I'm getting gastric bypass surgery this Thursday (the 12th). I've never gotten any type of surgery before, so do any of you have any tips on pre- or post-surgery? Will the amnesia give me bad breath? Does it hurt peeing into a catheter? Any surefire lines to get the hot nurse to blow me? I gotta know these things.
Getting surgery on Thursday...last-minute pointers?
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slyc_willie
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mdb913 said:
I'd advise sending a PM to Red.
The questions you pose seem pretty pale in comparison to the real problems you will suffer afterward.
She may not respond until the morning, but I'd highly recommend waiting around for them.
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Pre- and post surgery, for whatever the thing is, is frustrating.
I've only been under the knife once, but what I do remember from it is that before it happened, I wanted to get it over with, and afterwards, I wanted to go home. I was annoyed at everyone and everything for taking too long.
So load up on patience. Remember that the doctors and nurses know better than you when you're ready to move about, what you can eat, and whwen you can get out of there. Take a deep breath and remember that this too shall pass.
Oh, and get the hot nurse to blow you before surgery. Afterwards you won't be in the mood.
I've only been under the knife once, but what I do remember from it is that before it happened, I wanted to get it over with, and afterwards, I wanted to go home. I was annoyed at everyone and everything for taking too long.
So load up on patience. Remember that the doctors and nurses know better than you when you're ready to move about, what you can eat, and whwen you can get out of there. Take a deep breath and remember that this too shall pass.
Oh, and get the hot nurse to blow you before surgery. Afterwards you won't be in the mood.
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Emergency surgeries are easier to go through with than elective. The waiting for it to happen is just unbearable and you think of all sorts of reasons to back out.
They don't use amnesia, they use anesthetic. And I can't smell my own breath, so I don't know anything about that.
And have never been cathetered. Ouch...
They don't use amnesia, they use anesthetic. And I can't smell my own breath, so I don't know anything about that.
And have never been cathetered. Ouch...
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I had this two years ago. You will be fine. I was a prodigy patient. My Doc bragged about me. My one tip....get up and walk as much as possible. As soon as you wake up, walk. Walk walk walk walk walk. it helps you recover. The hot nurse will not blow you, and you probably won't be able to feel it through the morphine anyway. Use the blue button sparingly. The catheter didn't hurt me but I am a chick and I don't know how it feels to pee into one with a penis. Good luck!mdb913 said:
Also, I didn't have amnesia.
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[Initial portion of post modified because I appear to have been talking bollocks.]
Anesthetic affects different people in different ways. People will often talk wildly when they come out of it. It's important not just for the patient but for his or her family to recognize that anesthetic is not a truth serum. If, God forbid, you "confess" to shagging the neighbour, that doesn't mean it's true; people have also come up asking after spouses they never had, pets that have been dead for years, or siblings who don't exist. If you will have a relative or spouse by you when you're coming out of anesthetic, you might want to talk about this.
Personally, although it might sound silly, I think I would also pin a note to myself once I was settled in and ready to head to the operating room - a note indicating what I'm meant to have done to me. One hates to think of it, but hospital staff are not immune to clerical errors. I'd hate to wake up missing the wrong part of me.
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Anesthetic affects different people in different ways. People will often talk wildly when they come out of it. It's important not just for the patient but for his or her family to recognize that anesthetic is not a truth serum. If, God forbid, you "confess" to shagging the neighbour, that doesn't mean it's true; people have also come up asking after spouses they never had, pets that have been dead for years, or siblings who don't exist. If you will have a relative or spouse by you when you're coming out of anesthetic, you might want to talk about this.
Personally, although it might sound silly, I think I would also pin a note to myself once I was settled in and ready to head to the operating room - a note indicating what I'm meant to have done to me. One hates to think of it, but hospital staff are not immune to clerical errors. I'd hate to wake up missing the wrong part of me.
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Well... quick note to Shang... they generally allow nurses to do female catheters, but only doctors can do male catheters, because of the greater diffuclty of catherising a penis.
Good luck to ...the original poster whose name I cannot remember because it's a series of letters and numbers and that confuses me.
And I also have to go under general anaesthetic in the not-too-distant future. I am also a leetle nervous. Let's start a support group
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Good luck to ...the original poster whose name I cannot remember because it's a series of letters and numbers and that confuses me.
And I also have to go under general anaesthetic in the not-too-distant future. I am also a leetle nervous. Let's start a support group
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Vermilion said:
I stand corrected. And as far away from the catheters as possible!
