4 days Post Op

Feb 08, 2010

Today is Feb 8th, 2010 and I'm 4 days post op.  The first day I was pretty wiped out from my surgery, but I was up and walking around the hospital around 4:30, and then slept and walked the rest of the evening.  Not really much pain more of a soreness to me.  My throat was really sore and my mouth was so dry, I just kept asking for ice chips as much as I could.  The next morning after the doctor had been in I got my first clear liquids I was able to drink 1 oz of diluted juice, 1 oz of broth and couldn't eat my 2 oz of jello they brought me.  After that I had to wait 4 hours to see if I could tolerate the food and finish up the last IV that was hooked up.  Around 2 p.m. I was discharged with no drains, just that OnQ pain pump that you carry in a bag around your neck.  After my 2 hour trip home from the hospital I fell asleep from 6-7p.m. and then went to bed at 9:30 and slept really well, I was able to sleep on my side even (right side better than left).  Next morning I got up and my stomach felt a little upset but after I took my pepcid I was feeling really great.  I couldn't believe it.  The only pain medication I took other that the OnQ pump was liquid Tylenol.  I sat up all day didn't lay down once walked around my house several times and went to bed around 10:00.  The next morning I got up and felt a little sick to my stomach again but after the pepcid the sickness didn't seem to go away, in fact it got worse.  I realized after being sick all day that maybe the watered down white grape juice that I was drinking was the cause of my upset stomach.  I jumped on this website and decided to ask everyone what they though and sure enough they all agreed it was from too much natural sugar in the juice even though it was watered down.  I won't be drinking that for awhile.  I threw out the juice and after several hours my upset stomach went away and I got up this morning and took my pepcid and no more upset stomach and I feel great again.  I was having trouble getting in my fluids but today seems much easier.  I'm so happy right now.  I go back to the doctor on Wednesday for my 1 week checkup.

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