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Topic: Surgical pain control
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Below are questions posted by the public about bariatric surgery and related issues. Please note that we are working very hard to make this system as well-organized as possible. If you have a question to ask, please make sure that it hasn't already been asked yet. Redundant questions reduce the quality of this service.

• (Feb 10, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• concerned about the pain, I did not experience any pain for the WLS (Aug 8, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Have alot of stinging and burning. Is this normal? (Nov 30, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• I am having pain at the top of my incision and under my rib cage . (Jan 9, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• I had surgery on Fri. 14th.,my insicion feels fine. but (Sep 19, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• Abdomen - I am 2 weeks post-op. I have a pinching or stabbing pain 2 inches from beginning of (Jul 10, 1999) (View) (3 answers)
• Addiction. How can I get off the pain medicine perscribed after my surgery? (Jul 25, 1999) (View) (11 answers)
• After you wake up? (May 31, 2000) (View) (19 answers)
• Allergic to every pain medication I have ever taken (Apr 4, 2003) (View) (12 answers)
• ANoyone have get a pain on the side of incision 2m post op??? (Jan 16, 2000) (View) (2 answers)
• Any body out there had a G-feeding tube put in can help me with pain. (Dec 5, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Any ideas on reviving a numb behind? (Jun 27, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Any reason why they shouldn't give anti-nausea meds with anasthesia routinely? (Feb 9, 2003) (View) (9 answers)
• Any suggestions or hints to reduce pain getting in and out of bed after open RNY ? (Dec 27, 2002) (View) (15 answers)
• Anyone experience a burning pain around incision sight? (Jul 6, 2003) (View) (4 answers)
• Anyone experiencing this pain? (Aug 22, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• anyone had muscle spasms after surgery?? (Jul 11, 2002) (View) (8 answers)
• Anyone heard of, or had a thorasic epidural? (Aug 10, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• ANYONE USE A ABDOMINAL BINDER AND WAS IT HELPFUL FOR PAIN & EASIER TO GET AROUND (May 31, 2002) (View) (12 answers)
• Are you awake when they put the NG tube in? (Jun 8, 2002) (View) (7 answers)
• Are you awake with epidural? (Aug 16, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• Are your ribs broke during WLS? (Oct 25, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• Ava's Info--I now have a new page on Surgical and Recovery Pain! (Jul 5, 2000) (View) (48 answers)
• Calling Dr. John LoManco, MD, PA (Nov 28, 2004) (View) (3 answers)
• can an epidoral be given for open rny to minamize hair loss? (Feb 18, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• Can an epidural cause injury to your spinen when they insert it? what can occur? (Oct 16, 2001) (View) (5 answers)
• Can anyone tell me how bad the pain is after gastric bypass and how long does it last (Jan 15, 2009) (View) (14 answers)
• Can anyone tell me what are the procedures right after surgery while you are still in (May 20, 2009) (View) (1 answer)
• Can I have wls while under a spinal block? w/ no general anesthesia? (May 18, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• Can someone help me with comorbidities? (Jan 18, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• Can someone please help iron then pain (Jul 28, 2004) (View) (3 answers)
• can we take tramadol HDL for pain (May 7, 2007) (View) (10 answers)
• Can you have surgery without being totally put under? (Mar 25, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Can you suggust a small (in size) pill for pain that will not hurt our pouch? (Feb 29, 2004) (View) (6 answers)
• Concerns about narcotics (Dec 7, 2004) (View) (14 answers)
• Could you please send me the sheet for pain and any other sheets you have. (Oct 23, 2002) (View) (1 answer)
• Did anyone get a Hernia from the surgery? (Apr 12, 2005) (View) (8 answers)
