Shout Out to JayMot

Hey Jay Man..,,,just want to wish you the best of luck on Wednesday!
Don't stress it.....it'll be over before ya know it.

JayMot, good luck, you will be fine, we are all here for you when you get to the other side of this

Hey Jay -

You will be just fine - we will catch up after surgery -

Bobby Mac

JayMot,

Looking forward to a good post op report from you. You've got this! And you've got the summer to recover with no work so recover quickly and enjoy the time at home!

Bump.......so the J-Man can find it once he get's his lazy buttski outta the lazyboy to give us an update.

I got a txt from him yesterday. He's home as of last night. Doc's initial report was favorable, but I'll let him get into his specifics when he has the time.

Milkshakes & Margaritas!!!!

Hey everyone.

I had the surgery at 8:00AM on June 1. In recovery by noon. Dr said everything went textbook. He said everything looked good and nothing concerned him. Full nerve sparing on left, partial on right. I know he does not have microscopic eyes, but he's seen just about everything in those previous 4,600 surgeries, so I feel pretty good going into my recovery phase.

I was in recovery for 5 hours as a room was not ready. At 5:00, they moved me into a private room. Walked the hallways at 11:00PM for about 20 mins. Really tough getting in and out of bed. Slept good as pain killers knocked me out. Breakfast in hospital was solid food, but I just asked for oatmeal, yogurt and applesauce.

I came home yesterday. I was hurting. Walked around backyard for 25 mins. Dinner was 2 poached eggs on toast. Had a jello later in night. Slept in recliner good last night as I was still taking the pain pills.

Both yesterday and today had a lot of anesthesia pain in shoulders. Really bad. Used heat pad on shoulders based on someones recommendation. Worked pretty good.

Breakfast this AM was oatmeal again. I have no apatite yet. Walked about 20 mins this afternoon then into my first shower. Passed gas for the first time after shower (3 times!), what a relief. Climbed into my bed and took a nap. Took my last pain pill at 4:30AM this morning. I am hoping I am done with them. Started stool softeners in hospital and took over the counter ones today. I did a bowel prep for surgery, so there just ain't too much in me now.

I have abdominal bloating. Looks like I am a couple months pregnant. I think walking will take care of that. Right now, I plan to walk at least another 20 mins tonight. I thought I'd be gung-ho on walking, but it is hard when you are hurting.

Managing the catheter has been a concern. It seems that when I sit, it drains well, but when I lay down, it does not do it so well. So, I sit up, and it begins draining, I wait awhile, then lay back down.

So, that was a quick update. Sorry for any typos, as I am doing this on my phone.

I am hoping that every day gets me a little better and nothing comes up that would slow that down. Thanks for the well wishes. My pathology appt is Tuesday. I am nervous, but will finally know where I stand.

J

Sounds like all is going according to plan Jay. Welcome to the other side.
You'll start to see improvement before you know it.
Keep the cath bag at a lower level than your bladder and it's related apparatus and you should be fine. The bloating is probably the gas they pumped into you. Keep farting, that will take care of that

Hang in there Ina couple of days it will be considerably easier to get out of bed.
Keeping fingers tightly crossed for a good path report

Looking forward to a favorable pathology report