Re: I'm back home and here is my story

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your newly post-op post. So glad to know all is well. We look

forward to hearing your amazing progress as it unfolds, . We pre-ops

are always curious, you know. PhillyJude (PJ)

[Guest guest]

I'm at the beginning of this journey and sometimes it doesn't seem

like it will ever really happen. When I read posts like yours it

gives me hope. Thanks for the prayers and I will keep you in mine.

November MGB Wantabe!

> Hi everyone,

>

> I am back home, unpacked, had supper, etc. and now sitting down to

> get ready to work tomorrow morning. My surgery was on Wednesday,

> 10/04/00. Here are the details.

>

> Attended clinic on Tuesday afternoon which was great. Had a nice

> talk with Dr. R. Was told to be at DRH by 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday

> morning. My husband and I gave and her mother a ride since

> they were staying at the hotel too. We had to wait about an hour

to

> get registered in the outpatient area. Then I was told to go up to

> the third floor and wait which we did for about 30 more minutes (by

> this time it was about 9:00). Then we were taken to the fifth

floor

> where they didn't have beds for everyone (me included). We were

went

> to a waiting area where we waited until about 12:30 or so. Finally

> went to a preop room with a bed, TV, etc. Was scheduled for

surgery

> at 2:00 but wasn't taken to the preop area until about 2:30. That

is

> where they started the IV, etc. Had a little trouble with my IV -

it

> hurt everytime they injected medication on the top side of my wrist

> but didn't hurt when just maintenance fluids were running - go

> figure! Anyway, Dr. R. came by at about 3:00 and was just starting

> on the case prior to me. So - I laid there listening and watching

> until about 3:40 when it was about to be my turn. The CRNA (nurse

> anesthetist) and the anesthesiologist came by and did their little

> talk. The nurse had given me my antibiotics (which by the way I

> heard a nurse say was much more than necessary which I personally

was

> glad of). Then the anesthesiologist gave me Versed to make me

> sleepy. Boy did it. I don't remember a single thing until about

> 8:00 p.m. when I was in a room on the fifth floor with my husband

and

> a nurse. I will be honest and tell you I was in pain. Dr. R. had

> found a hiatal hernia with my stomach protruding through it and had

> fixed this too and told my husband I would surely feel it. I got

up

> sometime later and took a walk, got nauseous (the only time) and

dry

> heaves. Went back to bed, got a shot of Phenergan and promptly

went

> back to sleep. I slept rather fitfully through the night, nurses

> coming in, medications, etc. I found out later that my sweet

husband

> did a no-no and because I was moaning in my sleep every time I

moved

> he pushed my pump a couple of times during the night. I thanked

him

> profusely!!!! By the time I was discharged on Thursday at around

> 11:00 I still had only used 70 mg of Demerol and according to the

> preop notes we can have as much as 250. That should give you an

idea

> of how the pain was. I went back to the hotel and took it easy. I

> took a Vioxx Thursday night but more as a precaution than

anything.

> Just hung out the rest of the weekend. Had chicken soup broth at

> Chic-Fil-A, minestrone broth at Fazoli's, tomato soup, crackers,

> yogurt, etc. Am now back home with my kids, unpacked, etc. I have

> had no medication other than Prevacid, Citrucel and Carafate since

> Thursday. Tums too of course. Drinking a lot of juice and now

that

> I am home will get back to water too. One unpleasant side effect -

> because of no hormones (birth control pills) promptly started my

> period on Thursday which I could have done without. Will call my

GYN

> on Tuesday after the holiday to see what he says about starting

them

> again or waiting a while.

>

> Some of you may have seen my post earlier in the week about my

> eyesight. I am happy to report that once I took the patch off my

> eyesight improved steadily and I am now sitting at the computer

just

> as before!

>

> I am glad to be home, glad to be on the other side and looking

> forward getting past the immediate adjustments that need to be made

> and finding a " new normal " for me.

>

> Hope everyone having surgery this week does well. You are in my

> prayers!

>

> on

> MGB 10/04/00

[Guest guest]

Trudy says ditto to what PhillyJude just said!!

Trudy

Re: I'm back home and here is my story

Thanks for your newly post-op post. So glad to know all is well. We look

forward to hearing your amazing progress as it unfolds, . We pre-ops

are always curious, you know. PhillyJude (PJ)