• Did anyone have extreme pouch along with back pain when you get hungry? (Oct 14, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• Did anyone have toradol IV instead of morphine? (Oct 14, 2003) (View) (11 answers)
• Did anyone post-op have problems with the epidural? (Jul 26, 2000) (View) (5 answers)
• did anyone receive the duragesic patch to control pain after surgery? (Dec 30, 2000) (View) (3 answers)
• Did anyone suffer from sciatica while in the hospital after surgery? (Oct 7, 2003) (View) (5 answers)
• Do the Dr's at UC Davis in Sacramento do Distal RNY? (Mar 27, 2001) (View) (1 answer)
• Do you have to have a breathing tube in after surgery? (Oct 2, 2000) (View) (5 answers)
• Do you still have gas pain with an open RNY? (Feb 16, 2001) (View) (7 answers)
• does anyone else have this pain on the right side of your belly button and do you kno (Feb 23, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• Does anyone have any info on having hiatel hernis repair at the same time as wls? (Feb 21, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• Does BTC give an epidural before surgery? (Aug 16, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Does everyone experience pain when the drain tubes are being pulled out from (Feb 22, 2004) (View) (10 answers)
• Does everyone have to have a epidural before surgery ? (Sep 15, 2000) (View) (8 answers)
• Does going on a low fat diet prior to surgery affect postop pain? (Oct 15, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• does it hurt less if you lose weight first? (May 9, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Does the epidural just numb you, or is there pain medication in it also? (Jul 5, 2000) (View) (5 answers)
• Does the needle for an epidural hurt? (Jan 14, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• DOES THE SIMON FILTER PLACEMENT HURT WHEN ITS PLACED? (Aug 9, 2003) (View) (2 answers)
• Does tylenol work for you? (Apr 28, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• Doesn't the doctor give you something to relax you post-op? (Oct 10, 2001) (View) (6 answers)
• drainage tube irritating diaphragm and pancreas? (Nov 11, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• Epidural vs. Morphine Pump (Oct 14, 2000) (View) (8 answers)
• Epidurals not allowed? (Jul 18, 2001) (View) (8 answers)
• Everyone keeps writing about a hernia repair with mesh, What is a mesh? (May 15, 2004) (View) (2 answers)
• for male only and an older one please. over 50. how much does it hurt to pee ? (Jan 18, 2009) (View) (5 answers)
• For those post-ops who had an epidural (May 4, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• G tube (May 16, 2005) (View) (3 answers)
• general anesthesia verses iv sedation (Nov 4, 2004) (View) (3 answers)
• HAS ANISTESIA CHANGED? (Apr 10, 2001) (View) (8 answers)
• Has anybody had an epidural during WLS? (Sep 14, 1999) (View) (3 answers)
• Has anyone been given Nubain for pain control while in the hospital? (Jan 31, 2002) (View) (6 answers)
• Has anyone been hypnotised prior to or after surgery? (Feb 12, 2001) (View) (1 answer)
• Has anyone else been (Jun 2, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• Has anyone ever had an epidural and stayed awake for surgery?? (May 21, 2000) (View) (2 answers)
• Has anyone every had abdominoplasty/panniculectomy surgery? (Jun 2, 2003) (View) (1 answer)
• Has anyone experienced shoulder pain after a lap RNY? (May 4, 2002) (View) (8 answers)
• Has anyone had an epidoral before surgery? (Jun 20, 2000) (View) (10 answers)
• Has anyone had an epidural, then had a spinal headache? (Aug 2, 2000) (View) (3 answers)
• Has anyone had lower back pain after surgery? (Mar 19, 2001) (View) (7 answers)
• Has anyone had open RNY, and what was the pain like 1-10?? (Apr 5, 2006) (View) (11 answers)
• Has anyone had pain at navel after surgery? (Aug 31, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• Has anyone had severe lower back pain before surgery? (Mar 20, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• Has anyone had the Lap RNY with Dr. Michael Schwartz in Minnesota (Nov 28, 2000) (View) (1 answer)