And I also have to go under general anaesthetic in the not-too-distant future. I am also a leetle nervous. Let's start a support group
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I've only been under once, and for a matter so minor that no cathaterization was required. It was actually quite pleasant - like a very relaxing sleep. But now that the catheter issue has been raised, I'm suddenly much less relaxed about my upcoming round with the stuff. Hmmm. Blast it!
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BlackShanglan said:
I very much doubt I'll need a catheter for a wisdom tooth extraction... Leastways I fucking hope not!!! I'm scared enough that they'll be hacking into the bone of my jaw...
What's your Op for Shang, if you don't mind me being seriously nosy
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Vermilion said:I very much doubt I'll need a catheter for a wisdom tooth extraction... Leastways I fucking hope not!!! I'm scared enough that they'll be hacking into the bone of my jaw...
What's your Op for Shang, if you don't mind me being seriously nosy
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I don't mind. I shall PM you - out of respect for the fact that nothing, really, is so terribly uninteresting to most people as someone else's medical problems.
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I have had more than my share of surgeries. Someone mentioned pinning a note with the operation you are scheduled to have...great idea.
I have noticed that, for me anyway, when I come out of the anesthetic, I would be shivering like Im freezing to death, or I was throwing up like theres no tomorrow. I think you can talk to the gas passer and find out what side effects what he is planning on using will have and possibly ask him to change it if you dont like what he says.
I have been thinking about having GB myself...heres wishing you all the luck with it.
I have noticed that, for me anyway, when I come out of the anesthetic, I would be shivering like Im freezing to death, or I was throwing up like theres no tomorrow. I think you can talk to the gas passer and find out what side effects what he is planning on using will have and possibly ask him to change it if you dont like what he says.
I have been thinking about having GB myself...heres wishing you all the luck with it.
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Southern, my mother has had very negative experiences with anesthetic, and she did discuss that with the anesthetist the last time she had to have surgery. The results were excellent; he found a different way to achieve the desired results, and she had no nauseous, terrifying, disorienting nightmares and horrific waking up.
The poor old dear. It wasn't that major of a surgery and I was surprised that she seemed so anxious about it - not realizing how bad the reactions to anesthesia had been in the past. Once they told her that they'd be going a totally different way without those side effects, she was chirpy as a bird. It wasn't the cutting and pinning she was afraid of.
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The poor old dear. It wasn't that major of a surgery and I was surprised that she seemed so anxious about it - not realizing how bad the reactions to anesthesia had been in the past. Once they told her that they'd be going a totally different way without those side effects, she was chirpy as a bird. It wasn't the cutting and pinning she was afraid of.
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I had hernia surgery last summer and was able to get something without any side effects for me as well except that it seemed to wear off very slowly. I was almost in twilight for several hours after waking up but no nausea or anything else. I will take the twilight ty very much.BlackShanglan said:
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I've been under... *thinks to self - - - outloud, because it is more dramatic that way... 2 c-sections, 1 wisdom teeth removal (yep they knocked me out!), 1 cyst removal, 1 Gastric Bypass Surgery, 1 ovary/fallopian tube/excess scar tissue removal, 1 reopening incision surgery, 1 skin grafting surgery to replace flesh eaten bacteria surgery, 1 midline tummy tuck surgery to remove dead tissue from flesh eating bacteria surgery... * Hmmm.... 9 times.
You'll go to sleep and then wake up. The IV meds going in may burn, but it will pass. You'll feel yourself getting a bit loopy, possibly drunk feeling or dizzy. (This is my experience though so you may differ). When you wake up they are not going to let you have any ice chips until they know you are not nauseated. You will be thirsty and your throat dry, because they stick a tube down your throat during surgery, not until you're out though. The only thing they put on your face is a mask for your nose and it is full of a mixture of oxygen and sleepy stuff.
You'll be asked to rate your pain on the 1-10 scale. A stupid scale if you ask me. Be honest. If it hurts then go high on the scale and they will give you morphine directly through your IV. (Usually until you're about a 3 or 4).
You'll leave recovery with a morphine drip (most likely). Dar says in her advice to use it sparingly. My advice is opposite of hers. If the nurse says you're morphine drip is set up for every 20 min.(mine was every 10 - with my last surgery)... then for that first 24 hours use it every 20 minutes. You DO NOT want your pain to run away with you. Once it is more than you can stand you will have a hard time catching up and getting relief will take longer. So every 20 minutes, hit the button. If you are sleeping then hit it when you wake up. The drip machine is designed to not overdose you. If you hit it early, it isn't going to give you the meds. So if you hit it and 10 min. later hit it again... too bad for you, you have to wait the full 20 min. to get the dosage.
