad it

wasn't anything serious!

Don't over do..

Trudy

post-op

11-3-00

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

Hi, y'all (notice the S. Carolina accent)

Hope you didn't miss me too much. It's good to be home. I'm back at work and

rarin' to go.

I had the MGB on 11/9 at . I did okay. But the first night of my

recovery when they gave me my first dose of Carafate, about a minute later I

went into the most excruciating pain!! It wasn't the Carafate, but the first

stimulation to my " new " stomach, I think. I thought, " Oh, my god, my stomach

just came apart! " Plus it was scary because my legs were trapped in those

things to keep us from getting blood clots, so I couldn't move! So my friend

called the nurse in and they got me out of bed. Eventually I ended up sitting

in the recliner which they pulled out by the bed. The nurses at were

really the BEST! They gave me a shot of Demerol and soon I was asleep or in

LaLa land or something. After the initial bout of bad pain, I just had the

regular sore stomach and I would get an occasional " catch " that would hurt. All

of that was not bad.

The reason I go into detail is that when I had that jolt of pain--well, I have

heard so many people just sail through--it's either perfect or failure. You

know what I mean. Few people have anything " negative " to say. So when I had

that pain I really thought something had gone wrong. But anyone else, if you

have a really bad pain after surgery, don't be afraid! It's okay, your insides

didn't just come apart! And the Demerol works so it wasn't the end of the

world.

Now I feel great. I'm definitely tired, but I was pretty tired before the

surgery, too. I did Xmas shopping yesterday and then followed that up with an

evening of bowling. Toward the end of the night it was all I could do to get

back to my car!

In any event, I promised Dr.R that I would give a detailed and accurate

account of the pain I experienced because it will help to alleviate the fears of

those of us who have something happen other than the: i was up and walking 2

minutes after I woke up and everything was peachy!

I love you all and if have any questions about this, drop me a line!

: )

Sperb

( from CA)

[Guest guest]

Sperb,

Glad to hear you are feeling better now, and sorry for the " pain " ! Glad it

wasn't anything serious!

Don't over do..

Trudy

post-op

11-3-00

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

Hi, y'all (notice the S. Carolina accent)

Hope you didn't miss me too much. It's good to be home. I'm back at work and

rarin' to go.

I had the MGB on 11/9 at . I did okay. But the first night of my

recovery when they gave me my first dose of Carafate, about a minute later I

went into the most excruciating pain!! It wasn't the Carafate, but the first

stimulation to my " new " stomach, I think. I thought, " Oh, my god, my stomach

just came apart! " Plus it was scary because my legs were trapped in those

things to keep us from getting blood clots, so I couldn't move! So my friend

called the nurse in and they got me out of bed. Eventually I ended up sitting

in the recliner which they pulled out by the bed. The nurses at were

really the BEST! They gave me a shot of Demerol and soon I was asleep or in

LaLa land or something. After the initial bout of bad pain, I just had the

regular sore stomach and I would get an occasional " catch " that would hurt. All

of that was not bad.

The reason I go into detail is that when I had that jolt of pain--well, I have

heard so many people just sail through--it's either perfect or failure. You

know what I mean. Few people have anything " negative " to say. So when I had

that pain I really thought something had gone wrong. But anyone else, if you

have a really bad pain after surgery, don't be afraid! It's okay, your insides

didn't just come apart! And the Demerol works so it wasn't the end of the

world.

Now I feel great. I'm definitely tired, but I was pretty tired before the

surgery, too. I did Xmas shopping yesterday and then followed that up with an

evening of bowling. Toward the end of the night it was all I could do to get

back to my car!

In any event, I promised Dr.R that I would give a detailed and accurate

account of the pain I experienced because it will help to alleviate the fears of

those of us who have something happen other than the: i was up and walking 2

minutes after I woke up and everything was peachy!

I love you all and if have any questions about this, drop me a line!

: )

Sperb

( from CA)

[Guest guest]

Happy Birthday Barbara

Pat Iurato

Nevada pre op

[Guest guest]

Happy Birthday Barbara

Pat Iurato

Nevada pre op

[Guest guest]

Hi My name is Barbara,

I recently just learned of the MGB surgery, exchanged an email or so with

the doc, and am seriously contemplating this surgery. I have a ton of stuff

to do to get my life in order for the surgery. My biggest problem, would be

the support system. I have a few good friends who I am very close to, and

live with my 15 year old son, who has mixed emotions when I bring it up. As

a single mom my biggest concern is the down time from the surgery. Today

is only November 19th. I read your email as saying that you had surgery on

the 9th, and are already christmas shopping and bowling. That was really

good for me to read.

