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Good thoughts and prayers on the way, tlc. I hope it goes according to plan! Hang in there!



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Good luck tomorrow TLC. You know we will all be thinking about you.

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Good one, Ed.
Tomorrow at this time I will be in surgery. I hope it goes the way it should and I wake up without my huge stomach. I'm getting nervous about what could go wrong. I leave at 8 to be there at 10. Surgery at noon.

Hopefully everything will go well and I'll be home in a few days.

You have a goal, you can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I am sure all will go well for you.

Good luck. 



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just Czech wrote:
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Good one, Ed.
Tomorrow at this time I will be in surgery. I hope it goes the way it should and I wake up without my huge stomach. I'm getting nervous about what could go wrong. I leave at 8 to be there at 10. Surgery at noon.

Hopefully everything will go well and I'll be home in a few days.

You have a goal, you can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I am sure all will go well for you.

Good luck. 

 Definitely - you're in my prayers, tlc.  Looking forward to hearing, "Gosh, I feel great!" from you soon. smile



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I hope you get a cute male nurse!

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I'd settle for a cute doctor.

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Thinking of you tlc.

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Sending good wishes your way, TLC!



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Getting ready to go to Omaha for surgery today. Hopefully I'll be able to post tonight.

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Looking forward to hearing from you later.  You're in my prayers, TLC.



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Good luck, tlc!



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Good luck!

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Will be watching for an update tonight! Good luck!

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Prayers being said for successful surgery and a quick recovery, TLC.

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Prayers being said for successful surgery and a quick recovery, TLC.

Agree!



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Rather than a cute male nurse or doctor, I wish you ANY nurse who understands what you're going through, and knows what to do to make you more comfortable! And often its the nurses' aids who do most of the hands-on care - nurses concentrate more on meds.

Looking forward to hearing from you later today! Hugs!


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Prayers for a successful surgery and quick recovery *hugs*

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Thinking of you and hoping that your surgery was successful. 🌻

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Out of surgery. Having muscle spasms. On way morphine pump. It was an ovarian cyst the size is a basketball. Still haven't heard hope much it weighed. My stomach is flat now. Glad it's over.

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Oh TLC! So glad you got that out! You will be on the fast track to recovery now.

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That is so awesome, TLC!! 



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Oh, it is so wonderfulto see you online and to know that you're doing o.k. all things considered.

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tlc wrote:

Out of surgery. Having muscle spasms. On way morphine pump. It was an ovarian cyst the size is a basketball. Still haven't heard hope much it weighed. My stomach is flat now. Glad it's over.

GREAT, glad it's done. I know you are too !

 

Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon. What's the volume of a basketball? A lot of things will be easier for you now.

Take the pain meds, don't wait until you think you "need" them. Stay ahead of the pain for at least 2 or 3 days.

 

 

Thanks for sharing the good news. smile



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I'm glad you're on the path to recovery :)

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Glad to hear it.

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I hope you're feeling better today, tlc.smile



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spasms are not as often today. Really tired though. If it weren't for the spasms I wouldn't feel too bad.

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spasms are not as often today. Really tired though. If it weren't for the spasms I wouldn't feel too bad.

That's progress! Any idea when they will let you go home? 



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Probably a week. Hopefully not that long.

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Glad to see the spasms have decreased and youre feelin pretty good, all rhings considered.

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Probably a week. Hopefully not that long.

I hope you'll be able to come home sooner. It's hard to get decent rest in the hospital.

Fingers crossed for an early release! 



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I'm glad to hear you are on your way to recovery.

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So glad to hear this tlc! Hopefully you will come out of it feeling like a new woman!

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tlc wrote:

spasms are not as often today. Really tired though. If it weren't for the spasms I wouldn't feel too bad.

 spasms?



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spasms are not as often today. Really tired though. If it weren't for the spasms I wouldn't feel too bad.

 spasms?

 Yes my stomach muscles go into horrible spasms.



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"Stomach muscles" is kind of vague. Possibly the stomach itself (it's almost all muscle),

or you probably mean your abdominal muscle wall, which got stretched by the basketball, and can now contract to your new shape.

 

What do your doctors say about the spasms? You might need to have a little higher dose of painkillers for a couple more days, so the contractions won't hurt.

Or maybe something so the muscles don't do that.

 

I've never been involved in follow up care for anything like this, so I'm pretty clueless. Maybe some of our nurses have ideas that can help.

 

 



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Yeah I guess abdominal muscles is the accurate term. The doc said it can happen because they were stretched.

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TLC, you are one tough lady.  May those abs settle down quickly so you can rest. 

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Great news!
If you can draw your knees up, that will help lessen the tension on the abs - lying flat on your back is hard on your stomach and back muscles.
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Glad to hear you mad through the surgery without complications. Get well soon!!

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I am so glad to read this!! Yay! You are on the other side of surgery! And it was a success!!
Yeah, muscle spasms are normal. Make sure the nurses and doctors know you may need more pain medication or a combination of pain meds to keep the pain under control. Take heart, the spasms will lessen with time.
So happy you are doing well!
Thanks for the update!

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They gave me Norco and ibuprofen. It has taken the edge off, I think.

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My dad takes Norco for his Lymes disease pain - he says it's the only thing that works. 



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Finally got the right combo of pain meds so I could sleep for about 6 hrs total.

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That's good TLC. Get some more rest.

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You're definitely on the mend, dear lady!

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Haven't had a spasm for a couple of hours now. Hopefully between the Norco and time, they are subsiding on their own.

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Haven't had a spasm for a couple of hours now. Hopefully between the Norco and time, they are subsiding on their own.

Good! 

You should be moving your feet and legs a little bit, pretty often to prevent blood clots; other than that, (just a suggestion) try to avoid things that make your belly muscles work, for the rest of today. Maybe discuss with your doctors how much exercise, and what type of exercise, you should be doing to help with the healing, and when.

 



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Physical therapy came and I seat on the edge of the bed for a while. I have those things that go around your legs that inflate and deflate, plus they are also giving me a shot of blood thinner.

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