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Should I expect to have a catheter in when I wake up from surgery? Or will they let me walk to the potty? I know all doctors are different - I'm just curious. I just like to prepare myself mentally for whatever is to come and my surgeon didn't mention this. Thanks! Rebecca

I had a cathedar in when I woke up. It was taken out the next morning. Thank goodness!

Yeah Becky We can see you! How did you do that? You are beautiful! I am so sorry I wasn't able to see you yesterday. I got home about 4 o'clock and was drained. I don't know how I am going to make it this summer. The heat is so hard on me. I hope you are able to complete your prep without getting sick. I will be praying for you and listening for the GREAT report on you. Smiles, Jan

Hey Jan! I emailed it in two weeks ago today. After I emailed them yesterday to check on it, they posted it. I hate pics of myself!! I've got my two "bottles" in the fridge getting nice and cold. My potty and I are gonna be best friends tomorrow. I know exactly what you mean about the heat. Honestly, though, since being on this liquid diet for two weeks I'm kinda getting a little cool natured. That's a miracle for me. I wonder if it will last. You're gonna be next, Jan - I can feel it in my bones!!! How did your appointment go? Becky

Hey Rebecca...I was just reading your profile and we have something in common. You have a solomon island eclectus male and I have a grand eclectus female. How strange is that? I dont know many people in MS who have eclectus'. I also have an african grey. I am also on a chat list for ecletus'. Its LandofVos.com and you join. It is a wealth of information. Have you ever been to this site? How old is your electus? My female is going to be 5 this December. She is a doll. We want a male so bad but it is so hard to find a grand male anywhere in the state. I just love my birds so much. I could talk about them for days. They talk and talk and talk. My grey calls my dog and my daughter and my husband by name. He doesnt say my name but when he calls them its my voice. When the phone rings he says "Hello, yea, okay, okay, bye" Its terribly hillarious. He just thinks he knows everything. If I ask a question to anyone he says "YEA" ...like he knows the answer. My greys name is Ozzy Ozburd and my ecletus' name is Lexy Lou Who.

Hey Christine.....Mr. GreenJeans is about 3-1/2 years old. He's a clown. The only thing is, he only talks in my husband's voice. He also talks to Bernie, our ****atiel. When Bernie starts screaming "Baby!!!", Mr. GreenJeans goes "Berrrnnniiieeeee". We used to have a female SI eclectus a few years back. Her name was Tootsie. Now she talked exactly like me. She used to sing "Jesus Loves Me" so beautifully! We ended up giving her to a very respectible breeder on the coast for breeding because she got in her breeding mode and didn't want to come out of it. I miss her to this day, but the breeder says she is really happy. We're bird lovers, too. Us bird people are special, huh?

You have to be special to deal with these little creatures... haha.. Mine talk the instant the sun comes up. They are sun worshipers. My female is very hormonal. She needs a mate badly. I am weary though of making her a breeder cause I still want her as my pet. But, I couldnt imagine spending my life without my mate. So.. if we find the right male --she will get her man! She gets under the covers on the sofa and digs like she is trying to make a nest. She has pulled her feathers out but with lots of georges aloe and baths they are coming in beautifly. The vet says she is fine but wanted to breed. Every time I would rub her back feathers I would say Tickle Tickle Tickle and now when I touch her back there she cluckes and says Tickle Tickle Tickle. My vet says I shouldnt stroke her like that cause it makes her "horny" but I still do it. Shame on me. Hope that word doesnt offend anyone. Shes my girl. I have tried to get mine to sing "Found a Peanut" But they obviously dont like that song. They seem to like Opera. We have those Syrius music stations and when we leave the house we leave it on opera or lite pop hits. They love music and they love when I hold them and sing and dance with them. They are my life! My grey has broken 2 latches on his cage. He is so smart that he has figured out how to get them open. We have come home twice and he has been out sitting on top of his cage so proud of what he had done. Its getting hard keeping him contained. I have to watch him closely cause he likes to travel to her cage and she tries to eat him thru the cage. He doesnt understand that she doesnt like him at all. He loves her so much too. I know I am boring but I love talking about them.

Hiya Rebecca Chances are, you'll have one when you wake up. Depending on how well you get around on your own, they will probably take it out when you request it. I was up and around the next day going to the bathroom anyways, so I said "take it off of me, its not doing me any good since I gotta go number 2 anyways" Good luck and we'll be thinking of you !! ~Andie~

Hi Andie: I don't want one!!!! But at least I can prepare myself mentally now. Thanks!! Becky

I would guess that you would have a catheter, it seems like they do that for most surgeries, cause they measure the fluids that they give you and then the output of urine, to make sure that the kidneys are doing the job! Also if you have a morphine pump and are wired up, it is easier for you too cause you might fall. Morphine makes me hallucinate, so I am going to ask if there might be another alternative! I said after my big hernia surgery, complete with morphine pump, catheter, and drain tubes, that I would never be able to be a drug addict cause I could not get it togather to get more drugs! LOL! I was loopy the entire time until they let me have pain meds on demand. I just would rather have a shot when I am hurting! But they say that a lot of pain runs your blood pressure up so that is the reason for the morphine! Hang in there! Cheryl