I haven't applied for the surgery or anything else yet.. I have much

research and learning to do.

Any words from you folks out there on your experiences would be great for

me.

Thanks

Barbara

glory@...

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

Hi, y'all (notice the S. Carolina accent)

Hope you didn't miss me too much. It's good to be home. I'm back at work

and rarin' to go.

I had the MGB on 11/9 at . I did okay. But the first night of my

recovery when they gave me my first dose of Carafate, about a minute later I

went into the most excruciating pain!! It wasn't the Carafate, but the

first stimulation to my " new " stomach, I think. I thought, " Oh, my god, my

stomach just came apart! " Plus it was scary because my legs were trapped in

those things to keep us from getting blood clots, so I couldn't move! So my

friend called the nurse in and they got me out of bed. Eventually I ended

up sitting in the recliner which they pulled out by the bed. The nurses at

were really the BEST! They gave me a shot of Demerol and soon I was

asleep or in LaLa land or something. After the initial bout of bad pain, I

just had the regular sore stomach and I would get an occasional " catch " that

would hurt. All of that was not bad.

The reason I go into detail is that when I had that jolt of pain--well, I

have heard so many people just sail through--it's either perfect or failure.

You know what I mean. Few people have anything " negative " to say. So when

I had that pain I really thought something had gone wrong. But anyone else,

if you have a really bad pain after surgery, don't be afraid! It's okay,

your insides didn't just come apart! And the Demerol works so it wasn't the

end of the world.

Now I feel great. I'm definitely tired, but I was pretty tired before the

surgery, too. I did Xmas shopping yesterday and then followed that up with

an evening of bowling. Toward the end of the night it was all I could do to

get back to my car!

In any event, I promised Dr.R that I would give a detailed and accurate

account of the pain I experienced because it will help to alleviate the

fears of those of us who have something happen other than the: i was up and

walking 2 minutes after I woke up and everything was peachy!

I love you all and if have any questions about this, drop me a line!

: )

Sperb

( from CA)

[Guest guest]

Hi My name is Barbara,

I recently just learned of the MGB surgery, exchanged an email or so with

the doc, and am seriously contemplating this surgery. I have a ton of stuff

to do to get my life in order for the surgery. My biggest problem, would be

the support system. I have a few good friends who I am very close to, and

live with my 15 year old son, who has mixed emotions when I bring it up. As

a single mom my biggest concern is the down time from the surgery. Today

is only November 19th. I read your email as saying that you had surgery on

the 9th, and are already christmas shopping and bowling. That was really

good for me to read.

I haven't applied for the surgery or anything else yet.. I have much

research and learning to do.

Any words from you folks out there on your experiences would be great for

me.

Thanks

Barbara

glory@...

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

Hi, y'all (notice the S. Carolina accent)

Hope you didn't miss me too much. It's good to be home. I'm back at work

and rarin' to go.

I had the MGB on 11/9 at . I did okay. But the first night of my

recovery when they gave me my first dose of Carafate, about a minute later I

went into the most excruciating pain!! It wasn't the Carafate, but the

first stimulation to my " new " stomach, I think. I thought, " Oh, my god, my

stomach just came apart! " Plus it was scary because my legs were trapped in

those things to keep us from getting blood clots, so I couldn't move! So my

friend called the nurse in and they got me out of bed. Eventually I ended

up sitting in the recliner which they pulled out by the bed. The nurses at

were really the BEST! They gave me a shot of Demerol and soon I was

asleep or in LaLa land or something. After the initial bout of bad pain, I

just had the regular sore stomach and I would get an occasional " catch " that

would hurt. All of that was not bad.

The reason I go into detail is that when I had that jolt of pain--well, I

have heard so many people just sail through--it's either perfect or failure.

You know what I mean. Few people have anything " negative " to say. So when

I had that pain I really thought something had gone wrong. But anyone else,

if you have a really bad pain after surgery, don't be afraid! It's okay,

your insides didn't just come apart! And the Demerol works so it wasn't the

end of the world.

Now I feel great. I'm definitely tired, but I was pretty tired before the

surgery, too. I did Xmas shopping yesterday and then followed that up with

an evening of bowling. Toward the end of the night it was all I could do to

get back to my car!

In any event, I promised Dr.R that I would give a detailed and accurate

account of the pain I experienced because it will help to alleviate the

fears of those of us who have something happen other than the: i was up and

walking 2 minutes after I woke up and everything was peachy!

