RNY in Comparison to C-SECTION???

CHYNALYZ
on 3/4/10 8:34 pm

I've had 3 c-sections. The first one took me over 3 weeks to get back into the swing of things but 10 years later with my last c-section, I was driving and on day 4.  My question is,

Has anyone had a c-section and RNY and how do the compare pain wise... I know that when one has a c-section, they cut through muscle, moves things around, and one tends to have gas pains, staples, etc. Is it the same tenderness? I'm afraid of pain. I've had my acl and meniscus repaired in my knee and that was the worse pain I've ever felt when the medication from surgery wore off. Contractions were a piece of cake compared to that pain. So I think if I prepare myself mentally that it's going to hurt like hell, or that it's not that bad, it will be better...

oh and has anyone had a reaction to the anesthesia? @ out of my 3 c-sections gave me what I like to call "crack head symptoms". I was itching, and scratching, and felt like things were crawling on my back and my head. It felt like crumbs in the bed. My skin was crawling. I couldn't stop itching. I was so miserable the first night. If so, will they be able to give benadryl or something to ease the symptoms?

Thanks
~KATT~


HW 250/SW 249/CW 147/GW 140

wonkad
on 3/4/10 9:37 pm - IL
RNY - Painful. Painful. Ouch.
C-Sect - Bearable.

I don't remember gas with my C-Sect. I had a lot of issues sitting and standing up...nothing that a pillow couldn't fix.

The RNY was painful due to the gas. Overall, I was uncomfortable for 3-4 days, but I was back to work in 7 days. 

Maybe it was the morphine that gave you the "crackhead symptoms"....that's a usual side effect. I was given Benadryl and it worked wonders.

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CHYNALYZ
on 3/4/10 10:37 pm
Thank you for your info, appreciate it. Not as nervous anymore. Ok, Just a little nervous.. LOL
Hugga76
on 3/4/10 11:36 pm
My C-section was painful but for me that pain was to be expected because I had an incision big enough to pull an 8.6oz baby through.

RNY was very deceiving because of the laproscopy.  In my mind such small incisions shouldn't be very painful right?  Wrong, I felt like I wa**** by a bus several times.
I'm not trying to scare you I'm just being honest.  It could just be my case but my surgeon told me that I had a bad reaction to the surgery (whatever that means). 

I think the biggest difference in the surgeries that makes all the difference in the world is the pain management.  They can't give you the good stuff like percocete and vicadin(sp) like they would with the c-section because of your new pouch so you have to settle for the morphine pump which for me was like pumping saline into my I V.

If I had to do it all over again knowing what I was in for I'd do it, it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Best of luck to you

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CHYNALYZ
on 3/5/10 12:39 am
Oh there is no turning back from here. I am going on a cruise in 4months, and despite my previous cruises where food was a focal point, Clothes are now. So I figure... BRING IT.. I hope it isn't that bad, but I am prepared for the worse...  and I'm going on another cruise in October, the romantic one, I want to look n feel sexy on that one...  So, I will just pray when the pain hits and hope that God isn't overwhelmed that day and can ease it just a little...   LOL

Thank you for sharing your experience...

KATT
klassiest
on 3/5/10 2:20 am - Silver Spring, MD
I have had 3 c-sections too, so I was thinking the same thing how painful is this surgery?  I also had the same reaction itching things crawling on me when I was coming off the medicine.  In my opinion surgery was not that bad.  When I woke up I was in extreme pain when the medicine was wearing off but they were transferring me to my hospital room so they had not started my morphine drip after that it was OK.  Everything is still vivid to me because my surgery was 02/16/10.  It gets better everyday. I'm still a little tired but I know that was to be expected.  I work for the Postal Service and was back at work in a week.  So just keep praying it will work out. 
CHYNALYZ
on 3/5/10 2:54 am
WOW Klassiest, you are a trooper... I would still be home from work, even if I was feeling better. Great Postal service employees, no RAIN, HAIL, SLEET OR SNOW, not even WLS can keep them....

I hope everything is going well with your surgery and recovery, and WEIGHT LOSS.... Think of the summer and how fabulous you will look in them clothes...
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