Guest guest Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 My surgery date has been changed to Dec 7, btw. My biggest concern right now is how I'll feel when I first wake up. I can be a little panicky sometimes and I'm wondering if I'll feel like " uh-oh I can't open my mouth. " Did any of you have issues like that? Or (hopefully) did you just not care due to the meds? Thanks! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Hi Sue, When I first woke up from my surgery I didn't care if I could open my mouth or what. I was on so many meds and I had been given many meds throughout the 14 hr surgery that I wasn't bothered about what was going on around me, I was more than less " out of it " . --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Sue, when i woke up after surgery the first thing that popped into my mind was " thank god it's over! i've done it!!! no more waiting " . So I almost felt relieved. Then I just wanted to sleep A LOT. They woke me up every hour or so to check my vitals and to give me my meds and I remember just wishing they would get it over with and leave me be. The most uncomfortable part was probably the tubes in my nose because they also had an oxygen mask over my face and that put added pressure on the tubes. Eventually my mom after hearing me moan about it took it off even though the nurse wasn't so thrilled about it but I felt miles better. Seeing blood come out of one of the tubes (basically the blood gets pumped out of your stomach so you don't feel sick) was also a lot less scary than I had anticipated. I've a serious woose when it comes to blood and I was just so happy to see that it was getting out of my system preventing me from getting sick. I don't remember ever panicking about breathing or the breathing really being an issue and that's despite being heavily congested, with tubes down my nose and being banded shut tight. Oh another thing that really bothered me was the two IV tubes i had in my arm. One really started hurting about 12 hours post-op and I was in a lot of pain so eventually they had to take it out. I had a huge bruise for about 2 weeks after. The one recurring thought I had my full 24 hours in the hospital was " I will get through this!!! " So stay positive and it will fly by. Good luck! Sara > > My surgery date has been changed to Dec 7, btw. My biggest concern > right now is how I'll feel when I first wake up. I can be a little > panicky sometimes and I'm wondering if I'll feel like " uh-oh I can't > open my mouth. " Did any of you have issues like that? Or (hopefully) > did you just not care due to the meds? > > Thanks! > Sue > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Hi Sue, I too was very worried about freaking out when I woke up. However when I woke up after surgery I thought, la la la... Hey, seems I made it, that's cool. la la la. Hey, there are nurses all around, good times, I think I'm in recovery. la la la. Hey, I think I need to throw up. Hm. Oh well. and then I puked all over. The nurses obviously leapt into gear and cleaned me up immediately. Throwing up didn't hurt or anything. Actually it felt great, well as good as it could. I ended up throwing up 3 times and while it sucked, it wasn't horrible. I didn't freak out at all. They give you drugs that help you relax and you are pretty out of it. Good luck! Cori > > My surgery date has been changed to Dec 7, btw. My biggest concern > right now is how I'll feel when I first wake up. I can be a little > panicky sometimes and I'm wondering if I'll feel like " uh-oh I can't > open my mouth. " Did any of you have issues like that? Or (hopefully) > did you just not care due to the meds? > > Thanks! > Sue > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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