Guest guest Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 --- Hello I have a question for you Im having my surgry on the 16th of July and just booked my air line tickets yeah very big step for me!!!!! I booked them for one day later then when they will be bringing us back to the airport because I couldn't get a flight home until 12:00am. Do you think I will be in to much pain to go out and about in San Deigo on the 18th and the 19th? If any input on this would be great because Im worried about it but I dont know why I cant change it already booked tickets. Also the 2 weeks after surgry you can only have clear liquads would flavored ices work my mom bought my boy ice machine for May day and there is a pina colada flavor that is awesome! It really dont have much color. I know you have talked about it before but what is the best vitaman for after? And would slim fast work for the protian shake stage? Thank you all katie In , Jane Moss <bigdog2dottie@...> wrote: > > Hello, > Thanks for your response. My bedroom for the past two years is a lift recliner downstairs in our family room. I sleep there and use a lift chair because my knees are real bad. Additionally I have nerve pain in my feet from diabetes. I also am on Warfan. Currently my walking is from my chair to the bathroom; from my chair to the computer and from my chair to the kitchen. I try to make one of those moves every hour to hour 1/2. Today I went with my husband to Home Depot. That entailed walking to the truck, my scooter at home depot, and walking back into the house. > > I have good feet day and bad feet day. Somedays it is difficult just to stand. On the good days I try to walk more. I have a neighbor that just started coming after work to lotion my feet and legs and massage my feet. They have felt better this last week then they have in a long time. > > I anticipate this surgery will allow me to lose weight which will take a lot of the stress off my knees and feet and make walking a whole lot easier. As I have a history of blood clots I know...more than anyone else...how vital walking will be to my recovery. > > Thanks a lot for your reply...it put things into perspective. > Jane > > > > Bipley <Bipley@...> wrote: > Jane... > > How much can you walk? Can you walk from the bedroom to the bathroom? How > often might you be able to do that? > > The reason I ask is that it is critical that you do walk for more reasons > than gas. You will have just had surgery. To decrease risks such as blood > clots you MUST walk at least hourly while awake. It doesn't have to be > miles or even blocks to prevent blood clots. The idea is to keep the blood > in your legs moving vs. sitting and coagulating. This is easily done by > getting up and walking to another room in your home hourly while awake. > Same holds true with your trip home from Mexicali. On a plane, walk up and > down the aisle every hour or two. In the car stop periodically and walk > around the car twice. > > As for gas pains you'll want to take GasX with you. Start taking it a few > hours after you get out of surgery. Bring a heating pad, that helps too. > Some of the pain can't be " walked out " as it is not just the gas but the > effects of the gas. During surgery one incision is for an instrument that > maintains a specific pressure within your belly. It opens it up so Dr. A > can see what he is doing in there. The gas they fill your belly with pushes > on muscles and nerves and it is the effects of that, that causes much of the > pain. That is where a heating pad will help. > > Another thought, you could pick up a pair of TEDS from Walgreens. Wear > those for a few weeks after surgery. They sure aren't sexy but they do a > great deal to prevent blood clots in your legs and feet if you don't believe > you will be able to walk hourly. However, walking is so much better. > Again, not far... just enough to get the blood moving in your lower body. > > On 5/3/07, Jane Moss <bigdog2dottie@...> wrote: > > > > Okay guys, I have a question........ > > > > What would you recommend to someone that can barely walk? I read every > > day that you need to walk, walk, walk! Hopefully a ton and a half pounds > > from now I will be able to walk, walk, walk, but for now that is asking an > > awful lot. What other suggestions do you have for this gas pressure > > problem? > > > > Remember, I haven't had surgery yet but am hoping to soon....... > > Jane > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible " new car " smell? > Check outnew cars at Autos. > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible " new car " smell? > Check outnew cars at Autos. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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