Post Op & Home - 4/18/10 Post

Apr 17, 2010

Hi OH family -

My surgery was Friday, 4/16 and started right on scheduled. My surgeon and hospital was great and the whole process was very smooth. The toughest parts for me where:

1. I get extreme nausea after anesthesia!! Not fun. Lots of sickness and dry heaving. They tried their best to keep that under control but it took 24 hours for the anesthesia to wear off so I had 24 hours of nausea.. ugh!

2. Recovery room was tough. I was in a lot of pain and discomfort. Once I got to my room and relaxed, the discomfort went away. We had to change my pain meds (PCA pump) becuase the pain med was making my nausea worse.

As far as stomach pain, I don't feel any!! I was very nervous to take those first few sips of water but I managed to get over the fear and go for it. I found that iced tea without the ice was easier to get down than plain water. Jello worked as well. I could not stand the smell of broth.. lol

Walking and using the incentive spirometer really helped. I made it a point to walk every two hours and that really alleviated the gas pain. So far, knock on wood, I haven't had too much gas pain.

I'm so happy to be home. I'm feeling remarkedly well and a little nervous that I shouldn't be feeling this good. lol

Thank you for all of your well wishes. I had an easy surgery experience so far.

Rae

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