Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 Sandy, I don't know what kind of relationship you have with your boss, so I'm afraid to offer you advice on how to handle work...but just know that if you don't feel you can do this with your boss, please don't. Personally I have a very close relationship with my boss, he is almost somewhat of a father figure to me as well as an excellent mentor. I have been with the company since October of 2001 - not very long. I had left knee surgery in 2002 and right knee surgery in 2003. My boss has supported me through this and I worked from home while recovering from the surgeries. However, the right surgery has gone on to become RSD - I never recovered. I now work at home most of the time, only go to the office 2 days a week for about 3-4 hours as that is all I can handle. I have feared losing my job since the second surgery - it is not a fun feeling, I know. But I have found that concentrating on my work helps to take my mind off of the pain, I would go stir crazy if I could not work. It is hard, especially with my hands hurting so bad, but I try to do the best I can still. I have been completely honest with my boss every step of the way, though I got advice from some people not to tell him what is going on. I felt that if he knew what I was dealing with he would be more understanding of the amount of time I work at home, if I work off hours as I might not feel good in the morning, if I have to nap while I'm home during the day - he puts up with all of this since I get my job done and still do a great job. I don't know what kind of work you do, if it would be possible for you to work from home some, or if you can even approach your boss with this, but I wanted to give you some options that might help you. I know that I work much better from home because my pain level is much less than if I go to the office. I hope this helps. <hugs> Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Seems many have answered for you...I had the same kind of experiences as everyone else. Don't forget your questions!!! Good luck!! Shauna " xxdedexx@... " wrote: TOMMOROW I HAVE MY FIRST DOCTORS CONSULTAION CAN U GUYS LET ME KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Sorry you had to sleep in a recliner. Happy that you didn't have much more pain then laproscopic. Pascual wrote: I HAD THE SURGERY OPEN BECAUSE OF TOO MUCH SCAR TISSUE FROM A PRIOR SURGERY TO REMOVE MY GALLBLADDER. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW UNTIL THE SECOND DAY THAT I HAD TO HAVE OPEN WHEN THE SURGEON REMOVED THE BANDAGE. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE PAIN FOR ME WASN'T ANY WORSE THAN WHEN I HAD TO HAVE MY GALLBLADDER OUT LAPROSCOPIC. WHEN I FIRST CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL I FOUND IT HARD TO LAY DOWN BECAUSE OF THE PULLING ON THE STAPLES I HAD 22 OF THEM. SO I SLEPT MY FIRST FEW WEEKS IN A RECLINER. TANYA UPSTATE NY 302/57/245 SURGERY DATE APRIL 19, 2006 --- " xxdedexx@... " wrote: > HI I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD > THE SURGERY OPEN? HOW > WAS THE PAIN WHAT WAS IT LIKE AFTER? DID U HAVE TO > SLEEP ON YOUR BACK? > JUST IF GUYS COULD SHARE THE EXPEIRENCE WITH ME =) > THANK YOU GUYS! > yim:oxoxdedeoxox > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 I had open RNY in January and yes I had to sleep on my back. While I was in the hospital this was easy for me to do because they gave me something to help me sleep. When I went home 5 days later it was a little more difficult because I went home with a drainage tube. I bought two long body pillows and kind of proped my body at an angle. I was so happy a few days later when my doctor removed that tube so I could get a good nights sleep (I'm a stomach sleeper) Hope this helps, Marilynn > > HI I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD THE SURGERY OPEN? > HOW > WAS THE PAIN WHAT WAS IT LIKE AFTER? DID U HAVE TO SLEEP ON YOUR BACK? > JUST IF GUYS COULD SHARE THE EXPEIRENCE WITH ME =) THANK YOU GUYS! > yim:oxoxdedeoxox > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Me too I always sleep on stomach my thing is I'm scared like a little baby of sleeping on my back the few times I have I felt as though I was getting pinned down in the middle of the night! So I'm really scared about that lol > I had open RNY in January and yes I had to sleep on my back. While I > was in > the hospital this was easy for me to do because they gave me something > to > help me sleep. When I went