I love you all and if have any questions about this, drop me a line!

: )

Sperb

( from CA)

[Guest guest]

The pain was mostly scary.

So now I'm going crazy because I think my stomach is too big. I can drink 8oz

of water down without a problem. I am really scared I'm in for a

disappointment. Oh, gack!

Maybe I'm paranoid (hopefully).

Anyhow any words of encouragement or whatever would be appreciated at this

point.

By the way, I sure appreciated meeting you--you really had a level head and a

good sense of humor. And your husband's a hunk!!!! LOL

Love,

Sperb

[Guest guest]

The pain was mostly scary.

So now I'm going crazy because I think my stomach is too big. I can drink 8oz

of water down without a problem. I am really scared I'm in for a

disappointment. Oh, gack!

Maybe I'm paranoid (hopefully).

Anyhow any words of encouragement or whatever would be appreciated at this

point.

By the way, I sure appreciated meeting you--you really had a level head and a

good sense of humor. And your husband's a hunk!!!! LOL

Love,

Sperb

[Guest guest]

You know what's funny--you say that my shopping and bowling by the 18th was

great--you should hear some of the other people. I swear, the day after the

surgery some are up and around. But each person is different. After my surgery

on the 9th, I was in the hospital on the 10th and back in my hotel room on the

11th. On the 11th I had to take my friend to the airport so she could get back

to work. We are not supposed to drive for two weeks but I was not on any drugs

and was doing just fine. I did spend a lot of time sleeping the first couple

days after the surgery, but I was jet lagged to the max and I tend to sleep too

much anyway. So the answer is that each person is individual. Many are capable

of resuming their daily activities almost immediately. Just keep getting posts

from people--and keep me posted!!!!

Love,

Sperb

[Guest guest]

You know what's funny--you say that my shopping and bowling by the 18th was

great--you should hear some of the other people. I swear, the day after the

surgery some are up and around. But each person is different. After my surgery

on the 9th, I was in the hospital on the 10th and back in my hotel room on the

11th. On the 11th I had to take my friend to the airport so she could get back

to work. We are not supposed to drive for two weeks but I was not on any drugs

and was doing just fine. I did spend a lot of time sleeping the first couple

days after the surgery, but I was jet lagged to the max and I tend to sleep too

much anyway. So the answer is that each person is individual. Many are capable

of resuming their daily activities almost immediately. Just keep getting posts

from people--and keep me posted!!!!

Love,

Sperb

[Guest guest]

I had gall bladder surgery about a year 1/2 ago. I was up riding my bike two

days later..so you never know. I am in salt Lake city. A hospital here does

this type of surgery, but I am uncertain if it is the MGB or not. I will be

calling them in the morning.

Monday(tomorrow is my birthday I will be 36) I want to spend this year

enjoying my body and making changes to make it feel better........

trying to feel optimistic..Barbara

RE: I'M BACK!!!!!

You know what's funny--you say that my shopping and bowling by the 18th was

great--you should hear some of the other people. I swear, the day after the

surgery some are up and around. But each person is different. After my

surgery on the 9th, I was in the hospital on the 10th and back in my hotel

room on the 11th. On the 11th I had to take my friend to the airport so she

could get back to work. We are not supposed to drive for two weeks but I

was not on any drugs and was doing just fine. I did spend a lot of time

sleeping the first couple days after the surgery, but I was jet lagged to

the max and I tend to sleep too much anyway. So the answer is that each

person is individual. Many are capable of resuming their daily activities

almost immediately. Just keep getting posts from people--and keep me

posted!!!!

Love,

Sperb

[Guest guest]

I had gall bladder surgery about a year 1/2 ago. I was up riding my bike two

days later..so you never know. I am in salt Lake city. A hospital here does

this type of surgery, but I am uncertain if it is the MGB or not. I will be

calling them in the morning.

Monday(tomorrow is my birthday I will be 36) I want to spend this year

enjoying my body and making changes to make it feel better........

trying to feel optimistic..Barbara

RE: I'M BACK!!!!!

You know what's funny--you say that my shopping and bowling by the 18th was

great--you should hear some of the other people. I swear, the day after the

surgery some are up and around. But each person is different. After my

surgery on the 9th, I was in the hospital on the 10th and back in my hotel

room on the 11th. On the 11th I had to take my friend to the airport so she

could get back to work. We are not supposed to drive for two weeks but I

was not on any drugs and was doing just fine. I did spend a lot of time

sleeping the first couple days after the surgery, but I was jet lagged to

the max and I tend to sleep too much anyway. So the answer is that each

person is individual. Many are capable of resuming their daily activities

almost immediately. Just keep getting posts from people--and keep me

posted!!!!

