3 days Post-OP

  Hello all! I made it to the other side of the bench and what a ride!

Just some random thoughts from a dude fresh from the experience.

The worst parts for me were/are the gas pains in the shoulder - it feels like I pitched 13 innings -  I am walking, walking, walking and loving my heating pad....
...and the hospital stay - the staff was awesome but I could not sleep a wink...I had an old guy as a roommate who snored and groaned all night. Add to that he was very hard of hearing so the staff would yell in the middle of the night "OK MR.BOOTH,WE ARE GOING TO CHECK YOUR BLOOD" 
...other than that it hasn't been that bad - very tired - actually got weepy-eyed when I stepped back in my house...my wife has been awesome thru this and has taken a lot of stuff off my plate....every day I feel better and better...
now it is time to get in those 64 oz of water !!!

Welcome home, had surgery the same day.  I got no sleep in the hospital either but it was because they were taking phenomenal care of me.  I have no complaints!

I agree that the gas pains have been the worst parts of this.  Having a baby was harder!

I am 4 days out.  I work at the surgical hospital that I had my surgery at.  They only have single rooms that look more like a 5 star hotel.  I was also lucky to get to try out a new bed that they where trying out cause the old ones where too small for me at 6'2''.  I didnt have any real bad gas pains. I was running laps up and down the halls every few hours.  I got lucky that I was very stable on my feet.  I didnt get gas pains hardly at all.  I hope your recovery goes just as well as mine is going so far.