Re: Postop report: Days 2 and 3

[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear about your bad day. Happy to hear that u are doin better today.

: ) Keep up the good posting is great to hear the good the bad or the ugly.

lol hugs and slugs marg

[Guest guest]

Hi Blair,

I left a message yesterday for you at Duke Tower and was quite

impressed you were out and about! Glad to hear you are doing so well

overall. As for the diarrhea, day 4 post-op was a diarrhea day for

me. The Citrucel really helped to bring it under control. Ever

since, everything in that department has been fine. Although I have

to contact the Leader of the Orange Team because I am an occasional

member!

Have a safe trip home. When do you leave Durham?

Sincerely,

Bernardine

> Good morning:

>

> Just thought I'd share a little of my postop experience with the

crew:

>

> I was cruising yesterday on my liquids, feeling no pain. My

husband and I

> decided to go over to the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh, to surprise

my mother

> and daughter. (They were there on a little outing from

Reidsville.) On the

> way there, I nibbled a few crackers, sipped some water...and

commenced with a

> prolific bout of diarrhea for the rest of the day, on until bedtime!

>

> The discharge papers do remind us that diarrhea is to be expected

in some

> post-ops for up to ten days. What I also discovered in the

discharge papers

> is that drinking and eating simultaneously really, really isn't a

good idea,

> and it's possibly what set up the diarrhea. I went back to sipping

just

> Gatorade, stayed on my meds, and this morning I seem to be better.

>

> File this one away in " Things to Remember - Postop Possibilities "

>

> My abdomen is not really sore at all - still have a trace of gas

roaming

> around in there, but I can sleep well on my stomach.

>

> That's all for now. Hope this helps someone fast approaching

surgery.

>

> READ EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SURGERY TWICE!!! That's good advice.

>

> Love,

> Blair