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[Eastex]

I started reading your surgery blog. I decided to stop, because it started getting me nervous about my upcoming surgery this Friday. I will read it when I am recovering and then I can relate a little more! Anyway, I hope your recovery is going good.

[Nairek]

Originally Posted by Eastex

I started reading your surgery blog. I decided to stop, because it started getting me nervous about my upcoming surgery this Friday. I will read it when I am recovering and then I can relate a little more! Anyway, I hope your recovery is going good.

Eastex,

I'm sorry if my blog kinda freaked you out. I have been thinking about your upcoming surgery. If you have any questions, please feel free to PM me & I will try to answer them the best that I can for you. I wish I had done that myself before the surgery but between getting ready for the surgery & working 2 jobs, I just wasn't able to do it.

Please remember that a lot of the issues that I had after surgery were because of a possible undiagnosed heart issue. I also tend to get very nervous & stressed out in situations which I can't control which probably also had something to do with all that craziness.

All I can suggest is to try & relax which is easier said than done. You can try some of the following to see if it helps you:

If you play an instrument this may help.

I listened to a lot of music which was a great help while I was in the hospital.

You may want to consider starting a surgery diary where you can express all of your feelings. I found this to be helpful for me as well.

I know that as my surgery day approached, I spoke to my husband a lot more about my fears as well as my dreams for a future being in less pain

If you are working still, take the day before surgery off. I didn't do this & wish I had. Less stress would have made things easier

Keep in mind that you can always PM me or post on the board here. I'm sure that we can try & help you the best that we can to help your transition to the other side an easier one.

[dshobbies]

Some of your immediate post op problems could also have been a reaction to your anesthesia. I know my blood pressure drops to dangerous levels and forewarn my doctor.

I would assume the only way to know for sure is after several surgeries which I hope would never be the case.

[Nairek]

Originally Posted by dshobbies

Some of your immediate post op problems could also have been a reaction to your anesthesia. I know my blood pressure drops to dangerous levels and forewarn my doctor.

I would assume the only way to know for sure is after several surgeries which I hope would never be the case.

I never even thought of those problems as being a reaction to anesthesia. I don't recall having those issues when I had surgery back in 2002, but then again that was so long ago.

I will be calling my primary care physician tomorrow to make an appointment to follow up on this. I tend to get wiped out easily with everything going on lately & figured I would wait a little bit before making an appointment.

The post op problems explain some weird symptoms that I have been dealing with for well over a year that my primary care doctor hasn't been able to figure out. I should probably just look for another doctor....lol

[Terry Allen Blackburn]

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I hope the healing is going well. Your last post is on the 5th. I know that doesn't sound like much but, any day, after surgery, is a continuation of the healing process and moving forward.

I hope and pray that you are doing well.

Elizabeth is doing very well. She actually is a much better patient than I am. I always want to get in my car and ride away, right afterward. I remember my first neck surgery. I had the stitches removed 7 days after the surgery and asked him when I could ride my bicycle. He told me not for at least three weeks. The very next day I sailed on Lake Pepin all day, the day after I rode 45 miles on my bicycle, the day after that I drove 11 hours home and went to work two days after I got home. I make a lousy patient.

Hang in there Karin and let us know what's happening for you.

Terry Newton

[Nairek]

Terry,

I'm glad to hear that your wife is doing well after her surgery. She should absolutely take it easy as I understand that her type of surgery isn't an easy one.

I know that I have been slacking on the updates. I had my 1st post-op visit last Thursday & made it out of the house for a little bit on Friday. I've noticed that I get tired very easily since I was taken off of the Oxycontin so I just haven't had the energy to get off my duff & update my surgery blog.

I'm also dealing with the realization that I have to put one of my beloved pets to sleep & I have been having a VERY hard time dealing with it.

I'll do my updates this week as there are some positives & negatives on my road to recovery. It's nothing serious. Just a few bumps. I would do it now but my pesky hubby is telling me it's time to go to bed

Karin

[Nairek]

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