Re: Getting closer..

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I was given medication to take the night before surgery and the

morning of surgery - to assist with any nauseau that might arise

because of the anesthesia.

Unfortunately, I looked worse post surgery than I thought I would.

And it's been worse than I thought it was going to be.

The worst for me ... has been not being able to talk.

Hanging in there ... throwing in my two cents ... needing to vent,

Carol

> > 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!

> > ~