• Has anyone had the On-Q Pain Pump inserted while you are still in surgery? (Feb 27, 2003) (View) (4 answers)
• Has anyone had to have demerol instead of morphine? (Jul 22, 2000) (View) (7 answers)
• Has anyone has any adverse side affects on Versaid ? (Aug 17, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• HAS ANYONE ON METHADONE HAD SURGERY-HOW IS PAIN TREATED? (May 1, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• Has anyone used an epidural for pain control after WLS? (Jul 13, 2001) (View) (10 answers)
• Have any of you had the tens unit used on you for post-op pain relief? (Aug 11, 1999) (View) (5 answers)
• Have you went in for wls and came out with a hernia repair and asked to reschedule? (Apr 5, 2005) (View) (4 answers)
• HAVING AN EPIDURAL IS AN OPTION FOR WLS? (Feb 19, 2007) (View) (7 answers)
• Having Lap RNY and am curious if when I wake I will have a breathing/drainage tube? (Oct 14, 2003) (View) (12 answers)
• Having surgery soon. Wondering how uncomfortable is getting in & out of bed. (Sep 8, 1999) (View) (9 answers)
• Help in understanding NG tubes! (Aug 7, 2002) (View) (7 answers)
• HELP!! What can I do to make this better faster? (Jun 14, 2002) (View) (7 answers)
• How bad is the pain after open rny? (Jul 19, 2000) (View) (2 answers)
• How can I get off the pain medicine perscribed after my surgery? (Jul 25, 1999) (View) (4 answers)
• How did morphine affect you? Did it make you sleep most of the day after your surgery (Sep 23, 2003) (View) (20 answers)
• How do I get a Ab Binder? (Mar 5, 2004) (View) (8 answers)
• How do I get insurance approval? (Dec 23, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• How do I nicelt ask the surgeon to make an acception on his protocol? (Sep 27, 2005) (View) (2 answers)
• How do they control your pain? (Feb 3, 2006) (View) (8 answers)
• How do you take oral medications? (Mar 6, 2003) (View) (7 answers)
• How does Lap RNY pain compare to Lap gall bladder removal? (Aug 19, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• How does the pain compare with C-Sections and other questions! (Jun 8, 2001) (View) (12 answers)
• How does the pain of open RNY compare to that of a C-section (Aug 19, 2001) (View) (10 answers)
• How does the pain of WLS compare with the pain of general surgery? (Jul 31, 2000) (View) (7 answers)
• how is the btc center in Belvidere, Il. (Oct 17, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• how is the pain? (Nov 27, 2002) (View) (14 answers)
• how long after surgery is it until you feel like walking/talking (Oct 14, 2004) (View) (14 answers)
• How long are you allowed to stay on pain meds post op? (Feb 11, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• How long should a Open RNY patient have tenderness/pain? (Jun 10, 2000) (View) (3 answers)
• How long will I be out? I want to be awake ASAP I hate to be asleep. (Aug 22, 2001) (View) (7 answers)
• How Much pain is there after you come out of recovery? Roux-NY (Sep 12, 2006) (View) (19 answers)
• How painful is a Central Line for IV when you wake up from Surgery? (Jul 3, 2002) (View) (16 answers)
• How painful is a thigh lift and what I can I do to prepare. (Apr 23, 2005) (View) (7 answers)
• How painful is the epidural. Is there an alternative to morphine? (Sep 6, 2002) (View) (9 answers)
• How would the use of the daily pain meds I take now react with the PCP or other meds (May 10, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• I always vomit continuesly after surgerys will this happen this time? (Nov 14, 2002) (View) (7 answers)
• I am 3 weeks post open rny and having severe pain left of my incision. (May 9, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• I am allergic to Morphine, Demerol, and are sensitive to Asprin and it's byproducts.. (Jul 13, 2001) (View) (9 answers)
• I am having trouble deciding between a lap RNY vs Open Rny and doctors please help. (Aug 23, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• I am interested in hearing from anyone post op that had never had surgery before (Jun 27, 2000) (View) (11 answers)
• I am on methadone and i am having an epidural for lower back pain (Aug 6, 2005) (View) (2 answers)
• I am scared going home with the G-tube any advice? (Dec 9, 2001) (View) (11 answers)
