When you first wake up from RNY...Is the pain that horrible?
For all you postop-ers; can you (kinda) describe the pain? Is it tolerable? :/
I'm scared of being in terrible mind warping pain when I wake up from anesthesia... even scared of not waking up at all; leaving my doggie an orphan.
...So afraid, that I was FREAKING OUT last night. Second guessing it all.
Yikes!
Anyone have any advice? I don't want to be in disgusting satanic pain. :(
I'm a little scared here. ...Geez, I hate feeling vulnerable.
::blushes::
About 8 hours into that, a nurse switched me from morphine to Lortab (liquid Vicodin).....
It covered my pain like a warm blanket and everything has been amazing since!
I'm 6 weeks out now and feeling fantastic!!!
I've had hysterectomy, c-section, several laps for adhesions, gallbladder and this. THIS was by far the easiest for me.


sw/cw/gw
Your abdominal muscles do feel like you've been punched a dozen times, but other than that you'll be up and walking within 4 hours after waking up. Make sure to get your pain meds before you get up to walk and before you get up to use the bathroom.
I had my surgery on 05/23/11 and I had a GREAT hospital stay! My nurses were wonderful. If I had pain with the pump, they brought me an extra pain shot that did the trick. I had my pain shots right before I walked the first time, (4 hrs after surgery) and I had no pain whatsoever. I only took the Percocet for a few days after being home. I started back to work 4 days after surgery! (I work from home as a transcriptionist). I have had 7 surgeries in total and this by far was the easiest to recover from! Walking early on and several times a day does help! Everyone is different! Just take care of yourself and if you have some pain, ask your nurse for more pain medicine!
Good Luck to You!
*PS. I too was freaking out somethin' awful the whole week before surgery!! I thinks its normal!