Re: 2 wk post-op visit with surgeon

[Guest guest]

Too bad

they don't have flouroscopy in the OR, >>>>

Shelly,

I had mine done with floroscopy in the OR! (yeah at OHSU)

They had forgotten about me so there was no time to get me to pain

management to have the epidural placed so they took me right to the OR and

had the floroscopy delivered there and got going. When they were done they

flipped me over and knocked me out! It didnt hurt me at all....just a

little pressure and something like a bee sting and that was it!

By the way.....congrats on the pound a day loss....you are doing great!

hugs, Judie

[Guest guest]

> Dear All,

I really

> don't tolerate pain well, do I?

>

> Hugs,

> Shelly

Hey Shelly - there was NO EXCUSE for what the " Pain Management " (what

a joke!) people put you through! They were incompetent, showing that

they were " reading " instructions on how to do the damn procedure!

What a crock and then to blame YOU for moving when the idiots didn't

know what they were doing! AND then to top it off when you woke up

with half your body in PAIN because they didn't set up the epidural

correctly. I'm sorry, but I think you did great with making it

through all the pain they put you through.

I will probably be having an epidural, too, and I sure don't want to

have an experience like yours!

I'm glad you are doing so well with your surgery, but I tend to think

that being the subject of a " learning experience " for people in a

learning hospital is not the way to go. That nurse that was " so

nice " to you should have spoken up and gotten someone else to do the

procedure. I'm sorry you had to experience such pain when it wasn't

necessary. Carole

[Guest guest]

Oh Judie,

You lucky gal! Wish I'd had the same experience you'd had! But I

am happy with the weight loss to date, and that's why I had the

surgery to begin with... So I'm going to try to stop obsessing on

the epidural and get with the positive.

Hugs,

Shelly

[Guest guest]

So I'm going to try to stop obsessing on

the epidural and get with the positive.>>>

Oh you bet, Shelly! You are doing so well with your weight loss that right

now the epidural should take a back seat!!

Im sorry they hurt you but if there is ever a next time you know what to do,

right?

Hugs, Judie

[Guest guest]

Hi Penny,

I had missed your posts the last several days and wondered where you were.

Im sorry to hear youve been down the dumps lately and hope it doesnt last

long......

Yes, you can have the surgery without an epidural!!

Hugs, Judie