Good look christine

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All the best,

Andy.

Leeds

On 10 July 2010 09:25, Hulmes <christine.hulmes@...> wrote:

>

>

> Hi

> You should have had a catheter fitted that should have kept your bladder

> empty

> during and after the operation. I am a little anxious about my appointment

> on

> monday morning but i will deal with it and post here as soon as i can when

> i get

> home. Thank you for your kind thoughts.

> from the UK

>

> ________________________________

> From: Christy <clk-1@... <clk-1%40hotmail.com>>

> achalasia <achalasia%40>

> Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 10:42:59 PM

> Subject: I feel great., 3 weeks & 2 days since myo.

>

>

>

> Hello, everyone.

> I wanted to post because my post Heller Myo. results are so great so far.

> I didn't use anything for pain after the second day after my surgery. I was

> a

> little sore when I had to move certain ways, but no big deal.

>

> I don't know why anyone would be on a clear liquid diet for more than a few

> days

> after surgery. I hated the clear liq. diet foods and barely ate because of

> that.

> But when I got to do a liquid diet, I made myself delicious potatoe soup,

> pea

> soup, smoothies, etc. Yummy stuff. I had plenty of appetite and room for

> these

> foods. I had lost close to 40 pounds until this point.

> I weighed myself this morning at 127 lbs. Still less than my pre surgery

> weight,

> because I lost about 8 lbs. on the clear liquids diet. Yuck! I may never

> eat

> jello again, and could not stand to take more than a few " bites " of it.

>

> I have been on soft foods for a week now, and feel like I could eat a

> horse! I

> have to make myself stop eating. I started walking one or two times a day a

> week

> ago. That is so that I can keep the weight off, or at least a good bit of

> it.

>

> I feel bad for anyone who is having trouble, but please know that some of

> us do

> very well. Never any heartburn, No PPI's. I look so forward to eating

> pizza, but

> my dr. would not be clear about when I could start eating like that, just

> that I

> needed to start stuff like that slowly around week 6 as best as could tell.

> I

> wish he would have been clearer, but he wasn't and didn't like me getting

> specific about foods or when. He said that I wasn't understanding that it's

> just

> a matter of mechanics. Whatever!

>

> I wish I knew what device I have seen referred to here that is used in the

> hospital that you breath into. I was not given anything like that and

> suffered

> those gas pains in my shoulders for days. They were worse that the surgery

> pains

> for me.

>

> I am also curious as to how all of you managed needing to " use the

> facilities "

> while in the hospital? That was my biggest problem. I was already having

> bladder

> trouble before surgery. I had to get up off the pre op table and " go "

> because

> they were so late in getting started. And, I made them let me get up and be

>

> wheeled to a bathroom in the nearest waiting room while I was still in the

> recovery room. They gave me a bed pan first which I was on for so, so long

> to no

> avail. I was about to start crying because my bladder was painfully full

> from

> all the fluids they pumped into me. When I begged them to let me go, they

> said

> that I was suppose to be in bed for 23 hours. Once I was finally put into

> my

> room, I had to have help many times to get to the bathroom. What did

> everyone

> else do? Bed pans, catheters, WHAT? Again, I was already just getting over

> a UT

> infection so I'm sure that is why I had such an awful time of that. But

> please

> tell me what you all did when you needed to " go " while in the hospital for

> those

> 23 hours.

>

> Anyway. I am doing great! Every meal is a blessing! Good luck to all.

> And to in the UK... My family prays for you nearly every night.

> We are

> praying that your apt. coming up brings great things your way. God bless.

>

> Christy in FL

>

>