Love,

Sperb

[Guest guest]

well happy B-day to you! and what a great present to give yourself. I wish I

had done it earlier (but then it didn't exist when I was 36!) Best of luck to

you!

Love,

Sperb

>>> glory@... 11/19/00 10:09PM >>>

I had gall bladder surgery about a year 1/2 ago. I was up riding my bike two

days later..so you never know. I am in salt Lake city. A hospital here does

this type of surgery, but I am uncertain if it is the MGB or not. I will be

calling them in the morning.

Monday(tomorrow is my birthday I will be 36) I want to spend this year

enjoying my body and making changes to make it feel better........

trying to feel optimistic..Barbara

RE: I'M BACK!!!!!

You know what's funny--you say that my shopping and bowling by the 18th was

great--you should hear some of the other people. I swear, the day after the

surgery some are up and around. But each person is different. After my

surgery on the 9th, I was in the hospital on the 10th and back in my hotel

room on the 11th. On the 11th I had to take my friend to the airport so she

could get back to work. We are not supposed to drive for two weeks but I

was not on any drugs and was doing just fine. I did spend a lot of time

sleeping the first couple days after the surgery, but I was jet lagged to

the max and I tend to sleep too much anyway. So the answer is that each

person is individual. Many are capable of resuming their daily activities

almost immediately. Just keep getting posts from people--and keep me

posted!!!!

Love,

Sperb

[Guest guest]

well happy B-day to you! and what a great present to give yourself. I wish I

had done it earlier (but then it didn't exist when I was 36!) Best of luck to

you!

Love,

Sperb

>>> glory@... 11/19/00 10:09PM >>>

I had gall bladder surgery about a year 1/2 ago. I was up riding my bike two

days later..so you never know. I am in salt Lake city. A hospital here does

this type of surgery, but I am uncertain if it is the MGB or not. I will be

calling them in the morning.

Monday(tomorrow is my birthday I will be 36) I want to spend this year

enjoying my body and making changes to make it feel better........

trying to feel optimistic..Barbara

RE: I'M BACK!!!!!

You know what's funny--you say that my shopping and bowling by the 18th was

great--you should hear some of the other people. I swear, the day after the

surgery some are up and around. But each person is different. After my

surgery on the 9th, I was in the hospital on the 10th and back in my hotel

room on the 11th. On the 11th I had to take my friend to the airport so she

could get back to work. We are not supposed to drive for two weeks but I

was not on any drugs and was doing just fine. I did spend a lot of time

sleeping the first couple days after the surgery, but I was jet lagged to

the max and I tend to sleep too much anyway. So the answer is that each

person is individual. Many are capable of resuming their daily activities

almost immediately. Just keep getting posts from people--and keep me

posted!!!!

Love,

Sperb

[Guest guest]

oH, gOD!!

Wait til my husband hears that.... a hunk(?)

Whew, I think he's kinda cute, but a hunk?

hahaha

Its okay P.J. thought he was real handsome too, you're not alone!

LOL

Trude

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

The pain was mostly scary.

So now I'm going crazy because I think my stomach is too big. I can drink 8oz

of water down without a problem. I am really scared I'm in for a

disappointment. Oh, gack!

Maybe I'm paranoid (hopefully).

Anyhow any words of encouragement or whatever would be appreciated at this

point.

By the way, I sure appreciated meeting you--you really had a level head and a

good sense of humor. And your husband's a hunk!!!! LOL

Love,

Sperb

[Guest guest]

oH, gOD!!

Wait til my husband hears that.... a hunk(?)

Whew, I think he's kinda cute, but a hunk?

hahaha

Its okay P.J. thought he was real handsome too, you're not alone!

LOL

Trude

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

The pain was mostly scary.

So now I'm going crazy because I think my stomach is too big. I can drink 8oz

of water down without a problem. I am really scared I'm in for a

disappointment. Oh, gack!

Maybe I'm paranoid (hopefully).

Anyhow any words of encouragement or whatever would be appreciated at this

point.

By the way, I sure appreciated meeting you--you really had a level head and a

good sense of humor. And your husband's a hunk!!!! LOL

Love,

Sperb

[Guest guest]

Barbara,

This is so hard for your sixteen year old to understand... it just sounds too

unreal to him, I am sure he trully don't understand your situation because we

have a tendency to hide our true feelings from our kids about things like being

over-weight, and how unhappy we are with that.