Try to get up on the right side of the bed, not the left, all your major incisions will be on the left side, unless they have to do an open incision in the front of your stomach. You are the patient so if that means your IV pump has to be dragged to the right side of the bed for you to get up, then insist it is done. If they are able, then they can and should listen to you.
Walk as soon as you can. Don't think you can do it alone, let the nurse walk with you those first few times. Even if you only walk from the bed to the bathroom... WALK!
Okay... I think that is all the post op advice I can think of that doesn't revolve around the surgery itself. Here is a link to my "Supporting Red" thread. You're more than welcome to read about how my last 7 mths have been or ask me questions here, PM, IM, or in the Support Thread. https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=463688
Most of all, I wish you luck and support is always here, whether it be from me, or the various folks on Lit. You'll have a tough road ahead of you, but it is so worth it. I do hope everything works out great for you and I look forward to hearing how the nurses are in your neck of the woods.
Ohhhh catheters... They hurt like a mother going in, but they drain the bladder as it creates urine, so the fluid comes out without you even realizing it. It hurts when they pull the tube out too.
Ohhhh and don't be surprised if you leave the hospital with a drain. This is a tube placed inside your body cavity and it is attached to a bulb that hangs from a small incision in your side. The tube has four channels that will draw the excess surgical fluids, saline as well as some blood out of the body cavity. You may go home with this and be asked to record the amount of fluid collected every day. Once it reaches 30 ml. you'll have the tube and bulb removed. Again, this is not something all surgeons do, but it is something you may have when you leave the hospital.
Good luck!
Red.
You'll go to sleep and then wake up. The IV meds going in may burn, but it will pass. You'll feel yourself getting a bit loopy, possibly drunk feeling or dizzy. (This is my experience though so you may differ). When you wake up they are not going to let you have any ice chips until they know you are not nauseated. You will be thirsty and your throat dry, because they stick a tube down your throat during surgery, not until you're out though. The only thing they put on your face is a mask for your nose and it is full of a mixture of oxygen and sleepy stuff.
You'll be asked to rate your pain on the 1-10 scale. A stupid scale if you ask me. Be honest. If it hurts then go high on the scale and they will give you morphine directly through your IV. (Usually until you're about a 3 or 4).
You'll leave recovery with a morphine drip (most likely). Dar says in her advice to use it sparingly. My advice is opposite of hers. If the nurse says you're morphine drip is set up for every 20 min.(mine was every 10 - with my last surgery)... then for that first 24 hours use it every 20 minutes. You DO NOT want your pain to run away with you. Once it is more than you can stand you will have a hard time catching up and getting relief will take longer. So every 20 minutes, hit the button. If you are sleeping then hit it when you wake up. The drip machine is designed to not overdose you. If you hit it early, it isn't going to give you the meds. So if you hit it and 10 min. later hit it again... too bad for you, you have to wait the full 20 min. to get the dosage.
Try to get up on the right side of the bed, not the left, all your major incisions will be on the left side, unless they have to do an open incision in the front of your stomach. You are the patient so if that means your IV pump has to be dragged to the right side of the bed for you to get up, then insist it is done. If they are able, then they can and should listen to you.
Walk as soon as you can. Don't think you can do it alone, let the nurse walk with you those first few times. Even if you only walk from the bed to the bathroom... WALK!
Okay... I think that is all the post op advice I can think of that doesn't revolve around the surgery itself. Here is a link to my "Supporting Red" thread. You're more than welcome to read about how my last 7 mths have been or ask me questions here, PM, IM, or in the Support Thread. https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=463688
Most of all, I wish you luck and support is always here, whether it be from me, or the various folks on Lit. You'll have a tough road ahead of you, but it is so worth it. I do hope everything works out great for you and I look forward to hearing how the nurses are in your neck of the woods.
Ohhhh catheters... They hurt like a mother going in, but they drain the bladder as it creates urine, so the fluid comes out without you even realizing it. It hurts when they pull the tube out too.
Ohhhh and don't be surprised if you leave the hospital with a drain. This is a tube placed inside your body cavity and it is attached to a bulb that hangs from a small incision in your side. The tube has four channels that will draw the excess surgical fluids, saline as well as some blood out of the body cavity. You may go home with this and be asked to record the amount of fluid collected every day. Once it reaches 30 ml. you'll have the tube and bulb removed. Again, this is not something all surgeons do, but it is something you may have when you leave the hospital.
