surgery date

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I just got my surgery date, November 19 with Dr Gagner at Mt Sinai. After

reading all your helpful posts over the last few months, I have one question

of the post-ops:

I know what it's like to be sore due to previous surgeries, but what of the

feeling when you get home of nausea, trouble hydrating yourself etc. Was that

like having a terrible flu? Thank you to anyone who wants to answer.

Sheryl

[Guest guest]

For me, the nausea felt like when I was pregnant. It got worse if I went too

long without eating something. I found that saltine crackers helped a lot. I

was also told to try b-complex vitamins and they also worked great for me. I

still take them and I haven't had any nausea since I started them. This doesn't

work for everyone, but it worked for me.

As for getting in fluids, I kept water with me no matter where I was. I would

try to sip some water every few minutes all day long. It wasn't that I felt too

sick to drink, my stomach was sore and I didn't want to assault it with too much

at once.

Kathy M.

213 pre-op

157 today

[Guest guest]

At 1:21 PM -0400 10/15/01, SKeib13337@... wrote:

>Hi all,

>I just got my surgery date, November 19 with Dr Gagner at Mt Sinai. After

Congratulations. From what has been written about Mt. Sinai, most of

your trials and tribulations will occur in the hospital and not at

home. Be prepared for " slam, bam, thank you, ma'am, " and if you fare

better than that, consider yourself very fortunate and atypical.

>reading all your helpful posts over the last few months, I have one question

>of the post-ops:

>I know what it's like to be sore due to previous surgeries, but what of the

>feeling when you get home of nausea, trouble hydrating yourself etc. Was that

>like having a terrible flu?

Not for me, but everybody was different. For me, it was more like a

giant pain in the ass, that is, a major inconvenience, but not a

tragedy!

But, it gets better after the first few weeks; it truly does. And,

usually by the 5th or 6th week, you stop feeling like a recovering

surgical patient and more like a well person who might be just a

slight bit off her top game.

--Steve

--

Steve Goldstein, age 61

Lap BPD/DS on May 2, 2001

Dr. Elariny, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia

Starting (05/02/01) BMI = 51

BMI on 10/13 = 40 (-71 lb.)

[Guest guest]

but what of the

feeling when you get home of nausea, trouble hydrating yourself etc. Was

that

like having a terrible flu? Thank you to anyone who wants to answer.

Sheryl

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Sheryl,

It really wasnt that bad for me. Remember when we had the stomach flu or

something, we wanted to lie very still and not move nor watch anything on tv

with food? Well, its different after the surgery.,,I was nauseated from the

heparin but was glued to the cooking channel on tv for several days lol

you just dont feel like eating is about it.....I never vomitted and forced

myself to eat something every hour and it helped a bit....wasnt easy though

Hugs, Judie