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Posted 8/24/2013 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
in less than 4 hours i'll be on my way to the hospital for my surgery.

wish me luck! :-)

Posted 8/25/2013 12:59 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck! :)
Posted 8/25/2013 1:03 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck & prayers for a smooth & quick recovery :)
Posted 8/25/2013 1:12 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck! Hope this surgery improves your quality of life, and that both surgery and recovery go very
Posted 8/25/2013 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck and prayers for an easy recovery.
Posted 8/25/2013 3:03 AM (GMT 0)
thanks so much everyone!
Posted 8/25/2013 3:19 AM (GMT 0)
Best of luck in surgery and for a swift and troublefree recovery and new, vastly superior quality of life after the recovery!
Posted 8/25/2013 5:34 AM (GMT 0)
Hodaya,
don't be worried about all that stuff! You are going to be fine, and we're waiting to hear from you after surgery!
Posted 8/25/2013 9:13 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck and hope all goes well.
Posted 8/25/2013 5:16 PM (GMT 0)
thanks everyone. surgery was 9 am its now 8 pm here. surgoen said all went as planned. the epidural is awesome ihave no pain at all! its smazinvg ! my legs are numb but they say. im very sleepy
Posted 8/25/2013 6:21 PM (GMT 0)
Hazlachah! I was waiting for your post! See, told you all would be good, and the epidural would make it different than the other times. I'm looking forward to hearing how the next days go for you. Don'tyou have a new stoma? Happy birthday!
Posted 8/25/2013 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
WOW it's finally happening. Best of luck and God bless.
Posted 8/25/2013 7:22 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck Hodaya!!! Prayers coming your way.
Posted 8/25/2013 8:33 PM (GMT 0)
Awesome!!  Must admit that I'm a bit jealous of all you patients that get an epidural... Glad things went well & I'll continue to look for your updates  :)
Posted 8/25/2013 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
Yay!!! Enjoy the sleep and the good drugs!
Posted 8/26/2013 10:41 PM (GMT 0)
I hope you are having a good day and on the road to feeling great!!
Posted 8/27/2013 5:16 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all. Epidural was just for the first 24 hrs, or even less. Then there was alot of pain. There still is. Thanks for everyone's support.
Posted 8/27/2013 6:54 PM (GMT 0)
Hard to write with my cell phone. Butt wound is killing me. It seems its getting worst not bette
Posted 8/27/2013 9:43 PM (GMT 0)
Tell them you need something stronger for the pain.
You will get through it! It will get better!
Lots of hug!
Posted 8/28/2013 12:00 AM (GMT 0)
Do you know what they have you on? I was on Dilaudid, Tylenol & Toradol. It helped as long as I kept them on top of it - not even a minute late :)
Posted 8/28/2013 12:53 AM (GMT 0)
I didn't get an epidural at all, but did have Dilaudid pump right through my IV and I felt very little pain. Once the pump was gone they had me on....percocet, I think? Just tell them you are in pain and they should do something for you.

Edited to add....I also didn't have the butt wound to deal with, which I hear can be pretty rough. My surgeon felt I was too sick and weak for my body to be able to handle recovering from that part of the surgery, so she left me alone down there!
Posted 8/28/2013 1:00 AM (GMT 0)
voltaren (NSAID) shot is the only thing that hekps some . I just feel like crap and it seems it will never get better. But hearing you say it helps .
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