• I can't get in to get my CPAP until after my surgery... (May 15, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• I cannot be given gas for general anesthesia,can an epidural only be used? (May 9, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• I currently take Demerol and Phenergan for pain, not weight lose related, (Jul 10, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• I feel sharp pain in my lower left abdomen with minimal movement. Should I worry? (May 2, 2003) (View) (3 answers)
• I had a hernia repair a week ago and was told I have nerve damage, anyone else? (Jul 13, 2003) (View) (2 answers)
• I had a hernia repair with my Bypass surgery, (Sep 10, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• I HAD BROKEN RIBS IN THE PAST (Apr 27, 2005) (View) (3 answers)
• I had Gastric Bypass 12/19 still have burning on right side is this normal? (Jan 12, 2009) (View) (4 answers)
• I had really bad results w/ Demerol when I had my daughter. (Mar 31, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• I had thegastric sleeve inJune of 09. I have lost 120 lbs so far, (Feb 17, 2010) (View) (5 answers)
• i have a burning and numbness in my left leg its been 3 weeks since open ryn (Nov 12, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• I have a progressive, painful disease in which I have taken numerous pain meds. (Jul 26, 2001) (View) (6 answers)
• I have awful pain from my incision just to the left of my naval. (Apr 30, 2006) (View) (3 answers)
• I have been having pain on my left side (Sep 8, 2001) (View) (5 answers)
• I have been reading that some people have epidurls for surgery. (May 23, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• i have never had an epidural for any reason (Jul 29, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• I have post-op pain in one on the ports from the Lap.Its a sharp pain when I move? (Feb 14, 2000) (View) (1 answer)
• I have read that after open rny the pain is severe for 36-48 hours. (Dec 1, 2001) (View) (19 answers)
• I know the obvious answer would be to call my surgeon but I really don't think he (Apr 17, 2002) (View) (no answers yet; please post yours!)
• I live two hours away from my surgeon which makes it pretty much impossible to attend (Oct 3, 2003) (View) (4 answers)
• I need help (Aug 15, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• I read some exerps from a bypass surgery book, someones personal story... (Jun 30, 2007) (View) (21 answers)
• I STARTED WATCHING WHAT I EAT (Apr 27, 2005) (View) (1 answer)
• I wanted to hear from anyone who has had the RNY surgery done at U of Pennsylvania (Jul 2, 2001) (View) (1 answer)
• I was just diagnosed with severe sleep apnea--2 wks prior to open rny and (Nov 9, 2000) (View) (6 answers)
• I was offered the option of an epidural for pain relief, can I do without it?? (Aug 8, 2001) (View) (9 answers)
• I would like to know what they close the small incision with? Staples or stitches? (Apr 25, 2003) (View) (8 answers)
• I'm 3 days post-op and got home today. How long do these gas pains last? (Jul 30, 2001) (View) (7 answers)
• i'm 5 months post op and still on roxicet due to wound infection i'm scared (Aug 21, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• I'm 5 weeks post op RNY. Why is my belly button hurting? (Jan 23, 2000) (View) (1 answer)
• I'm 6 days post op and just recently it started to hurt when I breathe in very deep. (Oct 14, 2001) (View) (10 answers)
• I'm a serious caffeine addict. Should I try to break the habit? (Sep 4, 2001) (View) (11 answers)
• I'm allergic to almost every kind of pain med except Demerol (Sep 3, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• I'm having the Rouen-Y open procedure and was wondering how much pain to expect (Mar 17, 2005) (View) (19 answers)
• I'm looking for a hypnotherapist to prepare pre-op for pain in the Houston area. (Sep 4, 2002) (View) (1 answer)
• I,M HAVING THE DS SURGERY,I'M WONDERING HOW BAD IS THE PAIN AFTER THE SURGERY ?I (Nov 11, 2009) (View) (9 answers)
• IM 4 DAYS POST OP AND AM STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN......WHEN DOES THE SORENESS END?? (Aug 9, 2003) (View) (5 answers)
