Wow! VSG surgery was this AM and what an amazing surgeon and team! Dr. Ghanem did an excellent job this am. I was very comfortable through the procedure, was given broth, popsicles (sugar free) and cranberry juice with water in the medicine cups. I expected to wake up hurting with pain! 16 hours before surgery, Ifound some chewable quick desolve tabs for gas relief post op. What a life saver!!! The pain I had was where they pulled out the stomach and sutured an area to prevent a hernia.
I went in at 8:30 am they put me on a table near the robot nicknamed “Da Vinci” that assisted my doctor. The amazing anesthesiologist then put me comfortably to sleep. For the next 7 hours I had Surgery performed then rolled into recovery with no pain on my left ( your right ) yet I had
pain from the extraction site. When they rolled me to my room and started giving me water in medicine cups and a popsicle my pain quickly neutralized. So make sure to sip, sip, sip! They advised 3 medicine cups per hour for 4 hours. I am on fluids on an I.V. so nurses count cups I drink and my urine in the medical hat they put in toilet.
I have been up walking around most of the day and plan on leaving hospital in the a.m!
I went in at 8:30 am they put me on a table near the robot nicknamed “Da Vinci” that assisted my doctor. The amazing anesthesiologist then put me comfortably to sleep. For the next 7 hours I had Surgery performed then rolled into recovery with no pain on my left ( your right ) yet I had
pain from the extraction site. When they rolled me to my room and started giving me water in medicine cups and a popsicle my pain quickly neutralized. So make sure to sip, sip, sip! They advised 3 medicine cups per hour for 4 hours. I am on fluids on an I.V. so nurses count cups I drink and my urine in the medical hat they put in toilet.
I have been up walking around most of the day and plan on leaving hospital in the a.m!
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