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Posted 7/23/2012 10:49 PM (GMT 0)
11 hours until Nissen #3.

On the plus side, I had all sorts of bad-for-me foods in the past couple of days. I am having the familiar lower chest pain right now, which is helping convince me that I'm making the right decision to go under once again.

Not looking forward to:
Shoulder pain
Catheter
Morphine Nausea
That burning you get when they start to push the Propofol.
Posted 7/23/2012 10:56 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck, MultiFundo. I hope they find the problem and that you'll feel better shortly.
Posted 7/23/2012 11:45 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck with it all!
Thank goodness I didn't have a catheter with mine. He had me in and out in less than an hour. He said I wouldn't need it and I didn't. :)

The propofol does burn terrible. I developed a fever in my vein for two weeks from them injecting it in while some other med hadn't cleared the vein yet. I thought my arm was going to fall off when it went in. It woke me up very quickly! Ouch!
Posted 7/24/2012 12:42 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Multifundo,

Good luck with your surgery!  Hopefully your surgeon will have an easy time of solving your problems and fixing you up with a brand new long-lasting wrap.  Sorry you're having to do another repeat, but at least you're soon on your way to feeling better again.

We'll be here to welcome you back and will be waiting for you to tell us how you're doing. 

Hey, you're a pro...you'll do just fine.

Very best wishes!

Denise

Posted 7/24/2012 1:56 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Multifundo, Good luck with todays surgery I'm sure you will do just fine. Having been through it all before, at least you will know what to expect post op.
All the best
Regards
Buzz
Posted 7/24/2012 8:13 AM (GMT 0)
I am recovering from surgery last week. What causes repeat procedures to be needed. Anything that I should be cognizant of as I recover, other than the usual, that would help prevent future issues?
Posted 7/24/2012 2:59 PM (GMT 0)
Good Luck healing to all
Posted 7/25/2012 9:24 AM (GMT 0)
It is hard to say why repeats are needed. For me, my anatomy just doesn't like to agree with me. But, each redo leaves you a little worse for wear. After #2, I was given a lifetime ban on lifting/carrying over 25 lbs. Who knows what the restriction will be this time.

In other news, I am lying in my hospital room right now. This time, the surgeon opted to do some sort of anchoring to the walls of my abdomen, and I'm pretty sure that's why I seem to be in more pain that the last two procedures. I hate self-administered drug pumps -- if you fall asleep, nobody is clicking the button, so eventually I wake up in agony.

Thanks for the well wishes all - I'm sorry if this reads like a stream of consciousness, since I'm on lots of meds. :)
Posted 7/25/2012 1:30 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Multi,

Yay!  You're on the other side and ready to start healing.  I guess I should figure out a way to welcome you into your new and improved state...I guess it's, Welcome to the yeah yeah yeah Three Redo Wrap Club! yeah yeah yeah

Bill ("The Moderator") is a founding member of your very elite club (You probably read his story on the Resources section).  He has been offline a lot, but he posts his email address on his profile, and I'm sure he'd like to hear from you.  If he learns about your surgery, he will definitely want to provide support and information.

You'll just have to hire someone to sit by your bed when you're sleeping and watch the clock!  Can you ask the nurses to take care of that?  At least try.  They should check in on you and push your button if you sleep a long time.  See if they'll do that for you...they should!  Either that, or maybe they can switch you to another method.  Just tell them about your pain.

Here's hoping the pain subsides soon.  It's always worst the first few days, as you well know. 

Keep us posted!

Very best wishes,

Denise

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