Tonya: Re: hey all

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I had the NG tube even after I woke up for a little while,

evidently. They told me they would give me amnesia medication, and

evidently they did because I don't remember a thing. My

anesthesiologist told me that they leave it in for a while because

with the type of surgery that we all have done, they can't just

crack our mouths open and stick a tube down our throats if they need

to. He said they like to make sure that the people are breathing

well. If you're very concerned, voice your opinions. My doctor's

didn't want it in as long but let me tell you this. They had to

keep an oxygen monitor on me to measure my oxygen levels because

after the surgery for some reason I would decide not to breathe or

to just take shallow breaths. I think a large part was due to the

anesthesia and morphine. Anyway, an alarm kept sounded and my

husband and the nurses would keep telling to breathe. If I had a

tube in that wouldn't have happened. Just letting you know. Also,

they should have you hooked to a morphine drip that you control

yourself. It not only helps with the pain but helps to mellow you.

You can't overdose yourself because it only has so many meds within

a certain period of time. My point is, if the tube is painful or

scary to you now, it probably won't be at the time in your semi

unconscious state with all meds on board. Hope this helps relieve

some anxiety. I was scared to death of the urinary catheter but was

so thankful they left it in because then I didn't have to try to get

up, and it wasn't bad when they took it out. I just peed weird for

the next couple of days. Sorry to go on for so long. You'll do

good. We're all a lot stronger than we think we are. Take care

Connie

> > Went to see my surgeon today to go over final details about my

surgery

> > on aug. 9. and got my surgical hooks on. oh, these are fun. 6

weeks

> > worth of fun! anyway, i found out today that i'm going to have a

tube

> > in each nostral. one to suction out my stomach to keep me from

getting

> > sick and the other to help me breath in case i get swollen. my

doctor

> > said this is always his practice. he says better to be safe than

> > sorry. anyway, they'll be in until day 2 and i was wondering if

anyone

> > had this done and what it was like. thanks, tonya