My son is also 16. I have a 24 and 26 yr. old sons also, who don't live at home.

Anyway, even though he was unsure of what I was actually doing with this

surgery, he seems very happy now, that I have had it.

You might want your son to e-mail him at comic@... subject atten: Matt

And he can tell you how great I feel now that I am post-op. (you know the saying

when Mom's happy, everybody's happy!!)

Good luck, on your research. When you finally decide this is for you, get going

on your application and insurance request it all takes 2 to 3 months before you

will actually get a date for surgery (if you're lucky).

Any questions, or doubts,,just post on here, we all are very helpful, and

supportive.

Trudy/Indiana Post-Op

Self Pay 11-3-00

339 starting weight

323 today!!!

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

Hi, y'all (notice the S. Carolina accent)

Hope you didn't miss me too much. It's good to be home. I'm back at work

and rarin' to go.

I had the MGB on 11/9 at . I did okay. But the first night of my

recovery when they gave me my first dose of Carafate, about a minute later I

went into the most excruciating pain!! It wasn't the Carafate, but the

first stimulation to my " new " stomach, I think. I thought, " Oh, my god, my

stomach just came apart! " Plus it was scary because my legs were trapped in

those things to keep us from getting blood clots, so I couldn't move! So my

friend called the nurse in and they got me out of bed. Eventually I ended

up sitting in the recliner which they pulled out by the bed. The nurses at

were really the BEST! They gave me a shot of Demerol and soon I was

asleep or in LaLa land or something. After the initial bout of bad pain, I

just had the regular sore stomach and I would get an occasional " catch " that

would hurt. All of that was not bad.

The reason I go into detail is that when I had that jolt of pain--well, I

have heard so many people just sail through--it's either perfect or failure.

You know what I mean. Few people have anything " negative " to say. So when

I had that pain I really thought something had gone wrong. But anyone else,

if you have a really bad pain after surgery, don't be afraid! It's okay,

your insides didn't just come apart! And the Demerol works so it wasn't the

end of the world.

Now I feel great. I'm definitely tired, but I was pretty tired before the

surgery, too. I did Xmas shopping yesterday and then followed that up with

an evening of bowling. Toward the end of the night it was all I could do to

get back to my car!

In any event, I promised Dr.R that I would give a detailed and accurate

account of the pain I experienced because it will help to alleviate the

fears of those of us who have something happen other than the: i was up and

walking 2 minutes after I woke up and everything was peachy!

I love you all and if have any questions about this, drop me a line!

: )

Sperb

( from CA)

[Guest guest]

Barbara,

This is so hard for your sixteen year old to understand... it just sounds too

unreal to him, I am sure he trully don't understand your situation because we

have a tendency to hide our true feelings from our kids about things like being

over-weight, and how unhappy we are with that.

My son is also 16. I have a 24 and 26 yr. old sons also, who don't live at home.

Anyway, even though he was unsure of what I was actually doing with this

surgery, he seems very happy now, that I have had it.

You might want your son to e-mail him at comic@... subject atten: Matt

And he can tell you how great I feel now that I am post-op. (you know the saying

when Mom's happy, everybody's happy!!)

Good luck, on your research. When you finally decide this is for you, get going

on your application and insurance request it all takes 2 to 3 months before you

will actually get a date for surgery (if you're lucky).

Any questions, or doubts,,just post on here, we all are very helpful, and

supportive.

Trudy/Indiana Post-Op

Self Pay 11-3-00

339 starting weight

323 today!!!

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

Hi, y'all (notice the S. Carolina accent)

Hope you didn't miss me too much. It's good to be home. I'm back at work

and rarin' to go.

I had the MGB on 11/9 at . I did okay. But the first night of my

recovery when they gave me my first dose of Carafate, about a minute later I

went into the most excruciating pain!! It wasn't the Carafate, but the

first stimulation to my " new " stomach, I think. I thought, " Oh, my god, my

stomach just came apart! " Plus it was scary because my legs were trapped in

those things to keep us from getting blood clots, so I couldn't move! So my

friend called the nurse in and they got me out of bed. Eventually I ended

up sitting in the recliner which they pulled out by the bed. The nurses at

were really the BEST! They gave me a shot of Demerol and soon I was

asleep or in LaLa land or something. After the initial bout of bad pain, I

just had the regular sore stomach and I would get an occasional " catch " that

would hurt. All of that was not bad.

