Many prayers for you today....everythings going to go great!

So late yesterday morning I got back from the hospital. Let me start by saying I have nothing negative to say about Dr. Wasco or MWB at all. They were a fantastic team and the nursing staff was fantastic. My BFF gave me a dozen gorgeous appricot roses... I handed them out to the staff as I left because they were just that awesome.  After surgery I was very out of it... and in a lot of pain and the nausea...omg.... was soooo bad.  I'm talking dry heaves, which scared the bejeebes out of me because I remember thinking "that cant' be good"  They went through 4 different types of nausea meds before finding one that worked for me. One type actually gave me heart palpatations.... that was not fun either.  My lower left port....where they menouvered the stapler is the only place I am having pain. I have tried holding a pillow on it, and holding up my tummy.... but there is still pain. It will just take time for that to heal. Now that I am home the nausea only kicks in when I stand up.. .the entire house swoons. This can make walking a challenge. They gave me some anti nausea meds to take home.. but I have to crush them and sprinkle them on jello to eat them. OK.. the taste of the crush meds are enough to make me gag.. so its rather defeating the purpose! Oh..and hiccups... The whole tiime I was at the hospital.. all I did was hiccup!!!  WTF?  I asked Dr. and he said it was because of the placement of the Drain tube (which came out before I came home.. wooooo hoooo)  But  I i   still get the hiccups.. just not as much as I did at the hospital.  Here is a question for the grads. Can you feel your pouch?? I mean I have no hunger, and I eat only because I am told to..... but I can't "feel" it.. I can't recognize when I am full.  I have tried to look for signs.. like a runny nose or hiccup.. but don't have any of those.  Anyway.. so any tips are much appreicated.  Other than that... I suppose it is time for me to take my pain meds.. I try to stay away from them as much as possible.. they make me very loopy and tired!  Thanks everyone for their support while I went through the post surgery jitters!!!

Hang in there Cindy!!!!!

Hi Sharon,   I read your post and thank you.  It has now been a year and a half since the intestinal volvulous surgery.  In some ways I deal with the original problems and other things are much much better.  It is the much much better part that is encouraging.  I am not sure where I am at nutritionally.  I deal with chronic fatigue and some muscle weakness but some of the short gut syndrome symptoms are much better and that makes so much difference socially as well as personally.  I will never be normal.  I think I accept that but others believe there will come a time when I am "healed".  I know that will never happen and that is OK as long as it does not get worse.  Way less diarrhea, way more predictability, less gas and the gas responds somewhat to products like "Beano".  Less abdominal pain after eating.  I can also eat a more normal amount of food.  I was also offered the choice to completely reverse the procedure but that would not give me back the 10 cm they took when I had the volvulous so what would be the point in my opinion.  I would rather be the way I am at least I know where I am at.  I do have bouts of depression, also, but considering the situation, quite normal and it does not last, but I am an upbeat person.   PTSD is a different story and a much more serious disorder, than the situational depression I feel.    In short, I believe it gets better.  It is a slow process, will never be gone, but it does get better.   Jennifer

Good Luck. I'll pray it's all going well for you!