Re: Getting closer..

[Guest guest]

> I ordered my Zip and Squeeze bags and head wrap yesterday for my

> surgery on June 14th. I am counting down the days to this

> surgery...and i am very happy to be under the 6 weeks away mark!

> Although I am starting to get a little nervous. I have never had

> any type of surgery before under general anisthesia. What is waking

> up in recovery like? Do you even know how bad you feel or are you

> too drugged? How many of you had a cathater and did they put it in

> after you were out? Is there any way to prevent throwing up after

> surgery...cause i have a major fear of it (like i start shaking and

> crying whenever i do...which i havent thrown up since my wisdom

> teeth 2 years ago..which is also what scares me!) And last...do

> people still recognize you after surgery..but just wonder why you

> look a little different? or do you have to say who you are to

> people?

>

> Also, I am a dance teacher so I spend every night looking in the

> mirror lol..and I have always been self conscious of how i look. And

> now that my surgery is coming closer, I am getting extremely self

> conscious of the whole thing and I feel like I am starting to get

> depressed a little. I dont even wanna go to dance cause I always

> feel horrible about how I look after. And not to mention we have

> recitals (I'll be on video) and pictures and all this month. I dont

> wanna take the pictures till after my surgery but my mom is making

> me now. Does anyone have any advice to get through these next

> 6 weeks without getting totally depressed about how I look pre-

> op??? Thanks....just not feeling good tonight cause Im sick and I

> had to vent!

> ~

,

You have lots of worries right now. I would limit your worries to 1 at

a time. Lets start with the surgery. The Dr will take very good care

of you. Before you go into surgery the Dr will put an IV in your arm

and with give you meds that will keep you from throwing up. The very

last thing they want you to do is throw up so they will do anything

and everything to keep that from happening. If your surgery is more

then 2 hours they will put a cathater in. You will be a sleep so you

really won't know it's there. You will be glad to have it, in the

recovery room.

Your going to look different, not real pretty for a while, but that's

OK. I am 10 days pos op and most of the swelling is gone. I keep

looking at myself in the mirror and think is this what I'll look like

forever? Then the next day I look different again.

This group is very good at cheering each other on. The first week was

a breeze for me now this week not such a breeze. I vented to the group

and lots of kind people came on to cheer me up and tell me it will get

better.

So hang around with us and you'll have lots of support.

Michele

[Guest guest]

Your concerns were exactly the same as mine! I most terrified of the

recovery, and throwing up once I awoke. I got sick after my wisdom

teeth removal also, and this was really my only surgery. First, I

stressed my concerns to my surgeon. Next, I stressed this concern

with my anesthesiologist the morning of the surgery. They can give

you something in your IV to make sure that you don't get sick.

The one thing I remember about recovery is them asking me if I felt

sick. I did a little bit, so they gave me something real quick. When

I got back to my room (about 2 hours later), they asked again if I

felt sick and I did a little bit, and they gave me more medicine.

They continued to give me something every 8 hours, and I did not get

sick once. They even gave me medicine to take home with me in case I

felt sick once I got home. Fortunately, I have not had to use it.

My OS said I would not need a cathater because I would not be under

that long. He said if something happened where the surgery would

last longer they would put the cathater in while I was under.

After surgery, everyone was so surprised at how I looked. They

(including myself) thought that I would look much worse. I was

swollen, but not too bad. I had very little bruising, and that

started to show up on about day 5 or 6.

You will be very surprised at how different the experience is

compared to what you are expecting. I was terrified, and I came out

of this all thinking, " this isn't so bad " . Don't get me wrong. It is

not the bes texperience you are ever going to have, but it truly was

not as bad as I expected it to be.

Enjoy these next 6 weeks, and use this time to prepare yourself, and

to eat whatever you want. Not being able to eat real food has been

the hardest part of all of this. So, enjoy it now, and you will be

fine. )

> I ordered my Zip and Squeeze bags and head wrap yesterday for my

> surgery on June 14th. I am counting down the days to this

> surgery...and i am very happy to be under the 6 weeks away mark!

> Although I am starting to get a little nervous. I have never had

> any type of surgery before under general anisthesia. What is

waking

> up in recovery like? Do you even know how bad you feel or are you

> too drugged? How many of you had a cathater and did they put it in

> after you were out? Is there any way to prevent throwing up after

> surgery...cause i have a major fear of it (like i start shaking

and

> crying whenever i do...which i havent thrown up since my wisdom

> teeth 2 years ago..which is also what scares me!) And last...do

> people still recognize you after surgery..but just wonder why you

> look a little different? or do you have to say who you are to

> people?

>

> Also, I am a dance teacher so I spend every night looking in the

> mirror lol..and I have always been self conscious of how i look.

And

> now that my surgery is coming closer, I am getting extremely self

> conscious of the whole thing and I feel like I am starting to get

> depressed a little. I dont even wanna go to dance cause I always

> feel horrible about how I look after. And not to mention we have

> recitals (I'll be on video) and pictures and all this month. I

dont

> wanna take the pictures till after my surgery but my mom is making

> me now. Does anyone have any advice to get through these

next

> 6 weeks without getting totally depressed about how I look pre-

> op??? Thanks....just not feeling good tonight cause Im sick and I

> had to vent!

> ~