home 5 days later it was a little more > difficult > because I went home with a drainage tube. I bought two long body > pillows > and kind of proped my body at an angle. I was so happy a few days later > when my doctor removed that tube so I could get a good nights sleep > (I'm a > stomach sleeper) > Hope this helps, > Marilynn > > >> >> HI I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD THE SURGERY OPEN? >> HOW >> WAS THE PAIN WHAT WAS IT LIKE AFTER? DID U HAVE TO SLEEP ON YOUR BACK? >> JUST IF GUYS COULD SHARE THE EXPEIRENCE WITH ME =) THANK YOU GUYS! >> yim:oxoxdedeoxox >> >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 buy yourself a couple long body pillows so you can experiment on how to prop your body. Are you certian your having open surgery? Just keep on telling yourself the stapples and drainage tube come out soon.. Mar > > Me too I always sleep on stomach my thing is I'm scared like a little > baby of sleeping on my back the few times I have I felt as though I was > getting pinned down in the middle of the night! So I'm really scared > about that lol > > > I had open RNY in January and yes I had to sleep on my back. While I > > was in > > the hospital this was easy for me to do because they gave me something > > to > > help me sleep. When I went home 5 days later it was a little more > > difficult > > because I went home with a drainage tube. I bought two long body > > pillows > > and kind of proped my body at an angle. I was so happy a few days later > > when my doctor removed that tube so I could get a good nights sleep > > (I'm a > > stomach sleeper) > > Hope this helps, > > Marilynn > > > > On 7/16/06, xxdedexx@... <xxdedexx%40gmail.com> < > xxdedexx@... <xxdedexx%40gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> HI I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD THE SURGERY OPEN? > >> HOW > >> WAS THE PAIN WHAT WAS IT LIKE AFTER? DID U HAVE TO SLEEP ON YOUR BACK? > >> JUST IF GUYS COULD SHARE THE EXPEIRENCE WITH ME =) THANK YOU GUYS! > >> yim:oxoxdedeoxox > >> > >> > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Really I wonder why my doctor also said he's gonna also put a little ring around my stomach did u have that too? He said he just started doing that on some patients. It helps to loose more weight > I didnt feel much for the first day or two because I had morphine too. > The > stapples did hurt a bit coming out but the drain was worse. The doctor > looked like a magician pulling out scarfs from a hat while he was > pulling > the drain out. For some reason though I seem to be loosing more weigh > then > the ones who had the lap surgery in my support group. I don't know > why..though I do know Im more commited then some of them. One woman > told me > she ate a regular ice cream sandwich. I would dump like crazy if I ate > that.. > Namaste, > Mar > > >> >> Yeah I'm certain last week mt doctor told me! Do the the staples hurt? >> >> >> > buy yourself a couple long body pillows so you can experiment on >> how to >> > prop >> > your body. Are you certian your having open surgery? Just keep on >> > telling >> > yourself the stapples and drainage tube come out soon.. >> > Mar >> > >> > On 7/17/06, xxdedexx@... <xxdedexx%40gmail.com> < >> xxdedexx@... <xxdedexx%40gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >> Me too I always sleep on stomach my thing is I'm scared like a >> little >> >> baby of sleeping on my back the few times I have I felt as though I >> >> was >> >> getting pinned down in the middle of the night! So I'm really >> scared >> >> about that lol >> >> >> >> > I had open RNY in January and yes I had to sleep on my back. >> While I >> >> > was in >> >> > the hospital this was easy for me to do because they gave me >> >> something >> >> > to >> >> > help me sleep. When I went home 5 days later it was a little more >> >> > difficult >> >> > because I went home with a drainage tube. I bought two long body >> >> > pillows >> >> > and kind of proped my body at an angle. I was so happy a few days >> >> later >> >> > when my doctor removed that tube so I could get a good nights >> sleep >> >> > (I'm a >> >> > stomach sleeper) >> >> > Hope this helps, >> >> > Marilynn >> >> > >> >> > On 7/16/06, xxdedexx@... >> <xxdedexx%40gmail.com><xxdedexx%40gmail.com> < >> >> >> xxdedexx@... <xxdedexx%40gmail.com> <xxdedexx%40gmail.com>> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> HI I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD THE SURGERY >> >> OPEN? >> >> >> HOW >> >> >> WAS THE PAIN WHAT WAS IT LIKE AFTER? DID U HAVE TO SLEEP ON YOUR >> >> BACK? >> >> >> JUST IF GUYS COULD SHARE THE EXPEIRENCE WITH ME =) THANK YOU >> GUYS! >> >> >> yim:oxoxdedeoxox >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Way to Go Barbara!!! Kim RNY 6/23/06 298/260/135 > > My post op pain was not that bad. I walk a LOT and that helped. My worst back pain started a week or so post procedure. It was low back pain. I carry all of my weight in my belly. My arms and legs have always been thinner and are actually now thin. My gut is still big and I was constantly asked if I was pregnant. When I started the wt loss, My back would sporadically kill me. Then it made sense. I was pregnant in reverse for lack of a better term. My back/spine could not keep up with the rapid wt changes, changes in my posture, and in reshifting wt. Same thing during pregnancy just you are gaining wt. The principle is the same. My back still hurts from time to time now but not like it did at first. The abd incision was never much of a problem. I had the roux-en-y done lap. I enjoyed the IV PCA pump in the hospital with some Fentanyl and it was good. I came home on liquid roxicet. I ended up throwing it away after a few months for disuse. With the walking I did, the pain was not bad. The pain in the hospital and the first few days post op in a lap procedure is from the carbon dioxide gas they use in the procedure. It takes a bit to rise. If you don't get your laurels and and move to dissipate the gases in your body, you will have terrible pain in the chest/shoulders/belly. It's not worth it-walk. I had my gall bladder (lap cholecystectomy) out a few months ago and it was worse than the GBP! I have lost 75 pounds and gone from a size 32 to a regular off the rack 16. I am a happy camper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Is there a site anywhere that I can see photos and here stories start to finish. This site is great but I would like to here the whole story at one time. Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 obesityhelp.com and bariatriceating.com has some. leelee35_2000 wrote: Is there a site anywhere that I can see photos and here stories start to finish. This site is great but I would like to here the whole story at one time. Thx __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 30 mins ok thanks anyone eles? is 30 min what everyones doing? > I've been told 30 minutes a day minimum by my doctors. Even if you have > to do three 10 minute sessions. The length of time hasn't really been > an issue for me since the surgery as far as getting tired out (I don't > seem to) but it is sometimes tough to fit into my schedule. You just > have to make time. Winters in Michigan suck for exercise sometimes. I > like walking in the snow though (but cold rain or very cold wind is > another story). > > Mike in GR > > >> >> How long is good to excerise a day? >> > > YIM: oxoxdedeoxox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 > > How long is good to excerise a day? > Hi this is Pam from Baker, Fla. I walk everyday about 45 minutes to an hour an a half. I like to get a good sweat going for the calories an a stress reliever. Plus I like to walk in the afternoon around 5.00 pm or later, to help avoid the snacking I am so use to doing. Hope everyone is well, I finally got below the 250 mark. I am drinking 2 shakes aday now instead of one for breakfast. One in the am, and one about 7.30 or 8.00 p.m. when I am geting ready to retire to my bedroom. have a great Day evryone an keep losing. PAm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 1 hour a day if possible for me. That is also what my program recommends. Dana In a message dated 7/24/2006 3:05:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, xxdedexx@... writes: 30 mins ok thanks anyone eles? is 30 min what everyones doing? > I've been told 30 minutes a day minimum by my doctors. Even if you have > to do three 10 minute sessions. The length of time hasn't really been > an issue for me since the surgery as far as getting tired out (I don't > seem to) but it is sometimes tough to fit into my schedule. You just > have to make time. Winters in Michigan suck for exercise sometimes. I > like walking in the snow though (but cold rain or very cold wind is > another story). > > Mike in GR > > >> >> How long is good to excerise a day? >> > > YIM: oxoxdedeoxox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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