Postop report: Days 2 and 3

[Guest guest]

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