The reason I go into detail is that when I had that jolt of pain--well, I

have heard so many people just sail through--it's either perfect or failure.

You know what I mean. Few people have anything " negative " to say. So when

I had that pain I really thought something had gone wrong. But anyone else,

if you have a really bad pain after surgery, don't be afraid! It's okay,

your insides didn't just come apart! And the Demerol works so it wasn't the

end of the world.

Now I feel great. I'm definitely tired, but I was pretty tired before the

surgery, too. I did Xmas shopping yesterday and then followed that up with

an evening of bowling. Toward the end of the night it was all I could do to

get back to my car!

In any event, I promised Dr.R that I would give a detailed and accurate

account of the pain I experienced because it will help to alleviate the

fears of those of us who have something happen other than the: i was up and

walking 2 minutes after I woke up and everything was peachy!

I love you all and if have any questions about this, drop me a line!

: )

Sperb

( from CA)

[Guest guest]

>oH, gOD!!

> Wait til my husband hears that.... a hunk(?)

>Whew, I think he's kinda cute, but a hunk? hahaha

>Its okay P.J. thought he was real handsome too, you're >not alone! LOL

>Trude

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Okay, all the before and after pics are nice and everything, but now I wanna

see Trude's hubby!!! Post him, post him, post him... (chanting to myself)

hehe from the PHAT chick,

Cindy

[Guest guest]

>oH, gOD!!

> Wait til my husband hears that.... a hunk(?)

>Whew, I think he's kinda cute, but a hunk? hahaha

>Its okay P.J. thought he was real handsome too, you're >not alone! LOL

>Trude

_______________

Okay, all the before and after pics are nice and everything, but now I wanna

see Trude's hubby!!! Post him, post him, post him... (chanting to myself)

hehe from the PHAT chick,

Cindy

[Guest guest]

Honestly Cindy..

He aint no hunk! He's cute, but he's big too.

He's 6 foot tall and weighs in around 312.

He has black curly hair (very short) and a drop dead gorgeous blue eyes!! (my

opinion) and mustache and gotee. He's very like-able and thats why everyone

thinks he's cute!

(help me here, Jude!!)

When I post an almost after photo, I'll include him in it, okay?

Trudy

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

>oH, gOD!!

> Wait til my husband hears that.... a hunk(?)

>Whew, I think he's kinda cute, but a hunk? hahaha

>Its okay P.J. thought he was real handsome too, you're >not alone! LOL

>Trude

_______________

Okay, all the before and after pics are nice and everything, but now I wanna

see Trude's hubby!!! Post him, post him, post him... (chanting to myself)

hehe from the PHAT chick,

Cindy

[Guest guest]

Honestly Cindy..

He aint no hunk! He's cute, but he's big too.

He's 6 foot tall and weighs in around 312.

He has black curly hair (very short) and a drop dead gorgeous blue eyes!! (my

opinion) and mustache and gotee. He's very like-able and thats why everyone

thinks he's cute!

(help me here, Jude!!)

When I post an almost after photo, I'll include him in it, okay?

Trudy

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

>oH, gOD!!

> Wait til my husband hears that.... a hunk(?)

>Whew, I think he's kinda cute, but a hunk? hahaha

>Its okay P.J. thought he was real handsome too, you're >not alone! LOL

>Trude

_______________

Okay, all the before and after pics are nice and everything, but now I wanna

see Trude's hubby!!! Post him, post him, post him... (chanting to myself)

hehe from the PHAT chick,

Cindy

[Guest guest]

Trudy,

Dont be modest you know your hubby is a hunk. I personally thought he was

very handsome.

Gwen in Durham

In a message dated 11/22/2000 10:18:58 AM Eastern Standard Time,

comic@... writes:

<< Honestly Cindy..

He aint no hunk! He's cute, but he's big too.

He's 6 foot tall and weighs in around 312.

He has black curly hair (very short) and a drop dead gorgeous blue eyes!!

(my opinion) and mustache and gotee. He's very like-able and thats why

everyone thinks he's cute!

(help me here, Jude!!)

When I post an almost after photo, I'll include him in it, okay?

Trudy

Re: I'M BACK!!!!!

>oH, gOD!!

> Wait til my husband hears that.... a hunk(?)

>Whew, I think he's kinda cute, but a hunk? hahaha

>Its okay P.J. thought he was real handsome too, you're >not alone! LOL

>Trude

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