• Im 5 days post op feeling some pressure and fullness in pouch area (Dec 11, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• Incision drip medications (May 14, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• Intubation while fully awake? (Jan 14, 2005) (View) (8 answers)
• Is the recovery on the open RNY faster if you already had your gallbladder out (Sep 3, 2003) (View) (5 answers)
• Is a Panniculectomy done with Lap rny? (Jul 2, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• Is an Epidural more effective for pain relief? (May 17, 2000) (View) (7 answers)
• Is an epidural really necessary? (Oct 11, 1999) (View) (2 answers)
• Is anyone scared as I am about the pain and not waking up?? My surgery is 10/26/00 (Oct 20, 2000) (View) (6 answers)
• Is is possible to have an epidural for Lap RNY, instead of general anesthia? (Aug 13, 2000) (View) (2 answers)
• Is it possible to dump off of Pain Meds? (Sep 21, 2003) (View) (3 answers)
• Is pain 6 days after LAP Gallbladder removal normal? (Jun 17, 2003) (View) (5 answers)
• Is pain worse with RNY than with hysterectomy? (Sep 11, 1999) (View) (7 answers)
• Is there alot of pain after open RNY, will I have flabby skin after I lose the weight (Apr 19, 2003) (View) (6 answers)
• Is there any chance of waking during the surgery? (Jul 23, 2001) (View) (12 answers)
• Is there less pain with a lap or open ? (Oct 7, 2003) (View) (9 answers)
• Is there much pain after the operation? For how long? (Oct 10, 1998) (View) (9 answers)
• Just a comment post op pain (May 19, 2004) (View) (2 answers)
• Just wanted to know how long for the insicion to heal? (Jan 14, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• LAB BAND question can I... (Oct 13, 2003) (View) (1 answer)
• Lap vs. Breast Reduction Pain (May 5, 2003) (View) (3 answers)
• laparoscopic bariatric surgery pain in the abdomen (May 25, 2009) (View) (4 answers)
• Looking for "Cindi the surgeon" regarding pain medication absorption research (Feb 22, 2006) (View) (3 answers)
• Losing a leg vs. RNY Surgery (Sep 26, 2004) (View) (7 answers)
• Morphine vs. Demerol (Nov 1, 2002) (View) (16 answers)
• My surgeon told me that I would have an epidural (Jun 21, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• need help re:pain medication (Jun 9, 2003) (View) (2 answers)
• Need to buy post-op surgery items, (Jun 18, 2003) (View) (3 answers)
• NG tube ? after surgery still ? (Feb 8, 2009) (View) (13 answers)
• ON~Q Pain Management System - for post op pain (Nov 29, 1999) (View) (2 answers)
• Pain - How bad was it? Really! (Apr 5, 2006) (View) (24 answers)
• Pain control after surgery (Dec 22, 1999) (View) (2 answers)
• Pain control Q from Diane La Bathe (May 18, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• Pain control, leaks and sleep apnea (Jul 1, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• Pain in and around the surgical site, need to push area in to stop it. Normal? (May 22, 2010) (View) (4 answers)
• Pain Level After Open RNY- What Should I Expect? (Mar 11, 2003) (View) (12 answers)
• Pain on right side a few inches away from incision? (Feb 23, 2000) (View) (6 answers)
• Pain relief and recovery in Panniculectomy Abdominoplasty Surgery (Mar 28, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• Pain Right Side Entry Wound RNY (May 21, 2004) (View) (1 answer)
• Pain? (Apr 16, 2000) (View) (9 answers)
• Please let me know about the pain after an open RYN (Mar 17, 2003) (View) (21 answers)
• Please let me know which med is better in controlling pain? (Aug 18, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• Please let me know which med is better in controlling pain? (Aug 18, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• Post-Hospital Pain Meds (Oct 22, 2000) (View) (8 answers)
• POST-op pain from hernia repair (Aug 25, 2003) (View) (2 answers)
• prescriptions for back pain...what helped? (Sep 11, 2004) (View) (7 answers)
• reddened and sore at drain site (Sep 2, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• SCARED.. to death?? Of the pain (Aug 23, 2004) (View) (12 answers)
• Should I try to stop taking Percocet before my surgery? (Dec 25, 2008) (View) (9 answers)