Good luck!
Red.
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Also... this is a great place to go when you have a question you want answered right away. http://www.obesityhelp.com/
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Vermilion said:
Definitely not true. I had a foley inserted when I underwent surgery for my DVT, and it was a nurse who put it in and took it out. Trust me, though, I wasn't complaining (except for the fact that a tube was being shoved where nothing should EVER be shoved), since she was pretty cute. . .
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I'm sure they are unpleasant for women, and men often find them downright intimidating. If you are going under general anesthesia, then it will probably be inserted when you are asleep. But you will almost certainly be awake when it is removed.
A catheter tends to irritate the urethra, and I actually found the first time passing urine after the removal to be particularly unpleasant.
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I have had catheters inserted (and removed) several times while being investigated for urinary malfunction that eventually proved to have a cause well away from the urinary system.
Whether insertion of a catheter hurts or not depends on the skill of the practitioner. In a specialist urology clinic I didn't feel anything except some slight discomfort.
After removal, that also depends on the skill, there may be some short term pain when passing water. That should pass if sufficient liquid intake is maintained. Not drinking because it hurts to pee is a sure-fire way to make it hurt more.
In most cases I found that the pain was reduced within a couple of hours and completely gone within a day, and anyway it was insignificant compared to other pain from surgery. Painkillers for surgery pain usually coped with the pain in the uretha as well.
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Whether insertion of a catheter hurts or not depends on the skill of the practitioner. In a specialist urology clinic I didn't feel anything except some slight discomfort.
After removal, that also depends on the skill, there may be some short term pain when passing water. That should pass if sufficient liquid intake is maintained. Not drinking because it hurts to pee is a sure-fire way to make it hurt more.
In most cases I found that the pain was reduced within a couple of hours and completely gone within a day, and anyway it was insignificant compared to other pain from surgery. Painkillers for surgery pain usually coped with the pain in the uretha as well.
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Ogg, thanks very much for the advice. I'd probably have done just the opposite post-surgery in terms of drinking, so you've spared me the effects of my own ignorance. Cheers!
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Vermilion said:Um... Red - got any advice on the removal of a wisdom tooth from the lower jaw....? I haven't been KO for surgery since I was 5 and I'm a leetle nervy...
PM me if you do, I feel bad about hijacking this thread
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PM sent - I hope it helps.
*think ... ice cream*
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Don't go to Doctor Crawford in Clovis New Mexico. Also, don't get any dental work done when you are within one week of your period. For some reason the hormones can increase the likelihood of dry sockets and thats a kind of pain you don't want (believe me, I know) I had a wisdom tooth cut out of my jaw bone a couple of years back and it was horrible. I would rather have six children back to back than ever go through it again. I had a dry socket and an inept doctor who kept trying to prescribe me pain medication the pharmacies here didn't carry.Vermilion said:Um... Red - got any advice on the removal of a wisdom tooth from the lower jaw....? I haven't been KO for surgery since I was 5 and I'm a leetle nervy...
PM me if you do, I feel bad about hijacking this thread
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I've seen the inside of the operating room more than my share, too. On most things, I tend to agree with RedHaired. Especially about the morphine drip. You cannot overdose on it. The only drawback is that the relief is short lived. Once you're able to tolerate clear liquids, they should move you to pills for pain relief. These, in my opinion, are much more effective since they last 4 to 6 hours instead of the 20 minutes or so that the morphine drip does.
Catheters were no big deal either time, either inserting or removing. No pain experienced at all, just a little burning the first time you pee. Drink plenty to keep your urine diluted and you should be bothered little.
The only thing I can add is to ask the nurses for a tummy splint. These were of great help to hold against incisions when they come in and ask you to cough and move. They are a flat sheet folded into a small square and inserted into a pillowcase and taped closed. Hold it against your incision when you move, cough, etc. Hell, make your own now and take it with you. It's that helpful.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Catheters were no big deal either time, either inserting or removing. No pain experienced at all, just a little burning the first time you pee. Drink plenty to keep your urine diluted and you should be bothered little.
The only thing I can add is to ask the nurses for a tummy splint. These were of great help to hold against incisions when they come in and ask you to cough and move. They are a flat sheet folded into a small square and inserted into a pillowcase and taped closed. Hold it against your incision when you move, cough, etc. Hell, make your own now and take it with you. It's that helpful.
Good luck and keep us posted.
