after surgery please read

[jennylynch]

Ok the Ns told me i will be in there one day and sent home.. i need to know what i should expect after surgery.. like what will and how should i feel.. Please tell me about your decompression surgerys i would like to to know what others have been through

[*Stormy*]

Glad to hear that you made it through ok!!! Sounds like you have had a pretty good experience... For the hearing issue, I found it really helpful to tape cotton baton in my ears for the first few days. It would muffle the sound a little and make it more tolerable. The shakiness and dizziness could be the pills but it may take a few days to settle down from the surgery too. Just make sure that you are doing absolutely nothing but resting!!! Very important at this stage!

The heartburn could be the meds too, have they given you anything for it?

Continue to let us know how you are doing!

Carolyn

[jennylynch]

I actually spent no time in the icu.. was there at 6am got back to nite nite time at 745 and was out by 930. very fast. when he go it he said he was amazed at how tight it was but yet so simple to get the flow to start going again. my incision is rather small but still got lots of stapeles.. Im feeling pretty good the first day was really rough. I came home today adn am doign well excpet when then kids yell or the mini shcnuzer barks she has a high pitch bark.. been sleeping with and ice pack today and seems to help with the swelling and it feels preety good. he up'd the amount of pain pills and gave me a pill to help me pee that seems to be working. Im excited the only things still going on are numbnes and tingling in face and shoulders.. I HAVE NASTY heartburn.. and very shaky and dizzy yet. he said hopefully its jsut teh pills that are making me shaky and dizzy yet. he hopes when i come off the pain meds it will help.. sorry my writing is so bad but i jsut wanted to let you know how well mine went... thanks for all the support. I put up my zipperhead pic in my profile

[tashua1986]

my surgery experience was great.. my NS said i had the fastest and easiest recpvery he had ever seen. i spent 3days in the hospital. day 1 had surgery went into ICU, i dont remember much of it but i do remember once i woke in recovery they took me for a CT and banged my head against the head rest and my nurse that accompanied me there yelled at the techs right along with me(i found it amusing).they kept pushing pain meds when i woke so the rest of the day was a fog.day 2 i woke early starving and i was on a clear liq diet, chicken broth and iceys dont really fill you up, i was able to get up in the chair and sit. PT came to evaluate me and i got my catheter removed after lunch and was able to walk to and from bathroom and in the hall for 10min at a time. by dinner time i was begging for real food, so they called my doc and got the ok to give me a little bit of substance with the chicken broth. i was suppose to go to the step down unit that day but they didnt have any beds and the nurses liked me so i stayed in the ICU. by day 3 i was ready to go home i was so board and couldnt go off the floor and i dont sleep much, i even tried goin and sitting with the nurses at night just to have people to talk to. i work 3rd shift in a nursing home so i know they have alot of down time. i got discharged to home on day 3. i had an almost 3hr car ride home, with a neck pillow it was fine they gave me an extra dose of pain med before i left. day2 at home i thought i was doing good and wasnt really taking pain med so i decided to take a 10min car ride to visit a friend, big mistake becausse on day 3 at home i thought i was dying from the intense HA no amt of pain med would touch it. so for the next week i sast around and didnt do much tv, internet, books and sudoku became my best friend. i think i was back to work on restrictons after 5-6wks and full duty after 5mths. good luck and well wishes.. oh and a recliner was the best way i fund to sleep because it was painful to try to get my head all the way up from a lying position.

[jennylynch]

I agree selma.. I am really concerned also

[selmaS]

  I am concerned ur dr is saying only 1 day....when is this scheduled for?...please read my journal on my surgery experience...I have not heard of neone only being in for 1 day....

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/96682/My-PFD-surgery-experience-?personal_page_id=197028

  "selma"

[pamk5]

Well that is good news that you have help and you are close.  I agree with everyone else that that is way too soon!  I was thinking having this coversation before surgery may make things a bit less stressful.  I always hate the unknown.  

Good luck!

Pam