Just before leaving hospital...

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Hi ,

:-)I can't really talk Packers much more than " Go Pack Go! "

But I do have it figured out that the weekend before my surgery is

the 'off week' when I'm sure I'll be too busy to take time off for

football and the Super Bowl is just before I leave the hospital when

imagine I'll be comfortable and lucid enough to pay attention

How's that for timing?

That's a good question... What's been your experience on how you feel

mentally, emotionally, and physically several days after surgery, but

before going home or rehab (right around the time I remember just

wanting to get out of the hospital, but before 'they' would let me go)

Jeri

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> > > ,

> > > Well, I was born in Appleton, but I grew up in northern

Illinois

> > near

> > > Rockford (Machesney Park to be exact). Where in central IL are

> > you?

> > > What a small world

> > >

> > >

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[Guest guest]

Jeri,

Well, I think I'm a bit odd, but as soon as I woke up from my

surgeries (I had two of them, 1 week apart), I was AWAKE for the rest

of the day (and most of the night). I was kept unconscious after the

12hour posterior surgery for the first night. I woke up the next

morning and after the tube came out, I was surprising my husband with

a phone call at work probably within another 2 hours. I did not

sleep at all the rest of that day. However, it was hard to focus on

things like seeing the television, and reading a magazine or book was

out of the question for a couple of days. By probably the 3rd day,

things were much easier to focus on, though they were far from

perfect!! After my second surgery, I was on the phone immediately

after being taken up to my room, calling my husband and then my mom.

I had spent about 1-2hrs post-op in recovery before being brought up

to my room, and was feeling pretty lucid. I couldn't necessarily

speak 100% clearly (ask Sharon, I probably sounded slightly high on

the phone haha), and sometimes I would lose my train of thought, or I

would talk for an hour straight without letting anyone get a word in

edge-wise, and other times (usually late at night) I would start to

doze off in the middle of a conversation.

Emotionally, I was a wreck. I couldn't tell a complaint to my

surgeon or nurses without bawling. If I thought too long about small

offenses (like someone not visiting when they said they'd be there,

and they didn't have the courtesy to call), I would cry. I think a

lot of the was the stress of the surgery, and then the effects of all

the narcotics.

Physically, I wasn't doing anything at 5 days post-op. I couldn't

bear any weight on my legs until about 2 weeks post-op, but that is

due to having multiple sclerosis, not just the revision surgery.

Most people are up and walking to some extent within a few days of

their surgery.

But I would hazard a guess that unless you tend to really get the

strong sleepy/drowsy side effects of drugs, at 5-days postop or so,

you should be able to watch the Superbowl, or at least parts of it -

taking short breaks as needed. I can't guarantee that you'll

remember the details of it after a few days, but you should be able

to enjoy it in the moment

>

> Hi ,

> :-)I can't really talk Packers much more than " Go Pack Go! "

>

> But I do have it figured out that the weekend before my surgery is

> the 'off week' when I'm sure I'll be too busy to take time off for

> football and the Super Bowl is just before I leave the hospital

when

> imagine I'll be comfortable and lucid enough to pay attention

> How's that for timing?

>

> That's a good question... What's been your experience on how you

feel

> mentally, emotionally, and physically several days after surgery,

but

> before going home or rehab (right around the time I remember just

> wanting to get out of the hospital, but before 'they' would let me

go)

>

> Jeri

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, I was up and walking the very next day, but then, I don't have MS. Lanarebeccamaas <rebeccamaas@...> wrote: Jeri,Well, I think I'm a bit odd, but as soon as I woke up from my surgeries (I had two of them, 1 week apart), I was AWAKE for the rest of the day (and most of the night). I was kept unconscious after the 12hour posterior surgery for the first night. I woke up the next morning and after the tube came out, I was surprising my husband with a phone call at work probably within another 2

hours. I did not sleep at all the rest of that day. However, it was hard to focus on things like seeing the television, and reading a magazine or book was out of the question for a couple of days. By probably the 3rd day, things were much easier to focus on, though they were far from perfect!! After my second surgery, I was on the phone immediately after being taken up to my room, calling my husband and then my mom. I had spent about 1-2hrs post-op in recovery before being brought up to my room, and was feeling pretty lucid. I couldn't necessarily speak 100% clearly (ask Sharon, I probably sounded slightly high on the phone haha), and sometimes I would lose my train of thought, or I would talk for an hour straight without letting anyone get a word in edge-wise, and other times (usually late at night) I would start to doze off in the middle of a conversation.Emotionally, I was a wreck. I couldn't tell a complaint

to my surgeon or nurses without bawling. If I thought too long about small offenses (like someone not visiting when they said they'd be there, and they didn't have the courtesy to call), I would cry. I think a lot of the was the stress of the surgery, and then the effects of all the narcotics.Physically, I wasn't doing anything at 5 days post-op. I couldn't bear any weight on my legs until about 2 weeks post-op, but that is due to having multiple sclerosis, not just the revision surgery. Most people are up and walking to some extent within a few days of their surgery.But I would hazard a guess that unless you tend to really get the strong sleepy/drowsy side effects of drugs, at 5-days postop or so, you should be able to watch the Superbowl, or at least parts of it - taking short breaks as needed. I can't guarantee that you'll remember the details of it after a few days, but you should be able to enjoy

it in the moment >> Hi ,> :-)I can't really talk Packers much more than "Go Pack Go!"> > But I do have it figured out that the weekend before my surgery is > the 'off week' when I'm sure I'll be too busy to take time off for > football and the Super Bowl is just before I leave the hospital when > imagine I'll be comfortable and lucid enough to pay attention> How's that for timing?> > That's a good question... What's been your experience on how you feel > mentally, emotionally, and physically several days after surgery, but > before going home or rehab (right around the time I remember just > wanting to get out of the hospital, but before 'they' would let me go)> >

Jeri> >

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