Guest guest Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 First of all, tell the hospital staff before your surgery. They can put something in your IV that will help (I forget the name of it). Second, don't worry about this. You won't have had anything to eat or drink for hours before your surgery, so there won't be anything solid to come up. Liquids that do come up (typically some blood that gets into your stomach during the surgery) will easily pass between the cracks between your teeth and jaws, even if you are wired. I threw up twice post-op, both times when I got up to go to the bathroom (I had a private room). I guess the movement disturbed my tummy. I felt way better afterwards. Both times, my husband got the nurse to help me. It's nothing to worry about, nothing to be embarassed about. It's good to know that it can happen, though, so that you're not upset at seeing the blood! The nurse cleaned up the mess! Hope that helps, > > Hi to all, > I woke up thinking of questions to ask my Doctor. One is what happens if, right after surgery you get nauseated (which I have been known to do) and you need to vomit? How in the world does one do this w/the mouth mostly closed? > That could be a dangerous situation. > Thanks for the help. > The closer I get to surgery, the more scared I am becoming! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 Hi , I was afraid of this too, because I did throw up after my last surgery due to blood in my stomach, but I wasn't wired that time. This time they had a tube that went from my nose to my stomach that sucks out anything in your stomach (blood) - you could ask your Dr. if it is a possibility to have that. Ours is standard here to get the tube for the first night after surgery. It's uncomfortable, but I did throw up too - it just came out the tube. Pam > > Hi to all, > I woke up thinking of questions to ask my Doctor. One is what happens if, right after surgery you get nauseated (which I have been known to do) and you need to vomit? How in the world does one do this w/the mouth mostly closed? > That could be a dangerous situation. > Thanks for the help. > The closer I get to surgery, the more scared I am becoming! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 Yeah, it's a concern. I almost made it without vomiting, but as I was leaving in the morning to go to the dental clinic so they could check me over, the nurse gave me a full syringe of morphine... I made it all the way to the clinic before barfing all over the place... I just leaned over the side of the weelchair and let it out. It was kind of scary but I was just telling myself, breathe, breathe, don't panic. (I think I was breathing through my nose... ;o)) They got a suction machine and sucked it all out. Before you go in for surgery, you won't have eaten anything since the night before, so you won't have much in your stomach to get caught in the hardware. And I was completely wired shut, so I don't think you have anything to be worried about. And then afterwards, you're just eating liquid, so there won't be anything chunky if you vomit sometime at home. They give you anti-nausea medication, so you'll probably be all right. Just make sure you take your pain meds with food. ;o) It would only be dangerous if you couldn't get it out of your mouth and started trying to breath through your mouth, but you should be fine ) You'll have a bigger opening than I did, and I survived! ~ --- Hope wrote: > Hi to all, > I woke up thinking of questions to ask my Doctor. > One is what happens if, right after surgery you get > nauseated (which I have been known to do) and you > need to vomit? How in the world does one do this > w/the mouth mostly closed? > That could be a dangerous situation. > Thanks for the help. > The closer I get to surgery, the more scared I am > becoming! > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 Hi, I haven't been here in a long time but here goes my experience, Ihad double jaw in sept 2003, I had an NG tube also (naso gastric) going from my nose to stomach and I vomoited several times coming out of surgery. The theory of the tube is to suck out blood that drains into the stomache so you don't become so naseated, but sometimes you still are, you can still vomit, sometimes the tube takes care of it, sometimes you actually vomit into your mouth...the scary part for me is that I was flat on my back and not feeling up to moving, but they should have some suction available to remove the vomit from your mouth. It is very scary, but not a medical emergency. they should not let you leave the hospital until you are comfortable and not naseated anymore. > > > > Hi to all, > > I woke up thinking of questions to ask my Doctor. One is what > happens if, right after surgery you get nauseated (which I have been > known to do) and you need to vomit? How in the world does one do this > w/the mouth mostly closed? > > That could be a dangerous situation. > > Thanks for the help. > > The closer I get to surgery, the more scared I am becoming! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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