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Going in for Laparoscopic hernia surgery on Monday[never had surgery before]..any advice?
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Glad to hear it was easy-breezy! Congrats on making it through - make sure you take it easy for the first few days to let the mesh get settled.
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Thanks. I’ve been walking all over the house, using a cane..doctor said to ambulate. Gonna wait a week or two before any heavy activity.
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Sleep in a comfy chair for 2-3 days post-surg... depending on where it is, can very difficult and painful to go from laying down to full sit-up position. Take your time rehabing, your body will guide you. Gallon of milk rule-- don't pick up more than that weight for a while, give your mesh a chance to set and develop some good scar tissue. Your stomach will be distended for a few weeks, this is normal.
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Hope that it is all doing well! Sounds like you do better than me with anesthesia. I get sick from novocaine.
Like @bgenlvtex said, watch that poo. I rolled up a towel to hold pressure against my surgery. Wasn't orthoscopic though.
Oh, and it was the one time that laughter was not the best medicine. Laughing hurt.
Like @bgenlvtex said, watch that poo. I rolled up a towel to hold pressure against my surgery. Wasn't orthoscopic though.
Oh, and it was the one time that laughter was not the best medicine. Laughing hurt.
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Thank you..I've only been able to poo once. I haven't taken any of the painkillers and don't want to until I have a decent bowel movement. The pain is very tolerable but i'm taking it light for now. I asked the anesthesiologist to put something that would fight the nausea. I don't know what cocktail he used. But the whole process was amazing. Now if I can just poo i'd be a happy guy. lol
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I just went and started celebrating like my grandfather when he has his weekly poo. Hahaha.
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Good deal. Hope I didn't scare you. Didn't realize you were at that level of anxiety. 99-and-lotsa-9s percent of the time it goes exactly as you experienced.
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lol-- just went in fot the endo AND colonoscopy
the level of cleaning for that is "impressive"
The toilet may disagree....
But same with that procedure --had a iv drip going (saline) i felt something different in the IV and i asked "did you just inject the slee.....zonk...out.
woke up no worse for the wear--- other than the size 13 poop chute.
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I had my appendix removed via emergency surgery a year ago and they did it laparoscopically. Follow the instructions to ween off your pain meds. I couldn't believe how good those things were and can absolutely see how people get hooked on them.
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I never took a single pain killer. I had hemorrhoids a week or two before surgery. Till this day that hemorrhoids are the worst pain I’ve ever felt.
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TB-500 is a synthetic peptide that aids your body with healing and swelling reduction. So no worries on it being a pain killer.
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