• So just how painful is it? (May 5, 2000) (View) (8 answers)
• Someone out there has got to know SOMETHING (Sep 21, 2002) (View) (6 answers)
• sorry for a gross question... I have had to go to the ER twice for (Jun 9, 2003) (View) (1 answer)
• Surgery 1/16/01-What's the Pain like for Lap RYN.. (Dec 26, 2000) (View) (11 answers)
• Tell me about it please (Mar 12, 2000) (View) (10 answers)
• The tube in the nose down to the belly does it hurt?? (Jan 10, 2001) (View) (15 answers)
• This may sound stupid but do you feel this? (Jan 12, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• To those whose first ever surgery was lap RNY--how much pain? (Jan 21, 2003) (View) (15 answers)
• VGB Open: Has anyone had any pain, almost like a bit of grabbing, under the incision? (Dec 3, 2003) (View) (2 answers)
• Weird reaction to painkillers... (Feb 25, 2003) (View) (7 answers)
• Were you told you would be receiving both of these? (Jan 31, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• What alternatives are there to morphine and demerol? (Aug 9, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• What can be done 2 years out tough eating (Feb 25, 2005) (View) (4 answers)
• What can be used in the place of codeine or morphene? (Jun 11, 2009) (View) (6 answers)
• What can I do about excessive gas? (Mar 21, 2001) (View) (5 answers)
• What can I use? (May 31, 2001) (View) (6 answers)
• What exactly is a Demeral Central Line? (Oct 13, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• What is appropriotate pain meds & amts. for upper ARM LIFTS & EYE LIFTS (Dec 23, 2004) (View) (1 answer)
• What is the better type anesthesia for bariatric surgery? (Jul 7, 2000) (View) (no answers yet; please post yours!)
• What is the name of the pain management system involving catheters from the wound (Jul 21, 2003) (View) (7 answers)
• What is the post op pain and recovery differences between Open and Lap RNY? (Nov 29, 2001) (View) (10 answers)
• What is this about tilting the operating table? (May 10, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• what kind of liquid pain killers and muscle relaxers are good postop at home? (May 31, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• What other pain relief is there besides epidural? (Jan 19, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• what pain med will the dr give me since I am allergic to codiene, postop? (Sep 6, 2002) (View) (7 answers)
• What pain medication if most used post-op. (Sep 2, 2001) (View) (5 answers)
• What to do while I wait in the waiting room before surgery? I'm scared. (May 11, 2001) (View) (9 answers)
• WHAT TYPE OF PAIN CONTROL DOES DR. INMAN USE (Apr 27, 2005) (View) (no answers yet; please post yours!)
• What types of pain medications are usually prescribed post op? (Oct 1, 2000) (View) (2 answers)
• What's it like to be Anesthetized ? (Mar 8, 2001) (View) (21 answers)
• What's the deal with pain? (Apr 22, 2000) (View) (10 answers)
• When does the drain tube come out? (Jan 3, 2003) (View) (8 answers)
• When does the severe pain STOP? (May 19, 2001) (View) (7 answers)
• When speaking with the anestesiologist what should I need to know? (Sep 24, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• Which hurts worse..the incision or the rooto rootering? (Oct 23, 2001) (View) (10 answers)
• which is better and why? epedural or general anesthesia (Feb 6, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• Which is the more painful of the surgeries? (Aug 4, 1999) (View) (8 answers)
• Which is worse (Painwise), Lap Gallbladder, or Lap RNY? Recovery time? (Apr 17, 2001) (View) (1 answer)
• Which leaves less of a scar? Stitches or staples?? (Aug 20, 2000) (View) (8 answers)
• why does my scar still hurt 10 weeks post op? (Oct 11, 2000) (View) (2 answers)
• why is there back pain with the open or even with the ry surgury ? (Oct 7, 2003) (View) (6 answers)
• why iv into neck /anyone been intubated through the nose while awake (Nov 29, 2001) (View) (6 answers)
• Why the liquid pain meds (Nov 5, 2005) (View) (8 answers)
• Will I ever feel (May 17, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Will the doctor let you use a heating pad on your back? (Aug 31, 2003) (View) (6 answers)